Email marketing is probably one of the oldest marketing strategies since the inception of the internet. The problem today is, it has become a bit too much for everyone. People have started trying to avoid getting emails and when they do, it goes to their spam boxes.
Even people themselves have come up with ideas such as using fake/dead e-mail IDs for signing up or using company accounts.
If you use email marketing and are frustrated with all the dead, inactive or outright fake email IDs, this article is for you.
I’ve shared the best (and mostly free) email validators that will let you scan your email lists and filter out which emails work and which don’t. In some cases, you’ll even get insights about your bounce rates and open rates.
Let’s get started then?
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1. Email Validation
Website: https://emailvalidation.io/
You enter an e-mail ID, or upload a file containing hundreds of e-mails and this tool tells you which mails are valid or invalid. Absolutely no tech-skills or prior experience required.
You can then also export this data to be shared with your colleagues (or anyone else you want really).
It also has a feature that you can use to prevent people from submitting invalid e-mail IDs. You can configure the API directly on your forms.
Finally, it’s also capable of finding email IDs of people. Yes, it can do that even for Linkedin users.
The best part? It’s 100% free. Paid plans exist but they’re optional!
2. ZeroBounce
Website: https://www.zerobounce.net/
As the name suggests, ZeroBounce gives you e-mails with 0 bounce rates. It does this with the help of a number of features such as real-time blacklist monitoring for your domain, e-mail activity monitor (so you can find your active subscribers), e-mail scores, e-mail finder as well as e-mail testing tools.
3. UseBouncer
Website: https://www.usebouncer.com/
UserBouncer is a more focused and simpler tool that simply checks an e-mail’s validity without any additional fancy or expensive features. It does use advanced algorithms to “predict” a bounce estimate so you know in advance how many e-mails may still bounce. Also has a “toxicity” check that checks valid emails that you shouldn’t be sending to (e.g. spam traps).
4. Millionverifier
Website: https://www.millionverifier.com/
Millionverifier of course verifies the legitimacy or current status of email accounts. On top of that, it’s also capable of real time email verification. This prevents users from submitting fake/disposable emails and helps keep your list clean from the get to.
5. MailerCheck
Website: https://www.mailercheck.com/
MailerCheck does a lot more on top of checking email validity. It can verify email lists, give you email deliverability rates, analyse content of your e-mails etc. It also offers real-time email verification and prevents dead/fake emails from being submitted. DMARC as well as blacklist monitoring is offered as well.
6. DeBounce
Website: https://debounce.io/
DeBounce validates the e-mails in your list along with being able to check disposable e-mails, catch-all emails and even duplicate emails. It can also identify expired, parked or just wrong domains. Spam traps can be identified and filtered as well.
7. Mailfloss
Website: https://mailfloss.com/
Mailfloss too is an email validator that’s capable of scanning your pre-existing list. However, it also is capable of real-time validations hence preventing fake emails from making it to your list. It can also be automated to clean your list every once in a while. You can even integrate it with your email providers for the best result.
8. Clearout
Website: https://clearout.io/
Clearout is unique in two ways. Of course it does the standard email validation. But, on top of that, it also is capable of verifying phone numbers! Secondly, it can even be integrated with your Google Sheets. That’s right, you can validate emails right in your sheets without having to upload them anywhere else.
9. MyEmailVerifier
Website: https://myemailverifier.com/
MyEmailVerifier tells you which emails are valid and which aren’t. It also tells you the bounce rate of your emails as well as email open rates. If you’ve got a long text file, it can also extract any email IDs mentioned in the text. You can upload files to analyse thousands of emails in bulk as well.
10. EmailListVerify
Website: https://www.emaillistverify.com/
This is one of the simplestest tools on this list. It does one job, verify validity of email IDs. It does direct integration with tools such as Mailchimp, Aweber, Mailerlite etc. The best part is, it offers a number of features for free. This includes a blacklist checker, email extractor, MX lookup and email health checker.
Final words- Top 10 Email Validation Tools For Effective Email Marketing
By now, you should have a pretty long list of options as far as validating email goes. I’ve included tools to fit all your pockets and requirements. If you checked any of these, you’d agree absolutely no tech skills or expertise is required either.
Go on then, check some of these tools and see which fits your needs best?
