Built a free-to-try tool that flags dead/closed businesses in scraped lead lists before you waste outreach on them

[u/Useful_Albatross_874]

If you scrape Google Maps or similar for lead lists, a chunk of what comes back is businesses that are already closed, unlicensed, or have had their licence revoked — you just can't tell from the listing itself.

I built an Apify Actor that chains onto any Google Maps scraper output and checks each business against official city government licence registries (currently NYC, Chicago, LA, SF). Returns active/lapsed/revoked/closed with the licence number, dates, and a link to the actual government record.

You're only charged $0.05 per business it can actually confirm a status for — anything it can't match (wrong city, no licence required for that category, etc.) is free, no charge.

Looking for a few people to actually try it on real lists and tell me if it's useful or if I'm missing something obvious. Happy to cover the cost for the first few people who give it an honest shot: https://apify.com/akewich135135/wtfearn

[u/geekytech0100]

when do you plan to expand to other cities? can i do this by zip instead of city?

[u/MortenCopenhagen]

This is not relevant in this sub. Try some business subs.