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This video uses sample data, not real Bark data. It doesn't show how to scrape. BillionVerify is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bark.com. File verification needs a paid account.

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1. 00:00Two kinds of Bark list

   Bark sells professionals an introduction to each potential customer. You may also have prospects you found yourself. Before any upload, split those into two files. Here's the deal in Bark's own words, from its page for professionals. You pay per introduction. You get a phone and an email for a person who asked for a service. So there are two kinds of list. Contacts you bought as a professional. And businesses you researched yourself as prospects. You can verify both. Keep them apart, so each file shows its own results. Your research goes in one upload. The bought contacts go in another.

2. 00:38Bought contacts

   Those contacts already have a safety net. If an email from a General Bark bounces, tell Bark within seven days and you can ask for the credits back. Bark puts them on your account. It isn't cash. And reply like a person. Someone asked for help. Bark isn't a list you send campaigns to.

3. 00:55Your own prospects

   Now list two, your own prospects. Don't expect an address on the Bark page. There usually isn't one. What Bark does offer is a link to the pro's own website, where there is one. A site is where a business chooses to publish an address. We start once your list exists. Don't lean on the verified badge for this. Bark defines it as a subscription, shown once a pro passes a verification process. That's about the pro. It says nothing about a mailbox. Expect a mixed file. One-person trades tend to use their first name. Small firms use a shared address. Some addresses sit on a personal mailbox provider. All of them need the same test.

4. 01:34Verify the list

   Each batch gets its own job under Files in History, so one city or trade never blurs into another. Long files keep working after you leave the page. Results land line by line, and an email tells you when the job is done.

5. 01:47Route each result

   Now sort them. Valid can go. Role means a shared inbox, so skip the first name. Catch-all gets a separate small send. Unknown waits for review. Invalid goes on your suppression list.

6. 01:59What it costs

   Every file records what was charged, and what was free. We charge one credit for a valid, invalid, catch-all or role result. Unknown, bad syntax and disposable don't cost anything. File upload is for paid accounts, and one credit purchase of any size turns it on.

7. 02:17Get started free

   20 free credits every day you use your account, up to 600 a month. No credit card required. Start at billionverify.com.

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