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Why is email list verification so expensive?

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Email list verification is one of the most challenging parts of email list hygiene. Everyone want their email list cleaning free , but in this case, you really get what you pay for. Out of the dozens of competitors in this field, all of them know that it’s not easy to verify if an email is a catch-all, soft bounce or hard, and on top of that, report back the exact details of the “kind” of bounce it really is. In order to verify an email, several things need to occur. There are approximately 30,000 internet service providers worldwide and each one sets their own mail parameters using blacklists to monitor and block spam. Each one is unique, therefore the approach must be handled delicately in order to not be blocked, blacklisted or worse, have false positives sent back during the exchange. Some servers will tell us that the delivery has failed, but no information was given if the email exists. Simply labeled an “Error”, these could be network communication errors where power went

How to find an email list cleaner free

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Email list cleaner free is going to be a challenge. Validation is cheaper than verification so if you want it done for free, the only choice is to find a validation company. Not one verification company is going to scrub your list for free because verification requires either highly sensitive data from data sources or an actual SMPT handshake and offering this service for free does not make any business sense since the typical charge for verification is .001 per record. With that being said, you will need to look for some signs for a validation company and what they are offering. Free, doesn’t mean free. So if you upload your database into a free program, you better watch out for these signs. There are two types of list cleaners. Just google it. Online or App. Online validation companies require that you upload your database via CSV. Many will offer multiple supported columns and they actually insist you upload more data than just the email. Why? Because they are going to keep a

Email list cleaning and the pitfalls of giving up your data

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Email list cleaning is a spendy process. It’s more expensive than sending email itself with your own MTA. It requires validating if they email is a threat like a trap or litigator or verify if they email is deliverable, catch-all or bounce. The process that goes into our own validation and verification sends your list through 9 GB of suppressions and 3 SMTP handshakes for each email where we pick the best 2 out of 3 for reporting. Verify550 is not a data aggregator nor does it email advertisements or sell data. We just clean lists. We are not interested in doing anything with our client’s data because our process is in real time. That is why we charge $1,000 per million. To get accurate results and to not touch our client’s databases. But beware of the lesser price validation or verification companies. Just because they are less expensive doesn’t mean they are not going to keep your data. Validation is less expensive thus they can charge less but verification simply is the cash

Difference between email verification services and email address validation

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Email verification services and email address validation are two completely different things. The way we like to explain it is validation is everything before the @ sign and verification is everything after the @ sign. Now, this may not be the most technical way to explain it, it works with beginners and helps to explain more quickly. But let’s dive into the real explanation so you understand the differences technically. An email verification service charges more than an email address validation service and here’s why. Email verification costs more to produce results. Many companies either send an email message for a complete handshake or some track partner’s deliverability and report back results. If one has enough partners whom are sending billions monthly, they can easily report what is deliverable or not. We, however, triangulate by sending 3 SMTP handshakes to one email from 3 separate servers picking the best two out of three. This type of exchange costs a lot in resources