// Frequently asked

Everything about finding and verifying contacts.

73 answers on discovery, verification, reverse-append, the shared marketplace, pricing, and compliance.

What is skip tracing?Skip tracing+

Skip tracing is finding a person's current contact details from limited starting information, like turning a name and last-known address into a working phone number. It pulls from public records, utility and property data, and licensed identity databases. Real-estate investors use it most to reach owners of off-market properties.

How much does skip tracing cost?Skip tracing+

Most real-estate skip-trace tools charge per record, commonly between about 7 and 25 cents a hit, with bulk pricing lower. Premium investigative databases used by collectors and PIs cost more and require credentials. You usually pay only for records where a match is found.

Is skip tracing legal?Skip tracing+

Yes, when the data source and your use line up. Locating someone from public and licensed data is legal. It crosses the line when you obtain data by pretext or impersonation, or when you use marketing-grade locate data to make a credit, housing, employment, or insurance decision, which the Fair Credit Reporting Act reserves for consumer reports.

What is a good skip tracing hit rate?Skip tracing+

Hit rate is the share of records that come back with a usable phone or email. For real-estate lists, anywhere from roughly 60 to 90 percent is typical depending on data quality and how stale the input is. A higher hit rate isn't worth much if the numbers are wrong, so verification matters as much as the raw match rate.

Does Trackyr do skip tracing?Skip tracing+

Not the property-owner locate itself. Trackyr is the layer around it: it cleans, dedupes, verifies, and Do-Not-Call scrubs a skip-traced list before you dial, appends a phone to email-only records, and finds business contacts by industry and location. For raw property-owner skip tracing, pair it with a dedicated skip-trace data provider.

How do I find a creator's email address?Find creators+

Run a creator hunt by hashtag, keyword, or follower snowball. Trackyr scrapes public profiles and link-in-bio pages, recovers the email, verifies it, and flags whether it's deliverable. You never export an address that's already bouncing.

Can I get phone numbers for creators, not just emails?Find creators+

Yes. Most creator engines yield email first; toggle reverse-append on the hunt and any contact with a valid email but no number gets a mobile backfilled from a consumer graph, then line-type verified. You're only charged when a number is actually found.

Which platforms can I find creators on?Find creators+

Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube today. Each has its own discovery modes — keyword, hashtag, follower/following snowball, and (on TikTok) post-commenter scraping.

Is scraping creator contacts legal?Find creators+

Trackyr's creator engines use logged-out, public-data-only scrapes — the public-data distinction that US courts have repeatedly treated as materially different from login-gated scraping. Every contact stores its provenance — which engine found it, when, and the source URL — and is suppressed across the whole graph within a minute of any opt-out, with deletion requests handled through a public DSAR endpoint.

How fresh are the contacts?Find creators+

Every record is re-verified on demand, not scraped once and left to rot. Dead numbers and bounced emails are flagged and dropped, so the list you export is contactable today — not the day it was first found.

Do I pay per creator I find?Find creators+

A fresh verified lead from a hunt is 4 credits; pulling an existing contact from the shared marketplace is free and unlimited on any plan. You pay for the value-add work — discovery and verification — not for re-reading data the pool already holds.

How is this different from Apollo or ZoomInfo?B2B leads+

Same core capability — title/industry/company search returning verified work contacts — without the seat-based enterprise pricing or annual lock-in. Trackyr meters usage in credits, pools data so repeat lookups are free, and re-verifies on demand instead of selling you a stale snapshot.

What filters can I search by?B2B leads+

Job title, seniority, functional level, industry, company size, location, and revenue/funding. You can also filter by email quality so you only pull contacts above a deliverability threshold.

Do I get mobile numbers or just email?B2B leads+

Both, where available. The B2B engine returns work email and mobile directly; you can also reverse-append a mobile onto any email-only contact and verify its line type before export.

Is the data GDPR/CCPA compliant?B2B leads+

Every contact carries provenance, and opt-outs, bounces, and DNC hits are suppressed across the entire graph within a minute. A public DSAR endpoint intakes right-to-deletion requests handled within the CCPA window, and the contact graph is built to route data-subject requests through the correct regional regime.

How much does a B2B lead cost?B2B leads+

A fresh verified lead is 4 credits; pulling an existing contact from the shared pool is free. On the $99 Pro plan that's roughly a few cents per fresh verified contact — well under Apollo's effective per-credit cost.

