How to Use the Domain Name Finder

Before you start

• The Domain Name Finder Phantom runs searches through public search engines (like Google) to find the most relevant company website for each name you provide:
  • It retrieves one main domain per entry, the best match found for each company name, rather than listing all possible variations.
• This Phantom is completely independent of LinkedIn or any other platform, so it doesn’t rely on your social media connections or session cookies.

Step 1: Provide the company names you want to process

You can provide your company names in one of the following ways:

1. My Lists:
   Choose a saved LinkedIn Leads list you’ve already created in PhantomBuster.
2. A single or multiple company name(s):
   • Type a single company name.
   • Provide a Google Sheet URL with a list of company names and optionally their country names (make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link”).

   • Upload a CSV file URL with a list of company names and optionally their country names (make sure it’s publicly accessible, and note that CSV upload is only available on paid plans).

     → If you’re using a spreadsheet, the Phantom defaults to the first column (A). To use a different column, enter the column’s header name in the field “Name of column containing companies.”

3. My Phantoms:
   Use results from another Phantom as input.

For any of the options listed above:

• Country & language (optional):
  To improve accuracy, you can select the search country and language where the Phantom will look for company websites.
  - If your exact country/language isn’t listed, choose the closest match.

The Domain Name Finder Phantom performs general searches through public search engines and can’t technically limit results to a specific country or domain extension like “.it” or “.fr”.
The Country & Language field is optional and used mainly to guide the search context, not to restrict it. 
→ If you need more localized results, include the country name directly in your company inputs

Step 2: Configure your processing settings

1. Domains to ignore (Optional):
   • You can tell the Phantom to skip websites from specific domains, for example: directories or social media pages that you don’t need.
   • List one domain per line in the input field.
2. Number of companies to process per launch (Optional):
   • This setting only applies when using a spreadsheet or CSV file as your input source.
   • Default = 100.
   • If left empty, the Phantom attempts to process all the rows in your input list during one launch.

Result file settings (dropdown in setup)

• Name your results file (optional)

  • You can customize the file name.

    If you rename the file between launches, the Phantom will create a new results file and start processing inputs from scratch.

Step 3: Select launch frequency

Choose how often the Phantom should run:

1. Launch manually: Start the Phantom yourself whenever you need.
2. Launch once at a specific time: schedule a one-time run at a set date and time.
3. Launch repeatedly: schedule regular runs (e.g. once per day, several times during working hours).
4. Launch after another Phantom: chain automations together so this Phantom starts right after another finishes.
5. Advanced scheduling: customize the exact minutes, hours, days, or months when the Phantom should run.

→ For a complete walkthrough of scheduling options, see our guide to scheduling Phantoms automatically.

Step 4 (Optional): Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available if you want to fine-tune how your Phantom runs, but by default they’re already optimized for most use cases.

We recommend leaving them as they are unless a guide specifically instructs you to change something.

→ For a detailed overview of all advanced options (like execution limits, retries, email notifications, proxies, webhooks, and file management), see our Advanced settings guide.

Launch and results

When you’re ready:

1. Click Launch to start your Phantom.
2. Once it finishes, open the Results tab in the Phantom console to view the list of discovered company website domains.
3. Download your results as a CSV or JSON file.

→ To learn how to export your data to Google Sheets, integrate with other tools, or reuse it in more automations, check our Access and Export your Phantom Results guide.

Export and input limits on the Free plan
If you’re on the Free plan or Free trial, some features are limited:
- CSV exports include only the first 10 rows of results.
- CSV download links (for dynamic viewing in Google Sheets or integrations) are not available.
- JSON exports are not available.
- CSV upload as an input method is not supported.
To unlock all features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.

What you give (Input) and What you get (Output)

This section gives you a detailed breakdown of everything you need to provide to run this Phantom, and everything you’ll receive once it completes.

What you give (Input)

What you get (Output)

Tips and troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• Using a private spreadsheet (make sure it’s set to “Anyone with the link”).
• Phantom stops before finishing your list → This can happen when search engines temporarily block requests after too many queries from the same shared IP.
  • Wait about 15 minutes before relaunching.
  • Limit the number of companies per launch to reduce the request rate.
  • If you process long lists often, consider using a proxy to distribute requests and avoid shared-IP blocks.
  • Schedule short, spaced-out launches instead of running the entire list at once.
• Inconsistent results between runs → The Phantom retrieves the first domain found by public search engines. Depending on IP location or regional indexing, the same query may return a different domain over time.
  • Use a proxy to keep your search region consistent across launches.
  • Add country names directly in your input (e.g., “Acme France”) to guide searches more reliably.
  • Keep your launch frequency moderate to avoid fluctuating IPs or temporary blocks.

If you run into issues

• Check how to troubleshoot your phantom using Logs.
• Browse the Fix Issues & Troubleshoot Errors section for solutions to common problems.
• Review our Automation Rate Limits by Platform guide.
• Check our Best Practices for Social Media Automation guide.

Suggested automations

Once you’ve collected company domains, here are some next steps you can take:

• Find LinkedIn Company URLs using the LinkedIn Company URL Finder.
• Extract employees from each domain using the LinkedIn Company Employees Export.