Lead Hunter is an AI worker that autonomously scrapes BOLs and customs manifests to identify active traders.
It enriches raw trade data with verified decision-maker contacts via waterfall enrichment, reducing CAC by 60% and accelerating lead qualification 10x.
What is Lead Hunter?
- Behavioral Data Mining. B2B contact data decays 30% annually-a third of CRM leads are dead before dialing. Sales pros spend 21% of time just researching. Lead Hunter shifts from passive list buying to active prospecting, scraping Bills of Lading (BOL), customs manifests, and carrier registries to find companies currently moving goods.
- Precision Targeting via Trade Data. Unlike firmographic filters (company size, industry), targets actual behavior. Ingests millions of shipment records to map competitor supply chains. Identifies high-value prospects importing your exact commodities-enabling data-driven conversations like "I see you imported 10 containers from Vietnam."
- Last Mile Contact Discovery. Company names from manifests are just step one. Uses waterfall enrichment to cross-reference entities against professional networks, identifying Logistics Directors, Supply Chain Managers, and Procurement Heads with verified emails and direct dials.
- Dark Funnel Illumination. Surfaces the 60-70% of prospects invisible to competitors using legacy methods-mid-sized manufacturers sourcing globally or boutique retailers importing specialty goods. Finds them by transaction history, not social media presence.
Replaces:
- Static lead lists from ZoomInfo/Apollo that decay rapidly and lack trade context.
- Manual BOL analysis and daily customs manifest review.
- LinkedIn cross-referencing for decision-makers.
- Cold calling generic switchboards without verified contacts.
- Ad-hoc competitor tracking instead of systematic supply chain alerts.
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Why Lead Hunter?
- Competitor X-Rays. Maps supplier-buyer relationships via customs data. Identifies when competitor customers are vulnerable from delays or quality issues. Enables Challenger Sale tactics with specific supply chain risk insights that drive higher engagement.
- 60% Lower Acquisition Costs. Filters low-intent leads (look right but not trading) to focus on high-intent targets. AI-driven lead generation reduces CAC by 60% while generating 50% more sales-ready leads-reallocating budget to targeted closing.
- 10x Pipeline Velocity. Operates 24/7 processing data instantly. Speed-to-lead ensures outreach when prospect need is acute. Transforms days/weeks of qualification into minutes, compressing sales cycles and accelerating revenue.
- Invisible Market Discovery. Traditional methods miss 60-70% of prospects outside standard industry codes or social media. Finds active traders by actual border-crossing behavior regardless of firmographic visibility.
How It Works
Workflow Automation
How Lead Hunter integrates with your systems
Scans 2B+ shipment records, identifies high-intent prospects, enriches contact data, and pushes qualified leads to CRM.
- Autonomous Scraping. Scans CBP manifests, global BOLs, and port notices daily. Uses NLP to normalize supplier names, product descriptions, and HS codes into structured datasets.
- Waterfall Enrichment. Queries third-party databases and professional networks to identify buying committee roles-Director of Logistics, VP Procurement. Verifies emails and phones for deliverability.
- Intent Scoring. Scores leads by Trade Intent-companies increasing import volume 20% or switching ports get flagged high-priority. Segments into actionable CRM lists with context notes.
- Automated Outreach. Triggers personalized sequences referencing specific shipments ("Saw your Shanghai container"), ensuring relevant first touchpoints that initiate sales conversations.
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Stop cold calling dead leads. Deploy Lead Hunter to unlock hidden value in global trade data-transform researchers into closers with real-time intelligence.
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Core Capabilities
Global Manifest Scraping
Continuously extracts real-time shipment data from Bills of Lading and customs manifests to identify active traders.
Waterfall Data Enrichment
Cross-references trade entities with professional networks to find and verify decision-maker email addresses and phone numbers.
Competitor X-Ray Analysis
Maps competitor supply chains to identify their customers and suppliers, revealing strategic displacement opportunities.
Behavioral Intent Scoring
Prioritizes leads based on shipment volume, frequency, and recency to focus sales efforts on high-value targets.
Who It's For
Freight Forwarders
Deploy Lead Hunter to identify importers moving goods on specific high-volume lanes, enabling targeted offers to undercut competitor rates.
Export Management Companies
Use the agent to find foreign distributors actively buying competing products, creating a shortlist for partner displacement strategies.
Manufacturing Exporters
Implement the worker to monitor global demand for raw materials, identifying new buyers in emerging markets who are already importing similar inputs.
Value Outcomes
Higher Conversion Rates
47% conversion lift
Targeting active buyers with intent data boosts conversion by **47%**, replacing cold outreach with warm, context-aware engagement.
Reduced Acquisition Costs
60% lower CAC
Eliminating waste on unqualified leads reduces Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) by **60%**, maximizing marketing ROI.
Sales Efficiency
21% time savings
Automating research saves sales reps **21%** of their time, allowing them to focus entirely on negotiation and closing.
Pipeline Velocity
10x faster qualification
Real-time identification of decision-makers accelerates lead qualification by **10x**, moving deals through the funnel faster.
Strategic Value for Decision Makers
For the CFO
**Capital Efficiency.** Lead Hunter drastically lowers Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) by ensuring marketing spend is directed only at high-intent, active buyers, directly improving marketing ROI and bottom-line profitability.
For the COO
**Operational Leverage.** This agent automates the labor-intensive 'research' phase of sales, effectively expanding our sales capacity without increasing headcount. It turns our CRM into a self-updating asset.
For the Owner
**Market Dominance.** Knowledge is power. Lead Hunter gives us visibility into our competitors' supply chains, allowing us to aggressively target their customers and capture market share with precision.
Why Export Arena
Lead Hunter is not a standalone tool - it's part of Export Arena's AI & Automation Department as a Service. Pre-trained on global trade nuances, from HS codes to geopolitical risk, it delivers strategic insights tailored to C-suite decision-making. We provide resilience as a service.
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