How email addresses are found
Most people don't have their email address on their LinkedIn profile, so we source email addresses from multiple 3rd party top-tier enrichment providers which specialize finding and verifying business email addresses.
Here's how we find and verify email addresses for your leads:
Enrichment waterfall
Even the best email enrichment providers can only find 40-60% of email addresses. Recognizing this limitation, we've made it our goal to provide you with the most complete and accurate email data possible.
That's why we've developed a "waterfall" approach which, behind the scenes, combines the best results from multiple email providers. Here's how it works:
Primary search: We start with the email provider that typically gives us the best coverage.
Secondary search: For any missing or potentially inaccurate emails, we use a secondary provider.
Tertiary search: We continue this process with several more providers to fill any remaining gaps or to double-check email addresses that don't look accurate.
Verification: Finally, we verify every email address using a specialized service.
This multi-step process allows us to provide you with the most comprehensive dataset that you can confidently rely on
Verification processes
To maintain the highest level of accuracy, we employ a series of verification processes. These processes include:
SMTP validation: Using SMTP protocols, we verify whether the email server exists and can receive mail. This helps remove dead, invalid, and unresponsive emails from your list.
MX record check: An MX record check confirms that the email is in use and that it can accept mail by verifying the mail exchange records associated with the email's domain.
Catch-all check: We check against known catch-all email and domain databases.
Domain check: Our algorithm verifies whether the email's domain is real and operational.
Spam traps: We use intelligent spam trap indicators to remove honeypots from your list, which are used to detect spammers.
Disposable check: This process detects temporary, disposable, and questionable emails that may not be reliable for long-term use.
Syntax check: We ensure that the email address is typed correctly and that all symbols are in place, which helps filter out incorrectly formatted emails.
Risk validation: We remove emails containing high-risk keywords and top-level domains (TLDs) to minimize potential issues in your outreach campaigns.
These rigorous verification steps ensure that the email addresses you receive from Exportli are valid, reducing bounce rates and improving the effectiveness of your outreach.
Ethical and legal compliance
All data is ethically and legally collected from GDPR-compliant sources. We prioritize privacy and data protection to comply with all relevant regulations, ensuring that the data you receive is collected and handled responsibly.
For more information, please get in touch with our support team at help@exportli.io.