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How ProfileSpider Lists Work

Learn how ProfileSpider lists work: saving extracted profiles, organizing leads with tags and notes, local storage, exports, and backups.

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Quick answer

ProfileSpider lists let you save extracted profiles, people, companies, and leads inside the extension. Lists, saved rows, tags, and notes are stored locally in your browser. Export important lists to CSV, Excel, or JSON if you want to back them up, move them, or share them.

Overview

What Lists Are For

Lists help you turn one-off extractions into organized lead workflows.

  • Save profiles

    Save extracted people, profiles, companies, or leads instead of losing them after one page scrape.

  • Group leads

    Use separate lists for different clients, campaigns, niches, sources, regions, or research projects.

  • Add tags

    Use tags to segment rows by source, status, client, market, role, campaign, or priority.

  • Add notes

    Add manual context such as fit, next action, qualification status, or research comments.

  • Enrich rows

    Run enrichment on eligible rows where useful, using website, profile, or social URLs.

  • Export later

    Export saved lists to CSV, Excel, or JSON when the list is ready.

Workflow

How to Use Lists

The normal workflow is extract, save, review, enrich, and export.

  • 1. Extract a page

    Run ProfileSpider on a public page with visible profiles, companies, listings, or leads.

  • 2. Save rows

    Save useful extracted rows to a new or existing list.

  • 3. Name the list clearly

    Use names that describe the project, client, source, campaign, niche, or region.

  • 4. Add tags

    Tag rows so you can recognize source, status, role, client, region, or campaign later.

  • 5. Add notes

    Use notes for manual review, qualification, outreach context, or next actions.

  • 6. Export the list

    When the list is ready, export it to CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Organization

Good Ways to Structure Lists

A clear list structure makes export, review, and follow-up easier.

  • Create separate lists for different clients, campaigns, or research projects.

  • Use list names that include the niche, source, region, or date when useful.

  • Use tags for status, priority, source, role, client, or workflow stage.

  • Keep source URLs so you can trace rows back to the original page.

  • Use notes for context that does not belong in a standard field.

  • Review the list before enrichment, email finding, or export.

Examples

Example List Types

You can create lists around the way you actually work.

  • Sales prospecting

    Example: q2-saas-founders, hr-tech-buyers, or local-agencies-barcelona.

  • Recruiting

    Example: frontend-engineers-berlin, ai-researchers, or client-acme-shortlist.

  • Company research

    Example: german-cybersecurity-vendors or ecommerce-tools-market-map.

  • Agency clients

    Example: client-acme-fintech-q3 or client-northstar-local-seo.

  • Events

    Example: saas-summit-sponsors or websummit-speakers.

  • Local leads

    Example: barcelona-dentists or amsterdam-fitness-studios.

Fields

What a List Can Contain

The exact fields depend on what the source page exposes and what you add later.

  • People fields

    Names, titles, companies, departments, locations, profile URLs, emails when visible, and social links.

  • Company fields

    Company names, websites, descriptions, industries, locations, emails when visible, and profile links.

  • Source fields

    Source URLs, website URLs, LinkedIn URLs, social links, and other profile links.

  • Tags

    Labels you add for source, status, campaign, client, role, region, priority, or workflow stage.

  • Notes

    Manual context, review comments, qualification notes, next actions, or outreach reminders.

  • Enriched fields

    Additional details added through enrichment or email finding where available.

Credits

List Actions That Do Not Use Credits

  • Creating a list.

  • Saving extracted rows to a list.

  • Renaming a list.

  • Adding tags to saved rows.

  • Adding notes to saved rows.

  • Exporting saved lists to CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Credits

List-Related Actions That Can Use Credits

Saving and organizing is free. Processing new data can use credits.

  • Page scraping

    A normal page scrape uses 1 credit per page, regardless of how many profiles are found within your plan cap.

  • Enrichment

    Enrichment uses 1 credit per URL opened. Bulk enrichment uses 1 credit per eligible page in that flow.

