ZoomInfo Community Edition FAQs
What is ZoomInfo?
What is ZoomInfo Community Edition and the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
What are the system requirements for the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
What information does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor submit?
Will my contacts know ZoomInfo received their information from me?
Do the business contacts I share have control over their ZoomInfo profiles?
What’s the difference between ZoomInfo Community Edition and FreshContacts?
How will ZoomInfo Community Edition help me get business done faster?
Wait a minute! Isn't sharing business contacts a violation of privacy?
Can I pick and choose the business contacts I want to share?
Does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor read my email messages?
Why is ZoomInfo offering free access in exchange for my business contacts?
Who can use ZoomInfo Community Edition?
How much does ZoomInfo Community Edition cost?
Does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor modify my address book entries?
Can I export information from ZoomInfo Community Edition?
If I am a current ZoomInfo subscriber, can I get free access by installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
How do I sign in to my ZoomInfo Community Edition subscription?
How do I uninstall the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
What if I have more questions?
What is ZoomInfo?
ZoomInfo — a leading business information provider — offers the industry’s most comprehensive profiles on companies and businesspeople. We provide industry-leading and powerful SaaS and data service solutions that enable our customers accelerate their business goals and success. Top
What is ZoomInfo Community Edition and the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
ZoomInfo Community Edition is a program that gives you free, ongoing access to the entire ZoomInfo Database of millions of B2B profiles, as well as the most advanced search and alerting tools on the market — in return for sharing your business contacts. Members easily share contacts using the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor, a downloadable Microsoft Outlook plug-in to automatically submit your contacts to the ZoomInfo Database. No manual updating or point tracking. You just install the plug-in and use ZoomInfo as much as you want — at no charge! Join the ZoomInfo community today. Top
What are the system requirements for the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
The ZoomInfo Contact Contributor works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 or 2010 (32-bit). Sorry, but Outlook 2010 (64-bit), Outlook Express, and Macintosh computers are not currently supported. If you do not use a supported operating system or Microsoft Outlook version, you can still get access to ZoomInfo! Consider a subscription to ZoomInfo Professional Edition. Top
What information does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor submit?
The ZoomInfo Contact Contributor shares only information about business contacts. Contacts who have consumer email address (such as those from Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not submitted. Information submitted includes contact name, job title, company, business email address and business phone number.Top
Will my contacts know ZoomInfo received their information from me?
Absolutely not. ZoomInfo does not identify the source of the information in the ZoomInfo Database. Top
Do the business contacts I share have control over their ZoomInfo profiles?
Everyone has complete control over what ZoomInfo publishes about them (that’s one of the ways we’re unique). Before we publish any information you submit via the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor, we send an email message to the contact. The message explains how the person can control what we publish. Top
What’s the difference between ZoomInfo Community Edition and FreshContacts?
In 2009 and 2010, some ZoomInfo users participated in a market test called FreshContacts that provided them with a limited subscription to ZoomInfo's premium service in exchange for their business contacts contributed through Outlook. Based on the success of that market test, ZoomInfo expanded this offering to provide contributors with ongoing access to the ZoomInfo Database through ZoomInfo Community Edition. Top
How will ZoomInfo Community Edition help me get business done faster?
ZoomInfo Community Edition members have access to the entire ZoomInfo Database, which includes five million businesses (from start-ups to blue chips) and 50 million employees (including mid-managers). Every day, ZoomInfo adds 2,000 businesses and 25,000 employees and updates 15,000 businesses and 250,000 employees. These highly accurate profiles go beyond basic business card information. For example, employee profiles provide work history, education and 10 years of Web references (honors, board affiliations, etc.) including items not available elsewhere online.
ZoomInfo Community Edition enables members to search across all of this data to create lists of target prospects or better understand an individual or company. Top
Wait a minute! Isn't sharing business contacts a violation of privacy?
Glad you asked! Submitting your business contacts in not a violation of privacy, because unlike personal information (your home address, home phone number, personal email address) and behavioral information (what websites you’ve viewed, what products you’ve purchased), business information isn’t private. Businesses depend on being able to efficiently contact each other to further commerce.
The ZoomInfo Contact Contributor submits only business information to the ZoomInfo Database. In addition, every contact you share will receive an email message from ZoomInfo before we publish the information, giving the person the opportunity to control what information appears. Top
Can I pick and choose the business contacts I want to share?
No. By downloading and installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor, you agree to share all of the business contacts in your email database, including names and email addresses found in email headers and job titles, company names, phone numbers, and locations found in email signatures. Personal contacts that are connected with ISPs and free email accounts will be ignored by our system. In addition, the contents of any email message with a signature or subject line identifying the message as "privileged" or "confidential" will be ignored by our system.Top
Does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor read my email messages?
No need to worry about that. Our technology looks only at address book entries, email headers, and email signatures to capture basic business contact information.Top
Why is ZoomInfo offering free access in exchange for my business contacts?
We are on a mission to map the business landscape in near real time . . . and dramatically improve the quality of B2B information. In return for your help, you are given free access to ZoomInfo Community Edition as long as you keep the tool installed and continue contributing business contacts. Join the ZoomInfo community today. Top
Who can use ZoomInfo Community Edition?
Anyone who uses a supported version of Microsoft Outlook to send and receive business-related emails is eligible to join the ZoomInfo Community Edition program as long as they are not a current or past subscriber to one of ZoomInfo's premium services. In addition, ZoomInfo only allows three employees of a single company to access the ZoomInfo Database with ZoomInfo Community Edition. (Learn about ZoomInfo Pro - Professional Edition for four or more employees.)
You must successfully install the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor and start sharing your contacts before you can access ZoomInfo Community Edition, and your username will be deactivated if you uninstall the software or violate the ZoomInfo terms of service.
Salespeople and recruiters find the ability to search for professionals by name and/or job title and/or company to be most useful. Jobseekers can also make use of ZoomInfo Community Edition to find contacts within companies and industries where they would like to find a position. Top
How much does ZoomInfo Community Edition cost?
ZoomInfo Community Edition is absolutely free. Really! All members who install the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor, keep it installed and continue to use a supported version of Microsoft Outlook can access the ZoomInfo Database, and the industry’s most powerful searching and alert tools for free. How’s that for a great exchange? Top
Does the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor modify my address book entries?
No. The ZoomInfo Contact Contributor creates and uses its own data structure and does not modify any of your information. Top
Can I export information from ZoomInfo Community Edition?
Unlike a subscription to ZoomInfo Pro, your subscription to ZoomInfo Community Edition does not include exporting capabilities. Top
If I am a current ZoomInfo subscriber, can I get free access by installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
We’re sorry, but ZoomInfo Community Edition is only available to people who are not current or past ZoomInfo subscribers. Top
How do I sign in to my ZoomInfo Community Edition subscription?
We’ll send your ZoomInfo Community Edition username and password via email after you successfully install the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor and open Outlook. Once you have your username and password, login here. Top
How do I uninstall the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor?
You can access the uninstaller program by going to Start > Programs > ZoomInfo Contact Contributor > Uninstall. But why would you want to lose all the great benefits of ZoomInfo Community Edition? Top
What if I have more questions?
Just shoot an email to
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. We’ll get back to you within one business day!Top
