Alternative to Kumo withkumo.com for online deal sourcing (consolidated)

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August 12, 2023

by a searcher from University of North Carolina at Wilmington in West Palm Beach, FL, USA

There are some great resources on this forum for deal sourcing! Lately, I've been wrestling with optimizing one of my deal funnels, and I've got a long list of sites to check for new listings manually.

I thought Kumo withkumo.com might be the perfect tool to streamline this process. I could set up alerts and do manual reviews all in one place. But it seems like after three months of use, Kumo is still in beta, and they're working out some kinks. Right now, many of the external links for good deals are incorrect, and searching for the listing info on Google often turns up nothing or shows that it's been delisted months before.

I've got a support ticket in with Kumo, so fingers crossed for an update soon. In the meantime, has anyone found a reliable way to consolidate this kind of data? API would be awesome!


Or if anyone has a solid workflow they've used to optimize this process, I'd love to hear about it.

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from Stevens Institute of Technology in Orlando, FL, USA
I created a systemized way to help me scrape and analyze deals at scale which led to me finding and acquiring a profitable internet business doing $1.2M in EBITDA. Here's a quick video walkthrough of the alpha version which I shared to another group almost 3 years ago. https://www.loom.com/share/d0da118a8d8349a183e66e29e5f13ddf

Let me know if you'd be interested in having a version of it for your search criteria. It has helped a few of my friends with their searches so perhaps it can help you too. I'm working on integrating a version which can tap into data axle to integrate for off market deals for my next search.

I agree with ^redacted‌'s point of view that even though it's possible to easily scrape and send out mass message using python scripts, the bulk of the work comes in the cleanup and human touch to be authentic. The engineer in me will always be interested in finding a better way.
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from Bentley College in Miami, FL, USA
Interexo and BizNexus are very good platforms as well. You can check out my deal sourcing guide for more options - https://thebusinessinquirer.substack.com/p/deal-sourcing-guide-by-tbi
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