Everything you can do in Leadly

Leadly helps you find local businesses with weak websites, audit them, and reach out with a personalised email. Here is how to get going from zero.

1. 1Click Start free on the homepage and create your account with your email and a password (at least 8 characters).
2. 2Once signed in you land on your Dashboard. From here you can open Search, Leads, Subscription, Account and Settings from the left sidebar.

Every account needs an active plan to use the tools. You can start a free trial once, activate a license key, or buy a plan.

1. 1Open Subscription from the sidebar.
2. 2If you have never used your trial, click Start free trial on the Trial plan to activate 14 days instantly.
3. 3Have a license key? Paste it under Activate a license key and click Activate.
4. 4To buy or change plan, use the plan cards. Your current plan is marked Current; others show Upgrade or Downgrade.

Search finds local businesses by trade and city using open map data - no API key needed.

1. 1Open Search.
2. 2Type a trade or niche (for example: roofer, electrician, plumber) and a city (for example: New York).
3. 3Optionally set how many results to pull, then click Search.
4. 4Found businesses are saved to your Leads list. Click View leads to see them.

Leads is your pipeline - every business you have found, with its score, priority and status.

1. 1Filter by status, priority, or search by name using the controls at the top.
2. 2Use the time buttons (10m, 1h, 24h, 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y, All) to show only leads added in that window.
3. 3Click a business name to open its detail page.
4. 4Export your leads any time with the Export buttons (all, high, contacted, won).

An audit checks a business's website across speed, mobile-friendliness, SEO, contact options, security and more, then scores it 0 to 100. A lower score means a weaker site - and a better sales opportunity.

1. 1Open a lead and click Run audit.
2. 2Leadly checks the homepage plus key pages like contact and about, so it does not miss a contact form on another page.
3. 3Running an audit also captures a screenshot and runs competitor and review insights automatically.
4. 4Detected issues appear in plain language in your chosen settings language.

Capture a picture of the prospect's current website to show them exactly what needs improving.

1. 1On a lead's page, click Capture in the Website screenshot card (this also happens automatically when you run an audit).
2. 2The screenshot appears in the card. Re-capture any time to refresh it.

Generate a short, honest outreach email built only from the issues actually found on the site. It is signed with your name.

1. 1Open a lead, run an audit first so there are issues to reference, then click Generate email.
2. 2Review the subject and body, then click Copy email to paste it into your mail client.
3. 3Choose the language (English or Dutch) in Settings. The email is signed with your account name by default.

See how a business compares to others in the same trade and city, so you can show them where they stand.

1. 1Open a lead and click Analyse competitors (also runs automatically with an audit).
2. 2You get the business's score, the competitor average, and its opportunity rank.

Turn a business's online reputation into practical tips. Open map data has no reviews, so you can enter them yourself.

1. 1On a lead, open the Review insights card.
2. 2Type the rating and number of reviews, and optionally paste a few real reviews you found on Google or Trustpilot.
3. 3Click Generate to get actionable tips - no API key required.

Take your data anywhere as a clean CSV file.

1. 1On the Leads page, click an Export button: all, high (priority), contacted, or won.
2. 2Your browser downloads a CSV you can open in Excel, Google Sheets or any CRM.

Manage your profile and security under Account.

1. 1Change your name - this signs your outreach emails by default.
2. 2Change your password from the same page.
3. 3See and revoke your active sessions (other devices or browsers signed in).

Personalise how Leadly works for you.

1. 1Email sender name - leave blank to use your account name.
2. 2Language - English or Dutch for audit issues and emails.
3. 3Business finder - the free OpenStreetMap finder by default, or SerpApi if you bring your own key.
4. 4Replay the welcome tour any time from Settings.

Build on Leadly from your own tools using the public API. Requires a plan that includes API access.

1. 1Go to Settings and create an API key under API access. Copy it immediately - it is shown only once.
2. 2Send the key as the X-API-Key header to the /api/v1 endpoints.

curl -X POST https://getleadly.net/api/v1/search \
  -H "X-API-Key: lg_live_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"niche":"roofer","city":"New York"}'

Useful endpoints: GET /api/v1/me (your plan + usage), POST /api/v1/search, GET /api/v1/leads, GET /api/v1/leads/{id}, POST /api/v1/leads/{id}/audit.

A few quick answers.

1. 1Search returns nothing - try a larger city or a broader trade word.
2. 2An action says your plan does not include it - upgrade on the Subscription page.
3. 3You hit a daily limit - it resets each day, or upgrade for higher limits.
4. 4Emails look templated - that is the built-in fallback; the local AI writes them when it is available.