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Built for SDR Teams

SDR Teams That Always Reach the Inbox.

You spend hours researching prospects. Don't let a bad email address kill the conversation before it starts. BounceZero gives every rep a clean list before the cadence fires.

99.8%
verification accuracy - industry benchmark is ~95%
< 0.5%
bounce rate on cleaned lists, keeping your domain safe
Varies
API timing depends on provider and verification path
$3/1K
per 1,000 verifications, credits never expire

Why SDR Outreach Bounces Before It Begins

Prospecting tools give you email guesses, not guaranteed addresses. Every guess that bounces chips away at the one asset your whole team shares: the sending domain.

22% Annual Email Decay

B2B contacts change jobs constantly. Roughly 22% of business email addresses go stale every year - the Apollo export from last quarter is already rotting. Verification catches decay before your sequence does.

One Rep's Bounces Hurt Everyone

Gmail and Outlook score bounce rates per sending domain, not per rep. When one SDR blasts an unverified list and crosses the ~2% bounce threshold, every rep on that domain starts landing in spam.

Cadences Fire Automatically

Outreach, Salesloft, and Apollo sequences send on schedule - they never pause to ask if the address is real. By the time bounce alerts appear, the damage to your domain reputation is already done.

6 Checks on Every Prospect Email

Every address in your list runs through the full BounceZero pipeline - up to 99.8% accuracy in internal testing on SMTP-verifiable addresses on the verdicts your cadence depends on.

Mailbox Existence

SMTP-level confirmation that the prospect's mailbox actually exists and accepts mail - not just that the domain looks plausible.

Catch-All Detection (3-Probe)

23% of B2B domains accept everything, then silently drop it. Our 3-probe method separates real inboxes from catch-all traps.

Role Address Detection

Flags sales@, info@, and team@ addresses that rarely reach a decision-maker - so reps stop personalizing emails nobody reads.

Disposable Email Detection

Catches temporary and throwaway domains that pollute enriched lists and skew your reply-rate metrics.

MX Record Validation

Confirms the domain has live mail servers before your sequence attempts delivery - dead domains never enter the cadence.

Spam Trap Screening

Identifies recycled addresses turned into traps by blocklist operators. One trap hit can blacklist your entire outreach domain.

From Prospect List to Clean Cadence in 5 Steps

Slot BounceZero between enrichment and outreach - no workflow changes, no new tools for reps to learn.

1

Export your prospect list

Pull contacts from Apollo, Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Clay, or your CRM - any CSV with an email column works.

2

Upload to BounceZero

Drag the CSV into the bulk dashboard, or verify programmatically via the API at timing that varies by provider and verification path. Dashboard jobs up to 1,000,000 addresses.

3

We run all 6 checks

Mailbox existence, 3-probe catch-all, role, disposable, MX, and spam trap screening - a 10K list finishes in 5-10 minutes.

4

Download segmented results

Get your list back split into valid, invalid, and risky - with a per-address verdict your team can filter on instantly.

5

Load only clean emails into your cadence

Push valid addresses into Outreach, Salesloft, or Apollo. Bounce rate stays under 0.5%, and replies land where reps can work them.

Cheaper Than a Single Burned Domain

Warming a replacement outreach domain takes 4-6 weeks of lost pipeline. Verifying the list first costs $3 per 1,000 emails.

Skipping Verification

  • Bounce rates climb past the 2% spam-filter threshold
  • Whole team's deliverability tanks on a shared domain
  • 4-6 weeks warming a new domain from scratch
  • Reps personalize emails that never had a recipient
BounceZero

Verify First - $3 per 1,000

  • 100 free verifications every month, no credit card
  • A 10K prospect list cleaned for $30 in 5-10 minutes
  • Credits never expire - verify per-campaign or in bulk
  • Real-time API keeps CRM entries clean at the source
Calculate your team's ROI

Email Verification for SDR Teams - FAQ

Why do SDR teams need email verification?

Prospecting tools like Apollo, Hunter, and ZoomInfo provide pattern-based email guesses, not confirmed addresses. Combined with 22% annual B2B email decay, a typical sourced list contains 10-25% undeliverable addresses. Sending sequences to those addresses drives bounce rates past the ~2% threshold where Gmail and Outlook throttle your entire sending domain - hurting every rep on the team.

How should SDR teams handle catch-all domains?

Around 23% of B2B domains are catch-all: they accept mail for any address, so a basic SMTP check marks everything "valid". BounceZero uses a 3-probe catch-all detection method to distinguish real mailboxes from catch-all acceptance, so reps know which addresses are genuinely safe to sequence and which are risky.

How fast can we verify a prospect list before a cadence launches?

A 10,000-email list processes in 5-10 minutes via bulk CSV upload, with dashboard jobs supporting up to 1,000,000 addresses. For real-time workflows, the API returns a verdict with timing that varies by provider and verification path on average - fast enough to verify addresses as reps add them to the CRM.

What does it cost per SDR?

BounceZero costs $3 per 1,000 verifications with credits that never expire. An SDR sourcing 2,000 new prospects a month costs about $6/month to keep fully verified. Every account also includes 100 free verifications per month with no credit card required.

Does BounceZero integrate with Outreach, Salesloft, or Apollo?

Yes - via CSV round-trip or API. Export prospects, verify with BounceZero, and import only the valid segment back into your sequencer. Teams with engineering resources use the REST API to verify addresses automatically before contacts enter a cadence. Documentation is at bouncezero.io/api-email-validation.

Will verification stop all bounces?

No tool can guarantee zero bounces - mailbox status can change between verification and send. BounceZero verifies with up to 99.8% accuracy in internal testing on SMTP-verifiable addresses (industry benchmark is ~95%), and cleaned lists typically bounce below 0.5%, comfortably inside the safe zone for Gmail and Outlook domain reputation.

Clean Your Prospect List Before the Next Cadence Fires

100 free verifications every month. up to 99.8% accuracy in internal testing on SMTP-verifiable addresses. $3 per 1,000 thereafter. Your reps did the research - make sure the email arrives.

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