  • Email finding

    Person email finding uses 3 credits per verified email returned. No valid result means no charge.

Duplicates

How Duplicates Work in Lists

ProfileSpider can help identify duplicates within already-saved profiles through exact matches across stored fields.

This is useful for reviewing repeated rows from the same source or from multiple extractions.

ProfileSpider does not import external CSV files and does not dedupe against a client master list inside the extension. For suppression lists or external master-list dedupe, export your data and compare it outside ProfileSpider.

Storage

Where Lists Are Stored

Saved profiles, lists, tags, and notes are stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB.

They are not stored as cloud CRM records on ProfileSpider servers.

Because lists are local, export important lists to CSV, Excel, or JSON before clearing browser data, uninstalling the extension, changing devices, or resetting your browser profile.

Sharing

How to Share a List

  • Export Excel

    Use Excel when you want to share a normal spreadsheet with a teammate, client, or reviewer.

  • Export CSV

    Use CSV when you want to import the list into another tool such as a CRM or outreach platform.

  • Export JSON

    Use JSON when you need structured data for technical workflows or backups.

Teams

How Lists Work with Team Credits

Team credits and saved lists are separate concepts.

A team credit pool lets selected members spend shared subscription and top-up credits, but it does not automatically make saved local lists shared across the team.

If you need to share a list with another team member or a client, export it to CSV, Excel, or JSON and share the file through your normal workflow.

Best practices

Best Practices for Lists

  • Create one list per campaign, client, source, role, niche, region, or project.

  • Use tags for status, priority, source, client, or next action.

  • Use notes for manual review and context that does not fit into standard fields.

  • Keep source URLs so every row can be verified later.

  • Review duplicates before exporting.

  • Export important lists regularly as a backup.

Troubleshooting

Common List Issues

  • Duplicate rows

    Some pages repeat the same profile or company. Review duplicates inside the saved list before export.

  • Missing fields

    Empty fields usually mean the source page did not expose that data. Use enrichment or email finding where useful.

  • List missing after browser cleanup

    Saved lists are local. If browser data is cleared, local lists can be removed. Export important data regularly.

  • Team member cannot see my list

    Team credits do not automatically sync saved local lists. Export the list if you need to share it.

Questions

Common Questions

What are ProfileSpider lists?
Lists are saved collections of extracted profiles, people, companies, or leads inside the extension. They help you organize rows for review, enrichment, tagging, notes, and export.
Does creating a list use credits?
No. Creating a list, saving rows, adding tags, adding notes, and exporting do not use credits.
What list actions use credits?
Page scraping, enrichment, and email finding can use credits. Saving and organizing the rows after extraction does not use credits.
Where are lists stored?
Saved profiles, lists, tags, and notes are stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB.
Are lists stored on ProfileSpider servers?
No. Saved profiles, lists, tags, and notes are not stored on ProfileSpider servers. Account, credits, billing, team data, AI extraction, enrichment, and email finding still use backend or provider services.
Can team members see my saved lists?
No, not automatically. Team credits can be shared through a team credit pool, but saved lists remain local to the browser where they were created.
How do I share a list?
Export the list to CSV, Excel, or JSON and share the exported file.
Can I import a CSV into ProfileSpider lists?
No. ProfileSpider does not currently support CSV or file import inside the extension.
Can ProfileSpider deduplicate a list?
ProfileSpider can help identify duplicates within already-saved profiles through exact matches across stored fields. It does not dedupe against an imported external master list.
What happens if I clear browser data?
Clearing browser data can remove saved profiles, lists, tags, and notes. Export important lists before clearing browser data.
Can I export lists?
Yes. ProfileSpider lists can be exported to CSV, Excel, or JSON.
Should I use tags or separate lists?
Use separate lists for major projects, clients, campaigns, or sources. Use tags for status, priority, role, region, source, or workflow stage inside those lists.

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