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This video uses sample data, not real Houzz data. It doesn't show how to scrape, and Houzz doesn't supply these email addresses. BillionVerify is not affiliated with or endorsed by Houzz. File verification needs a paid account.

Video transcript

1. 00:00What Houzz gives you

   A Houzz profile puts a pro in the Find Professionals directory. It was made for homeowners. It was never a check on the address in your list. Houzz puts it in one line. The listing comes with the profile. So being listed proves a profile was made, and nothing about which inbox anyone reads. Next, a hard line from the Houzz terms of use. No robots, no scraping, no data mining. We won't show any of that, and you shouldn't run it. The same section also limits commercial use of professional listings for the benefit of another merchant. Read that clause before you plan anything around Houzz. This video begins later. You already hold a list, and you can say where each address came from. Most often, that's a company's own website.

2. 00:43Clean up the list

   Here's what a pro fills in under Public Business Information. A name, the type of work, a license number if they choose, and a link to a website if they have one. Those last words matter. If they have one. A row with no site and no address has nothing for us to check, so park it. Don't invent one from a pattern. A polished site proves little too. Houzz builds websites for pros on select plans, hosting and domain included. So a smart new site tells you nothing about the inbox behind it. Look at what studios publish. One person, or a shared front door for the whole firm. You can't tell by eye which ones still work, and that's the job for verification.

3. 01:19Verify the list

   Open File List Verify, and bring in your file. Before a single check runs, you see how many unique addresses it found. These are larger sample lists, not Houzz data. Your numbers will look different.

4. 01:31Route each result

   A working studio inbox returns role, so address the firm and not a person. Catch-all gets a small test. Unknown stays out for now. Invalid goes on suppression. Valid leads the send. Tick one status, then click Export Results. Do that once per send. And keep the two signals apart. Fresh project photos with an invalid address is still invalid. A quiet profile with a valid address can still get your email. The address decides whether you send.

5. 01:59What it costs

   Valid, invalid, catch-all and role take one credit apiece. Unknown, bad syntax and disposable take none. To upload a file you need a paid account, and buying any credits gets you there.

6. 02:12Get 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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