How accurate is the email verification?Email finder+

Each address runs through syntax and MX checks, an SMTP probe, and role-based/disposable filters. Addresses that fail are flagged risky or invalid and excluded from exports, so your bounce rate stays low and your domain stays warm.

Can I re-verify contacts I've already pulled?Email finder+

Yes. Any contact in your library re-verifies on demand at 2 credits per email — select the leads and Trackyr re-runs syntax, MX, and SMTP checks for a fresh valid/risky/invalid verdict, so a list you pulled a month ago isn't emailed blind.

Does it find both personal and work emails?Email finder+

Yes — creator engines recover personal/business emails from public profiles and link-in-bio pages; the B2B engine returns work emails from an aggregated business database.

What's a good bounce rate to aim for?Email finder+

Under 2-3% keeps you in good standing with Gmail and Outlook. Because Trackyr drops invalid addresses before export and lets you re-verify the pool on demand, exported lists typically clear that bar without a separate cleaning step.

Can it find an email from just a name and company?Email finder+

Yes for B2B — the people search matches a name against the aggregated business database and returns the verified work email. For creators, the finder works from a handle or profile rather than a name, recovering the contact email off the public profile and link-in-bio.

What is reverse phone append?Phone finder+

It's the process of finding a phone number from an email address. Trackyr matches a verified email against a consumer phone graph, returns the mobile, and HLR-verifies the line type so you don't waste a send on a landline or dead number.

How accurate is the line-type check?Phone finder+

Every appended number runs through an HLR lookup that reports mobile vs landline vs VOIP and active-status. You can filter to mobile-only before export, which matters for SMS compliance and deliverability.

Do I pay if no number is found?Phone finder+

No. Reverse-append is 10 credits and only charges on a successful, verified match. A miss costs nothing.

Is texting these numbers TCPA-compliant?Phone finder+

Numbers are screened against DNC where applicable, and exports carry TCPA opt-out and quiet-hours metadata your sending tool can enforce. Compliance still depends on your consent posture — Trackyr gives you the verified number and the guardrails, not blanket permission to text.

What's the difference between reverse-append and a phone lookup?Phone finder+

A phone lookup starts from a number and tells you who owns it. Reverse-append runs the other direction: it starts from a verified email and finds the person's mobile, then line-types it. It's how you add a phone channel to contacts you only had an email for.

What is a phone append service?Phone append+

It's a service that adds a phone number to a contact you have an email for. Trackyr matches each email-bearing contact a hunt finds against a consumer phone graph, appends the mobile, and line-types it — so instead of a list of emails, you get contacts you can also call or text.

How is bulk phone append priced?Phone append+

Reverse-append is 10 credits and only charges on a successful, verified match — a contact with no number found costs nothing. It runs across the whole hunt in one pass, so you pay only for the numbers that actually come back.

What's the difference between phone append and reverse phone append?Phone append+

They're the same operation named two ways. "Reverse" append means you start from an email and work back to the phone, the opposite direction of a phone lookup. Trackyr uses a verified email as the match key, which is why the append rate holds up.

Does phone append run across a whole hunt at once?Phone append+

Yes. Toggle reverse-append on a hunt and Trackyr appends a verified mobile onto every contact it finds with an email — the whole batch in one pass, not one lookup at a time. From there the verified contacts, phones included, export to CSV, a webhook, or your CRM.

How accurate are the appended numbers?Phone append+

Every appended number runs an HLR line-type lookup that reports mobile vs landline vs VOIP and whether the line is active. You can filter to mobile-only before export, which is what keeps a texting campaign out of the compliance and deliverability ditch.

Is it compliant to text an appended number?Phone append+

Appended numbers are screened against DNC where it applies, and exports carry TCPA opt-out and quiet-hours metadata your sending tool can enforce. Trackyr gives you the verified number and the guardrails; getting consent to contact them is still on you.

Why does list verification matter?Verification+

Mailbox providers penalize senders with high bounce rates. One dirty campaign can drop your inbox placement for weeks. Verifying before you send keeps bounces low and protects the domain reputation your whole outbound program depends on.

How often is the pool re-verified?Verification+

On demand — contacts are re-pinged through email and phone validators (never re-scraped) and any record whose every method has gone dead is dropped. You're working from fresh data, not a one-time snapshot.

