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EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by mikegreen »

OpenCNAM wrote: post #40
mikegreen wrote: post #36

Without being able to see the site, just a guess-question here - but how does this compare to FullContact or Refresh.io (recently sucked up by LinkedIn)?

The site is back up. We had attempted a hotfix that did not deploy correctly to the front end. In terms of comparisons, while we do not like to mention competitors in a negative light, we can say that our data is returned in milliseconds. Additionally, our coverage is extremely accurate and built from authoritative sources. We also provide a more robust set of data-points that are not offered by those services.

You don't want to say anything negative about your competition?

Why did you start a new service to compete then?

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by OpenCNAM »

mikegreen wrote: post #41
OpenCNAM wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The site is back up. We had attempted a hotfix that did not deploy correctly to the front end. In terms of comparisons, while we do not like to mention competitors in a negative light, we can say that our data is returned in milliseconds. Additionally, our coverage is extremely accurate and built from authoritative sources. We also provide a more robust set of data-points that are not offered by those services.

You don't want to say anything negative about your competition? Why did you start a new service to compete then?

Edit:

Our goal is to compete based on offering a superior product rather than to disparage competing services.

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by Everhusk »

OpenCNAM wrote: post #27
timbowhite wrote: post #25

Very interesting service. I'm surprised this hasn't been asked yet since it's not on the site - but where do you get your data? Also, this sentence in your TOU made me giggle a little: > 3. Additional Restrictions. > ... You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without telo’ prior written consent.

We have a number of data sources including our own proprietary data, telecom sources, public records, graph data and user supplied data. That statement in our terms is something that we will revisit. ;)

Very useful and easy to understand API. I am working on a project in fraud detection and this data could be very useful if it is reliably available.

However, I tried with three different phone numbers and it gave an empty string for name, profile, gender, image, and address. Could you give a rough estimate of what percentage of phone numbers you able to provide this information for?

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by dranes »

OpenCNAM wrote: post #37
ultimape wrote: post #34

Seems to be down? From Chrome's console: "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 503 (Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity)"

We are back up.

Can i sign up using an international number ? i just see a 502 Bad Gateway error.

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by OpenCNAM »

nathanx wrote: post #43

Is there a way to do batches, such at 50k lookups at the same time? File upload? Or would you just use the API for that too?

We do not currently offer a file upload feature. The API can handle mutlithreaded requests for quicker batch processing.

A script using the API and whatever output you needed should do the trick.

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by OpenCNAM »

Everhusk wrote: post #44
OpenCNAM wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have a number of data sources including our own proprietary data, telecom sources, public records, graph data and user supplied data. That statement in our terms is something that we will revisit. ;)

Very useful and easy to understand API. I am working on a project in fraud detection and this data could be very useful if it is reliably available. However, I tried with three different phone numbers and it gave an empty string for name, profile, gender, image, and address. Could you give a rough estimate of what percentage of phone numbers you able to provide this information for?

Please reach out to us directly if you are working on fraud mitigation. We have extensive insight into fighting fraud and the data that can be used to that end. Additionally, there is a special permissible use-case endpoint we are working on for specific business applications such as fraud mitigation. You may reach us at support@telo.com.

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by OpenCNAM »

dranes wrote: post #45
OpenCNAM wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are back up.

Can i sign up using an international number ? i just see a 502 Bad Gateway error.

You shouldn't have encountered an issue with a 502 unless it was during the window of time where our front end deploy failed.

Unfortunately, we only support NPA-NXX-XXXX numbers for sign up at this time. If you contact us directly at support@telo.com, we can provision you an account if you are still interested. We plan on offering international coverage outside of the NANPA / NPA-NXX-XXXX dial plan by the end of the year.

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by mikegreen »

OpenCNAM wrote: post #42
mikegreen wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't want to say anything negative about your competition? Why did you start a new service to compete then?

Edit: Our goal is to compete based on offering a superior product rather than to disparage competing services.

I hear ya.

Can you provide points on where everyoneapi excels over Fullcontact or Whitepages (vendor we use, vendor we're evaluating)?

Re: EveryoneAPI – Convert Phone Numbers Into Business Intelligence

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Post by OpenCNAM »

mikegreen wrote: post #49
OpenCNAM wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edit: Our goal is to compete based on offering a superior product rather than to disparage competing services.

I hear ya. Can you provide points on where everyoneapi excels over Fullcontact or Whitepages (vendor we use, vendor we're evaluating)?

We do not have that sort of collateral drafted yet, but it is something we would like to be able to offer folks such as yourself. Real time results are something that jumps out at me with respect to Full Contact. There are times where they do not have the record immediately and that can hinder some businesses depending on the use case. The added data-points offered is also something that stands out to me with respect to both. Perhaps the carrier or line provider data is important because you may need to know if a phone number is a Google Voice number. Or if you are looking for address and some bit of social data such as hometown or education, that might be a combination you can only find with EveryoneAPI.

As I mentioned we will be working to develop some collateral to that end. After well over 10 years in the data space I would say that the best way to compare is to do a batch > 1000 records head to head. :)

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