Alive5 email verification with BillionVerify
Alive5 enables businesses to engage website visitors through live chat, text messaging, and automated conversations. As leads and contacts flow into Alive5, BillionVerify verifies their email addresses in real time — blocking invalid, disposable, and undeliverable entries before they reach your CRM or follow-up workflows.
Why verify before the send
Chat and messaging platforms capture contact details at high velocity, and visitors often provide fake or throwaway emails to avoid commitment. These bad addresses inflate your CRM, waste follow-up effort, and hurt email deliverability over time. BillionVerify catches them at the point of capture so your sales team only works with real, reachable leads.
Ready-to-use n8n workflow
Import this workflow into n8n — it verifies every address with BillionVerify before Alive5 sends, so only deliverable contacts are emailed. Install the BillionVerify community node first, then add your API key.
{
"name": "Verify emails before sending in Alive5 + BillionVerify",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
240,
300
],
"name": "When clicking ‘Test workflow’"
},
{
"parameters": {
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "email-field",
"name": "email",
"value": "jane@example.com",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"typeVersion": 3.4,
"position": [
460,
300
],
"name": "Get contacts"
},
{
"parameters": {
"sendTo": "={{ $json.email }}",
"subject": "Message for Alive5 contacts",
"message": "Replace this Gmail send with your Alive5 node — only deliverable, verified contacts reach it.",
"options": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
"typeVersion": 2.1,
"position": [
900,
300
],
"name": "Send email",
"webhookId": "",
"credentials": {
"gmailOAuth2": {
"id": "",
"name": "Gmail account"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"operation": "verify",
"email": "={{ $json.email }}",
"additionalOptions": {}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-billionverify.billionVerify",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
540,
300
],
"name": "Verify Email (BillionVerify)",
"credentials": {
"billionVerifyApi": {
"id": "",
"name": "BillionVerify account"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "loose"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "is-deliverable",
"leftValue": "={{ $json.is_deliverable }}",
"rightValue": "",
"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "true",
"singleValue": true
}
}
]
}
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
720,
300
],
"name": "IF deliverable"
}
],
"connections": {
"When clicking ‘Test workflow’": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get contacts",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get contacts": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Verify Email (BillionVerify)",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Verify Email (BillionVerify)": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "IF deliverable",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"IF deliverable": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send email",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[]
]
}
},
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
}
}Workflow templates with Alive5
Ready-to-use workflows that verify emails before Alive5 sends.
How it works
- 1
Connect BillionVerify to Alive5 via the n8n community node, Integrately's 1-click setup, or a direct REST API call.
- 2
Trigger the verification step whenever a new contact or lead is created in Alive5 from a chat, form, or text interaction.
- 3
BillionVerify checks the email address for syntax errors, domain validity, SMTP mailbox reachability, disposable domain flags, and catch-all status.
- 4
Based on the result, route the contact to your main CRM pipeline or flag it for review — keeping bad data out of your active workflows.
- 5
For existing contact lists, use BillionVerify's bulk API to batch-verify stored emails and tag records for suppression or re-engagement.
When to use this
Filter leads captured through live chat
When a visitor submits their email during an Alive5 chat session, verify it with BillionVerify before the contact is created. This prevents disposable and mistyped addresses from entering your CRM and wasting your sales team's follow-up time.
Clean email lists before SMS + email campaigns
Alive5 contacts often receive both SMS and email follow-ups. Before launching a campaign, run stored email addresses through BillionVerify in bulk to remove invalid entries and improve deliverability across both channels.
Protect automated drip sequences
Unverified emails in automated follow-up sequences generate bounces that damage sender reputation over time. Verify each new Alive5 contact email before it enters a drip workflow to keep your sequences clean and your domain reputation healthy.
FAQ
Do visitors often provide fake emails in chat conversations?
Yes, especially when email is requested before delivering a resource or quote. Disposable and mistyped addresses are common in high-volume chat capture scenarios. Real-time verification at the point of submission is the most effective way to block them.
Will verification slow down the chat experience?
No. BillionVerify's real-time API typically responds in under a second, so the verification step is invisible to the user. The chat flow continues normally while the result is processed in the background.
What is the difference between invalid and catch-all addresses?
An invalid address has no deliverable mailbox — sending to it will bounce. A catch-all domain accepts all mail at the server level, so SMTP probing cannot confirm the specific mailbox exists. BillionVerify flags both so you can apply the right handling policy for each.
Can BillionVerify integrate with Alive5 without custom code?
Yes. Using Integrately's 1-click integration or the n8n community node, you can connect Alive5 and BillionVerify in minutes without writing any code. The REST API is available for teams that prefer a custom integration.
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