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Are email bounces a neverending headache?

The cause is simple - invalid emails. And not just a few - ¼ of your email list.

Sign up for a free ZeroBounce account today and enjoy the best email validation service available:

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Eliminate invalid emails with a 99% accurate email validation system

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Insights for 30+ email types

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Free real-time email validation API

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Actual results - not "unknowns"

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Check if your domain is on an email blacklist so that you can take action

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Keep tabs on your open, click, and bounce rates, plus more!

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Full tutorials from email industry experts on how to ensure your emails reach the inbox

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Why do I need an email bounce checker?

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Lower your email bounce rate to 2% or less

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Eliminate risks - disposable emails, spam complainers, and spam traps

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Maximize deliverability - reach the inbox with every send

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Protect your website from attackers with a real-time email validation API

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Comprehensive email validation - Understand every email on your list; don’t settle for “unknown” data

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Frequently asked questions about email validation

Email validation determines the validity of an email address. A valid email address exists and is in use, meaning that your email can be delivered successfully. Conversely, an invalid email doesn’t exist or is inactive, meaning that your email will bounce.

By using email validation in your email marketing, you can identify and remove invalid email addresses to avoid a high email bounce rate and other email deliverability issues.

You can validate an email right now by using the free tool above. Just enter any email address into the email data validation tool and get a result in seconds. If you need to validate more emails, you can check up to 100 emails every month by creating a free ZeroBounce account.

Email validation is necessary as it identifies invalid or high-risk email data that’s present on your email list. Emailing a large number of invalid emails results in a high email bounce rate, which will negatively impact your email domain’s sender reputation. As your reputation declines, your overall email deliverability will decline, meaning that your emails will be more likely to be placed in the spam folder or bounce.

Validating your emails ensures that they are delivered so that you can reach the inbox and maximize engagement with your subscribers.

Email validation and verification work hand-in-hand but focus on different aspects of the email address. Email validation investigates the syntax of the email address to ensure that it contains valid characters and is not malformed in some way. Email verification continues the check by determining if the email actually exists and is in use by the domain through a series of SMTP checks and DNS record lookups. Both processes are necessary to ensure that an email address is safe to use in your email marketing campaigns.