Activecampaign email verification with BillionVerify
ActiveCampaign combines email marketing, marketing automation, and CRM for growing businesses. Connecting BillionVerify keeps automations healthy: addresses are verified before contacts enter ActiveCampaign, so journeys never fire emails at dead inboxes.
Why verify before the send
ActiveCampaign automations send to whatever address is on the contact, and a repeating journey will bounce against a bad address again and again. Verifying with BillionVerify first removes invalid, disposable, role, and catch-all addresses so every triggered email stays deliverable.
Ready-to-use n8n workflow
Import this workflow into n8n — it verifies every address with BillionVerify before Activecampaign sends, so only deliverable contacts are emailed. Install the BillionVerify community node first, then add your API key.
{
"name": "Verify emails before sending in ActiveCampaign + 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 ActiveCampaign contacts",
"message": "Replace this Gmail send with your ActiveCampaign 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 Activecampaign
Ready-to-use workflows that verify emails before Activecampaign sends.
How it works
- 1
Capture the address from a form, CRM event, or list.
- 2
Verify it with the BillionVerify Verify operation.
- 3
Branch on is_deliverable — only deliverable contacts continue.
- 4
Create or tag the contact in ActiveCampaign; flag the rest.
- 5
Re-verify periodically to keep automations clean.
When to use this
Verify before a contact enters an automation
Validate the email before creating or updating an ActiveCampaign contact, so behavioral automations only ever email real, deliverable addresses.
Protect deliverability on broadcasts
Clean a list with BillionVerify before an ActiveCampaign broadcast so bounces don't spike and your sender reputation stays intact.
Stop junk at form capture
Verify form submissions before they sync to ActiveCampaign, filtering disposable and mistyped addresses at the point of entry.
FAQ
Why verify before sending in ActiveCampaign?
Automations repeat sends, so one bad address bounces over and over until removed. Verifying first keeps your bounce rate low and your journeys deliverable.
Does this work with ActiveCampaign automations and the CRM?
Yes. Add a BillionVerify step before the ActiveCampaign node so both campaign sends and CRM-triggered emails only reach verified addresses.
What happens to risky or catch-all addresses?
They are routed to a separate branch so you can retry, review, or exclude them rather than letting them into your automations.
Verify emails in Activecampaign
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