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

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1. 00:00Three emails on one row

   An Outscraper row can hold three emails. Here's how to turn that file into a list you can verify. This is the shape you get from Emails and Contacts Scraper. Outscraper's data dictionary lists email one, email two and email three. So one place can fill all three. File List Verify reads one column. Give it three, and it takes the fullest one. The other two never get checked. So stack them. Copy email two and email three underneath, repeat the place on each new row, and name the column email. One column can fool you. Name for emails has email in its name, but it holds a business name, cleaned up for your greeting. Keep it for personalization.

2. 00:42Repeats that aren't duplicates

   Leads and Contacts works the other way. Each person gets a row, with a full name and title, and the default is three contacts per company. So the company name repeats. Those rows are three people, not three copies. Outscraper's own article warns you about this. The repeat you do want gone is a shared inbox. Outscraper's example is one company, with several locations, using one email. Its setting, Delete email duplicates, removes those. Missed it? We count a repeated address once, so you pay once. Two files bring one more repeat. Drop Duplicates only works inside one task, so a business can land in both. To find it, Outscraper points you to place ID or Google ID.

3. 01:24Trim, then verify

   Before you upload, trim what you won't contact. The business status column tells you if a place is temporarily closed. Rows with no email go to a phone list. Now open File List Verify, and add the file. Here's where the stacking pays off. Compare the unique count with your own. If it looks low, a column got left behind. Click Verify and leave it. You'll get an email when it's done. This is a bigger sample list, not an Outscraper file. Yours will split differently.

4. 01:51Route each result

   Named people who come back valid go first. Role means a shared inbox, what Outscraper's Type setting calls General, so write for whoever reads it. Catch-all goes small. Unknown waits. Invalid goes on a suppression list, because the next task can bring it back. Tick a status, and click Export Results. Outscraper's columns stay in the download, including name for emails and phone. Our verification columns are added at the end. So every result stays tied to its place.

5. 02:20What it costs

   For the bill, valid, invalid, catch-all and role are one credit each. Unknown, bad syntax and disposable are free. Uploading files takes a paid account, and buying any credits unlocks it.

6. 02:34Get 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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