Copying from directory pages when you sell to plumbers
Are you still copying company names from a web page one by one? Here is how people who sell to plumbers fix it.
Are you still copying company names from a web page one by one?
A directory or member list shows exactly the companies you want, but there is no export button. Copying every name, website and phone number by hand takes forever.
It hits harder when you sell to plumbers. Most plumbing firms are owner-run with a few engineers and a van each, so the person you want is often the one under a sink when you call. The owner decides on almost everything, from software to suppliers, and tends to buy when something saves time on quoting, invoicing or finding the next job.
Useful lists stay on the page because turning them into rows is too much work. Manual copying also introduces errors.
Paste a page, get rows.
With paste and collect you paste the HTML of a page you opened yourself into Riftjaw. You pick the repeating blocks, turn them into rows and send them to import. Riftjaw does not crawl the web; you supply the page.
- Fields that fit plumbers, such as service area
- Email prefixes that fit, like info@, office@, enquiries@ and hello@
- Status, tags and a segment on every record
How to fix it in Riftjaw
- Paste the HTML. Copy the source of the page you opened and paste it in.
- Pick the blocks. Select the repeating block that holds one company.
- Send to import. Turn the blocks into rows and map them like any other file.
Other walls when prospecting plumbers
Plumber listings are spread over directories, maps and review sites, and each one exports in a different shape.
Import every CSV or Excel file into one lead file, map the columns once and let Riftjaw flag duplicates before anything is added.
Many small plumbing firms only list a phone number and a website, with no email address.
Email from domain builds likely addresses such as info@ and office@ from the website, marked as guesses so you know what is unverified.
Owners rarely reply first time because they are on jobs all day.
Set a status per contact and a tag like already called, so a follow-up a week later goes only to the people who have not answered yet.
Fields worth recording for plumbers
Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.
| Field | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Company name | The key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website. |
| Website | Needed to derive an email when the export has none. |
| Service area | Where they work, so you can split the list by town or region. |
| Emergency callouts | Firms that offer out of hours work often care about call handling and dispatch tools. |
| Gas work | Whether they also do boilers and heating changes what they buy and who they buy it from. |
| Team size | A sole trader and a firm with ten engineers need a different pitch. |
| Website quality | A weak or missing site is a clear opening for web and search agencies. |
Questions people ask
Collect listings from public directories or a scraper export, then import the file into Riftjaw and map the columns. Add a Service area field so you can save a filter for each town and send to it separately.
Yes. Add a field or a tag such as gas work and fill it during import or by hand. A saved filter on that field gives you a separate list for heating related offers.
If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, office@, enquiries@ and hello@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.
Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.
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