How matching works

The matching engine compares your product, your target-market profile, the prospect's business profile, available buying signals, decision-maker relevance, location and size suitability, your exclusions, and the quality and freshness of the data.

Step 1
Understand the product

You describe what you sell. The analysis step turns that into problems solved, likely buyers and recommended search criteria for your approval.

Step 2
Define the target market

Industries, sub-industries, global locations, size, technology, decision-maker roles, keywords and exclusions form the profile that discovery and scoring both use.

Step 3
Discover businesses

The provider layer returns businesses matching your filters, with company profile, decision-maker and data-source details.

Step 4
Capture buying signals

Expansion, funding, tenders, technology changes and industry-specific events are recorded with a source, date, confidence level and evidence type.

Step 5
Score and explain

Seven weighted components produce a 0–100 score, a category and a written explanation of why the business matched.

Step 6
Review and approve

Your team approves, rejects, tags or suppresses each business before anything is added to a campaign.

Step 7
Personalise outreach

Drafts reference the real signal, the real benefit and the reason for the match. A person approves before the first launch.

Step 8
Track outcomes

Replies are classified, opportunities move through the pipeline and every change is recorded in the activity log.

Score components and default weightings
Industry fit20%
Business need25%
Buying-signal strength20%
Company-size fit10%
Location fit10%
Decision-maker relevance10%
Data confidence5%
Score categories
80–100Excellent match
65–79Good match
50–64Possible match
Below 50Low-priority match
Careful language

We never claim a business is “actively looking” unless there is direct evidence. Instead we use:

Likely to need

Used when the profile and signals point towards a requirement.

Potential requirement

Used when evidence is partial or indirect.

Relevant buying signal

Used when a recorded event relates to your product area.

Suitable prospect

Used when the business fits the selected target market.

Strong product fit

Used when several components score highly together.

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