Can I verify in bulk?Verification+

Yes — select a batch of contacts in your library and Trackyr returns a per-row verdict, 2 credits per email and 3 per phone. It re-checks the leads you've pulled from hunts or the marketplace on demand, rather than trusting them from the day they were found.

What statuses does verification return?Verification+

Emails come back valid, risky, invalid, or unknown; phones come back with a line type (mobile/landline/VOIP) and active status. You choose the threshold for what makes it into an export.

Does it catch catch-all and disposable domains?Verification+

Yes. Catch-all domains that accept any address are flagged risky rather than passed off as valid, and known disposable and role-based addresses (info@, sales@) are flagged separately so you can decide whether to keep them per campaign.

How do I find Instagram influencer emails?Instagram+

Run an Instagram hunt by hashtag or keyword and set a follower range to match your tier. Trackyr scrapes public profiles, recovers the business/contact email, verifies it, and delivers it scored — no manual DMing required.

What's follower-graph snowballing?Instagram+

Seed a creator handle and Trackyr discovers the accounts that follow or are followed by it — a fast way to map a tight niche around a known anchor, since a creator's audience and peers are usually in the same vertical.

Can I get phone numbers from Instagram?Instagram+

Some business profiles expose a phone directly; for the rest, toggle reverse-append and Trackyr backfills a verified mobile from the recovered email.

Will this get my account banned?Instagram+

No — Trackyr scrapes logged-out public data on its own infrastructure. You never connect or risk your own Instagram account.

Can I filter Instagram creators by follower count?Instagram+

Yes. Set a follower range on the hunt to match your tier — nano and micro creators (1K–25K) for higher reply rates, or larger accounts for reach. Combining a follower range with a hashtag or keyword is the fastest way to isolate a specific niche.

How do I find TikTok creators' emails?TikTok+

Run a TikTok hunt by keyword or seed handle. Trackyr follows link-in-bio pages, recovers the contact email, and verifies it before delivery.

What is commenter scraping?TikTok+

Point Trackyr at a viral TikTok post and it pulls the accounts that commented — people who self-selected into the topic. It's the highest-intent creator audience you can build because engagement, not just posting, is the signal.

Can I get phone numbers for TikTok creators?TikTok+

Yes, via reverse-append — TikTok engines yield email, and any email-only contact can have a verified mobile backfilled.

Is the data fresh?TikTok+

Every contact is re-verified on demand, so emails that go dead are dropped from the pool before you export them.

Why scrape TikTok commenters instead of followers?TikTok+

Followers are a passive audience; commenters self-selected by engaging with a specific post. Pulling the commenters on a video that's already performing gives you creators clustered around a proven topic — a tighter, higher-intent list than a broad follower scrape.

How do I find a YouTuber's business email?YouTube+

Run a YouTube hunt by keyword or channel seed. Trackyr follows the channel's external links — Linktree, Beacons, personal sites — and AI-enriches to surface a contact email, then verifies it.

How is Trackyr different from a basic YouTube email finder?YouTube+

Most YouTuber email finders scrape whatever's on the About tab and stop. Trackyr follows the channel's external links — Linktree, Beacons, a personal site — to an address that isn't listed on YouTube at all, then acts as an email checker on it: syntax, MX, and SMTP verification, so a dead address never reaches your list.

Why can't I just read it off the About page?YouTube+

Most creators gate the email behind a CAPTCHA or omit it entirely, listing only a link hub. Trackyr automates the multi-hop crawl that finding it manually would require, across hundreds of channels at once.

Can I get phone numbers too?YouTube+

YouTube engines yield email; toggle reverse-append to backfill a verified mobile onto any recovered address.

How many channels can I process at once?YouTube+

Hunts are batched — set a result cap and Trackyr works the whole keyword or seed set, delivering verified contacts as they clear validation.

Does it work for small YouTube channels too?YouTube+

Yes. The crawl doesn't depend on subscriber count — it follows whatever external links a channel lists, so a 2K-subscriber niche creator with a Linktree is just as findable as a million-sub channel. Smaller creators often reply at higher rates.

What does enrichment add to a contact?Enrichment+

A verified mobile (via reverse-append), B2B firmographics (company size, industry, revenue, role), and cross-platform handles stitched into a single identity — each field carrying provenance for how it was found.

How does reverse-append fit into enrichment?Enrichment+

It's the highest-value enrichment step: a verified email becomes a verified mobile, opening SMS and call channels on a contact you only had an email for. It's 10 credits and only charges on a verified match.

