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📚 AI Database · How to Search Massive Leads

⬅️ From the previous chapter

This article continues the "1️⃣ Find leads" step from 🚀 Run the full lead generation workflow in 10 minutes, expanding on the 4 search approaches.

💡 Core goal: Find the right people. Use different search strategies to refine the sea of leads into your target customer group.

Which Approach Should I Use?​

Your situationRecommended approachSpeedAccuracy
You have 1 target customer website① Search by domain⚡⚡⚡⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
You only know your own product② AI inference⚡⚡⭐⭐⭐⭐
Generic keywords came back too noisy③ Refine search⚡⭐⭐⭐⭐
You spotted 1 perfect customer in results④ Find Similar⚡⚡⚡⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

▶️ Watch the video below, or follow along with the doc, and you'll master every search approach in a few minutes:

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🚨 Before You Search · Are You Looking for Competitors or Buyers?​

The most common new-user mistake — wrong "product keyword". Two kinds of keywords lead to completely opposite results:

Keyword typeExampleWho shows upUse
Your service keywordCNC MachiningCompetitors (other CNC factories)❌ Not a customer
Customer's product keywordDrone FrameBuyers (drone brands)✅ This is the customer

💡 One-line rule: Searching "what I make" finds competitors; searching "what the customer builds" finds buyers.

I. Search by Domain · Use a Precise Customer Website (⭐ Highly Recommended)​

A one-second move that's accurate and fast. Use any of your target customer's, existing customer's, or inquirer's website 👇

1. Steps​

  • ① Open AI Database
  • ② Enter the target customer's domain in the top search box
  • ③ Click the 🔍 Search button on the right

AI Database - Search by domain: top search box accepts a target customer domain, results list below shows matched similar companies

2. Tips​

Try other domains if one stalls: If you see the screen below after entering a domain, the data is still syncing. Search other customer websites and come back to this domain in a few days.

AI Database - Data syncing notice: searching a domain returns "data syncing in progress" — try another customer domain

II. AI Inference · Let the System Suggest the Customer Group​

Only know your product, have no target customer website, and can't think of the right keyword? Let the AI find them for you.

1. Steps​

  • ① Open AI Database
  • ② Click the AI Inference button to the right of the top search box (or go to Solution Library and click "New Solution")
  • ③ Enter your product name in the dialog → click AI Generate
  • ④ Select the matching customer group → click View Now

Company Database header - AI Inference entry: "AI Inference" button to the right of the search box + "New Solution" button in Solution Library

Step ③: Enter your product name in the dialog, then click AI Generate

AI Inference dialog: input field for product name, primary "AI Generate" button at the bottom

Step ④: Pick the customer group that matches your expectations, then click View Now below the group card

AI Inference results: list of target customer group cards, each with a recommendation reason and "View Now" button

On the results page, you can jump to any page from the paginator at the bottom:

Results list + bottom paginator: click a page number to jump directly

2. Tips​

When the AI inference isn't precise enough, edit your product profile.

Open the database → Solution Library tab → edit the product profile:

Solution Library entry: Solution Library tab under the database, list of previous product profiles, edit button

Fill in details specific to your product — the more detail, the more precise the AI inference:

Product profile form: multiple fields (product name / use / customer type / application scenario) — more detail means sharper AI inference

Edits take effect on subsequent inferences. After editing, re-run inference.

III. Refine Search · Re-search With Precise Keywords (Replacing Noisy Ones)​

If you don't have many target customer websites, or if generic keywords are too noisy, "refine" and re-search. Two refinement methods 👇

1. Use Business Description Keywords​

After searching a target customer website, the company description section on the results page shows the customer's business intro. Strip out the unrelated parts, extract the most precise business descriptors, and re-search to pinpoint your target customer group.

Steps​

  • ① Search a target customer website
  • ② Copy the business description from the results and translate to English with any AI tool
  • ③ Paste the English description back into the search box and search again

Step ②: Search the target customer website, then extract and translate the description

Results list · Company description: original description text, ready to translate into a precise English phrase with AI

Step ③: Open the company database, paste the English description, and search

Company database search · Pasting English business description for search: results list narrows to the target group

2. Use Customer Role Keywords​

When you have no idea who the customer is, results look messy and disjointed.

Probe first using a customer product keyword, then collect different "role keywords" (distributor / wholesaler / importer / OEM) to build an initial customer profile 👇

Golden rule
  • Your service keyword (e.g., CNC Machining) → finds competitors
  • Customer's product keyword (e.g., Drone Frame) → finds buyers

Steps​

  • ① Open the database, enter an English product keyword and search
  • ② Extract and record customer role keywords from the results (distributor / wholesaler / OEM, etc.)
  • ③ Translate the role keywords to English and log them in a table
  • ④ Back in the company database, search role keywords one at a time, by priority

Steps ① + ②: Open the database, search the English product keyword, then extract and record role keywords

Results list · Extracting role keywords: searching "Drone Frame" surfaces several roles (distributor / wholesaler / OEM)

Step ③: Translate the extracted role keywords to English and organize them in a table

Role keyword table · Translated EN-CN reference: makes it easy to search one role at a time

Step ④: In the company database, search each role keyword individually (by development priority — searching one at a time makes downstream tagging easier)

Company database · One role keyword at a time: easier downstream tagging and group separation

IV. Find Similar · Snowball Out (Power Move 🔥)​

No matter which search approach you use, once you spot one extremely qualified customer in the results, click the Find Similar button on the right side of each row. The system snowballs out a fresh batch of similar qualified leads.

  • ① Spot a qualified customer
  • ② Click Find Similar on the right of that row
  • ③ The system auto-searches using that customer's characteristics
  • ④ Preview the results; run Find Similar again if needed

Results list · Find Similar button: "Find Similar" on the right of each row scales out look-alike customers

📋 Common Pitfalls in the Search Phase​

PitfallConsequenceHow to avoid
🔴 Searching with your service keyword (e.g., CNC Machining)Results are full of competitors, wasted timeSwitch to customer product keywords (e.g., Drone Frame) to find buyers
🟡 "Data syncing" notice on a domainNo results, one wasted attemptTry other customer domains; revisit this domain in a few days
🟡 Flipping pages too fast / clicking constantlySystem fails to loadGive it a few seconds per page
🟡 AI inference customer group is offWastes points on filtering downstreamOpen Solution Library, edit the product profile, and re-run inference

Combine the approaches above based on your situation. After searching, how do you filter the massive results?

🚀 Up next

📄 How to filter noisy leads — manual / AI Lead Scoring / combined approaches

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