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contact_seller

Send a contact message to the seller (or their representing broker) of a specific business listing on Venturu. The recipient will be notified and can respond through the platform.
This tool requires authentication. You must be signed in with your Venturu account. See Authentication for details.

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Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
listingIdintegerYesThe listing’s numeric ID (from search_businesses or get_business results)
messagestringYesThe message to send to the seller
If the listing has a seller’s agent (broker), the message is sent to the broker. Otherwise, it goes directly to the business owner.

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Response

On success: 
Your message has been sent to the seller on Venturu. They will be
notified and can respond through the platform.

Message: "I'm interested in this business. Could we schedule a call
to discuss the financials in more detail?"

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Error Responses

This tool requires authentication. Please connect your Venturu
account to contact sellers.
Solution: Connect your Venturu account through the OAuth flow in your MCP client.
Listing not found with ID "99999".
Solution: Use search_businesses to find valid listing IDs.
Listing has no seller or seller agent.
This is rare — most listings have a seller or broker associated.

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Typical Flow

  1. Call search_businesses to find listings matching your criteria
  2. Call get_business to view full details of a listing
  3. Call contact_seller with the listing ID and your message

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Tool Annotations

AnnotationValue
readOnlyHintfalse
destructiveHintfalse
openWorldHinttrue
This tool sends a message to an external party, which is why it’s annotated as open-world.