Can I enrich the contacts I've pulled?Enrichment+

Yes — select contacts in your library and Trackyr appends verified phones, firmographics, and stitched handles, then exports the completed records to CSV, a webhook, or your CRM. Enrichment runs on the leads already in your pool, not an external upload.

Is enriched data kept fresh?Enrichment+

Appended methods are re-verifiable on demand like the rest of the pool, so an enriched record doesn't silently rot after the first pass.

What does enrichment cost per record?Enrichment+

You pay only for the value-add work: reverse-append is 10 credits and charges only on a verified match, email verify is 2 credits, and phone verify is 3. Firmographics and handle-stitching on a contact the pool already holds add no extra credit cost.

Where can I send verified contacts?Outreach+

Export a column-mapped CSV or fire an outbound webhook into any sequencer or CRM that accepts one — Instantly, Smartlead, GHL, your own endpoint. Pick per-hunt auto-delivery or push a multi-selected batch from the inbox.

How does Trackyr keep outreach compliant?Outreach+

Suppressed contacts — opt-outs, bounces, deletions — are filtered out of every export within a minute of being flagged. Exports also carry TCPA opt-out and quiet-hours metadata, so your sending tool can honor it under your own sender identity.

Can I auto-deliver leads as a hunt finds them?Outreach+

Yes — point a hunt at a webhook and each verified contact is pushed straight through as it clears validation, so leads flow into your sequence without a manual export step.

Does Trackyr send the emails or texts itself?Outreach+

No — Trackyr is the verified-data layer, not a sender. It hands clean, suppression-filtered contacts to your sending tool of choice, which keeps deliverability and consent under your own sender identity and domain.

What format does the CSV export use?Outreach+

A column-mapped CSV with email, phone, line type, verification status, platform, and provenance per row. A blank-name fill option keeps merge fields from breaking in tools like GHL that have no fallback syntax.

Is pulling from the marketplace really free?Lead lists+

Yes — searching and exporting existing pooled contacts costs zero credits on any plan. Credits only apply to fresh discovery (4), email verify (2), phone verify (3), and reverse-append (10). You're never charged twice for the same contact.

How big is the pool?Lead lists+

It grows with every hunt run across the platform — creator and B2B contacts in one graph, tagged by niche, role, and platform. The more it fills, the cheaper outreach gets for everyone.

How do I filter a lead list?Lead lists+

By niche tag, B2B role/industry, platform, geo, contact type (email/phone/both), and verification status — then export the filtered set to CSV, webhook, or CRM.

Are marketplace contacts verified and fresh?Lead lists+

Yes — every pooled contact went through verification at discovery and is re-verified on demand. Suppressed and dead records are filtered out of every pull.

Why would a fresh hunt ever beat the free pool?Lead lists+

The pool is the cheapest path when it already holds your niche. A fresh hunt earns its 4 credits when you need a brand-new segment, the latest contacts in a fast-moving niche, or a list no one else has built yet — and whatever it finds drops into the pool for everyone next time.

Where does Trackyr's data come from?Compliance+

Creator contacts come from logged-out public profile scrapes; B2B contacts come from an aggregated business-contact database. Every record stores its source URL, scrape timestamp, and the engine that found it.

How fast do opt-outs take effect?Compliance+

Under a minute. A suppression entry — from an opt-out, bounce, DNC hit, or DSAR deletion — propagates across the entire shared graph via a database trigger, and every export filters suppressed contacts out automatically.

How does someone request deletion?Compliance+

Through the public DSAR endpoint. Anyone submits a deletion, access, or correction request by email, phone, or handle, and Trackyr processes it within the CCPA 45-day window — matching records are suppressed immediately and removed from the graph as the request is fulfilled.

How does the suppression list work?Compliance+

It's a global do-not-contact layer. Any opt-out, bounce, or DNC entry propagates across the entire shared graph via a database trigger in under a minute, and every export — by any user — filters suppressed contacts out automatically. One suppression protects everyone.

Is this GDPR and CCPA compliant?Compliance+

Right-to-deletion requests are handled via the public DSAR endpoint, opt-outs propagate across the graph in under a minute, and creator sourcing is public-data-only with per-record provenance. Trackyr is built data-broker-ready — with jurisdiction-aware request routing and registration planned in key US states as the platform scales.