Expandi: The Best Alternative to WeConnect

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So let’s continue, if you’re sending out a thousand messages and connections in an hour, something which is impossible for a human to do, LinkedIn will automatically detect that sort of activity. 👀

Another reason is that chrome extensions don’t give you a dedicated IP address.

This simply means that your location will change every time you use the tool.

You’re using LinkedIn at 10AM in the Netherlands, then at 5PM in the United States and 7PM in Berlin? Something doesn’t add up.

Here’s a brief overview of some of the biggest chrome-based LinkedIn automation tools:

Dux-Soup

Dux-Soup is one of the biggest names on the market, but it comes with one glaring issue – it’s chrome-based.

Why does this matter?

Because:

• There’s always the chance of getting banned.
• The tool lives in your browser and turns off when you close your PC.
• It doesn’t have a smart inbox and you have to reply to prospects from LinkedIn each time.

See a more detailed breakdown of how Dux-Soup compares to Expandi with its features here: Expandi: The Best Alternative To Dux-Soup

Compared to that, cloud-based LinkedIn tools are much safer, work 24/7, and offer plenty of other advanced features.

Let’s take a look:

GrowthLead

Finally, GrowthLead is NOT a chrome extension but compared to Expandi – it falls behind in terms of its features.

With Expandi, you can do much more, and enjoy unique LinkedIn features, such as:

• Dedicated smart inbox and chat.
• 24/7 customer support and value-packed onboarding tutorials and how-tos.
• Being able to work with your colleagues and exclude certain prospects from your campaign, if you already reached them with another account.
• And more.

For the most part, cloud-based LinkedIn tools are going to be generally better than chrome-based ones.

And when comparing cloud-based tools, it’s important to look at safety, the features, and usability.

But why are we talking about cloud-based tools in the first place and what difference does it make, exactly?

Let’s take a look –

Why This Matters

LinkedIn doesn’t want you to steal data from other people (scraping) and spamming on people’s newsfeed/inbox (outreach automation).

And that’s why they’ve taken a stricter approach to marketing tools.

The tools that are still working are cloud-based – meaning, they’re not running from your computer (browser), and they use a set of rotating IP-addresses, to avoid LinkedIn detection.

But even within the cloud-based LinkedIn tools, there’s a lot of choice.

So, today, we’re going to be taking a look at WeConnect and discuss how Expandi compares.

Here’s what you need to know –

Safety

Safety is always the number one concern when using a LinkedIn automation tool of any kind.

Now, both Expandi and WeConnect are cloud-based tools here, but Expandi comes with a few tweaks which were designed with safety as the number one priority.

After all, you can’t enjoy an automation tool to the fullest when you have to be careful about not getting banned, right?

Here’s how Expandi responds to some of the common issues many LinkedIn tools face.

 

Action Limits

Action limits essentially mean how many ‘actions‘ (e.g. connection request, message, etc.) you commit to per day.

Generally, LinkedIn allows 250 actions per day, and as long as you stay below that limit – you should be fine.

However, LinkedIn also notices suspicious activity such as going from 10 actions per day to 200 actions… 😅

To prevent sending any suspicious activity, Expandi comes with a built-in safety limit for connection requests, follow-ups, and a random delay interval for sending out messages.

This was all designed to mimic human behavior and not get your LinkedIn account flagged.

Pending Connection Invites

When sending out a lot of connection requests daily, it’s easy to have them build up.

Because the maximum pending connections you can send out is 3000 invites, it’s a good idea to start withdrawing some of the ignored/unanswered requests after a while.

Typically, less than 1000 pending invites is a good place to be at, but it’s always better to play it safe… 🤷

With Expandi, you can set a limit on the pending connection requests and automatically withdraw them as well with ease.

These actions are also scheduled with random intervals to mimic human behavior.

Time-Zones

LinkedIn also monitors your time-zone and tracks the time of your account’s activity.

If you’re constantly sending out mass invites during midnight – this might raise a few flags and scream automation (or that you’re a workaholic).

With Expandi, you can send scheduled messages within specific working hours.

You even have the option to exclude holidays and weekends from your sending schedule.

ReCaptcha Problems

This has been more of a specific problem with WeConnect.

A lot of people keep getting flagged and receive a reCaptcha problem when using the tool for an extended amount of time.

This tends to occur when the tool is trying to verify connection with LinkedIn and can either mess up or delay a campaign, if the tool has to verify connection with the server each time. 😞

You can be halfway through an outreach campaign only for the tool to require to restart.

These loops can make it difficult for a full campaign cycle to finish and you may have to wait as long as up to 24 hours to go through the loop.

To avoid getting flagged, Expandi assigns a new dedicated and country-based proxy IP address to each profile, and our algorithms were designed to mimic human behavior.

This is how we can proudly say that Expandi is indeed the safest cloud-based LinkedIn automation tool on the market and that we take safety seriously.

Transparent Customer Support

Need help setting up your account or wondering how to use the tool?

We have your back.

When it comes to personal support, we want to make sure you’re getting the support that you need.

Our customer support is here to help and we mean that.

We guarantee you’ll be talking to a real person behind the screen who knows Expandi inside-out and is committed to making your tour of the product as smooth as possible.

You’re doing business with real people, instead of avatars and stock images.

You can typically expect an average time of under ~2o minutes for your tickets, and a separate real-time support for agencies.