// Skip tracing
Clean and DNC-scrub your skip-traced list before you dial
A raw skip-trace export is full of duplicates, dead numbers, and DNC-registered lines. Trackyr dedupes, verifies, and Do-Not-Call scrubs it so what you dial is contactable and compliant.
The short answer
A skip-traced list is raw data: duplicates, dead numbers, unverified emails, and numbers on the Do-Not-Call registry. Before you dial, clean it. Trackyr dedupes the list, verifies each email, validates each phone and its line type, and scrubs against the National Do-Not-Call registry, so what you export is contactable and compliant.
What a raw skip-trace export actually contains
A skip-trace source appends whatever it can match, and it repeats a property across rows, returns numbers that were disconnected months ago, and includes lines sitting on the Do-Not-Call registry. Dial that file as-is and you burn hours on dead air and expose yourself to TCPA complaints on the very first afternoon.
The four steps that make a list dialable
- Dedupe. Collapse the repeated rows a skip trace produces so you call each owner once.
- Verify emails. Confirm each address is real and deliverable before it goes into a sequence.
- Validate phones. Check each number and its line type, and drop the disconnected and reassigned lines.
- Do-Not-Call scrub. Remove numbers on the national registry before the first marketing call or text.
Why this is the step that pays
The locate is only half the job. A list you haven't cleaned wastes dials on dead numbers and risks 500-to-1,500-dollar TCPA penalties per unscrubbed call. Cleaning is the cheapest insurance in the whole workflow, and it's the part you fully control.
How it works in Trackyr
Upload your skip-traced list, choose the actions you want, and Trackyr dedupes, verifies the emails, validates the phones and line types, and Do-Not-Call scrubs, billing only for the checks that return a real result. Export the clean list to CSV or push it to your dialer or CRM by webhook. Trackyr isn't the skip-trace data source; it's the layer that turns that source's raw output into a list you can actually work.
// Common questions
Answered.
How do I clean a skip-traced list?+
Dedupe the rows, verify the emails, validate the phone numbers and their line type, and scrub against the National Do-Not-Call registry before you dial. Trackyr does all four on an uploaded list and exports the clean result.
Do I need to DNC-scrub a skip-traced list?+
Yes, before any marketing call or text. Skip-traced numbers carry no consent, and dialing a registered number risks 500 to 1,500 dollars per violation under the TCPA. Scrubbing removes those numbers first.
Does Trackyr skip trace property owners?+
No. Trackyr is the cleanup and verification layer after skip tracing. Pair it with a skip-trace data source for the locate, then use Trackyr to dedupe, verify, and DNC-scrub before you dial.
// Keep reading
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