Skip to main content

Contact Validator - Drip

Validate email or phone, tag contacts based on validity, and optionally update with a corrected format if found.

INTEGRATIONS NEEDED FOR CONTACT VALIDATOR

Drip

Mailgun

Twilio

You are currently viewing this content for Drip.

Contact Validator Configuration Options

Select your Validation type

In this section, you will find the options for building your tool. Follow along in your PlusThis app, or by viewing the numbered step in the screenshots.

Step 1: Email Validation

By default, this toggle is set to "off". If you would like to validate the Email address of your contacts, switch the toggle to "on".

Step 2: Phone Validation

By default, this toggle is set to "off". If you would like to validate the phone numbers of your contacts, switch the toggle to "on".

Setting Up Email Validation

Step 3: Apply this tag if the field is blank

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is blank.

If you do not have a tag created already, you can create a tag by typing the name of the desired tag in the tag selector and the hitting "Add.... ".

Step 4: Apply this tag if the email address is invalid

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the email address is invalid.

Step 5: Apply this tag if the email address is valid

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the email address is valid.

Phone Validation

Step 6: Which Phone field should be Validated?

In the drop-down, select which phone field you would like to validate.

Step 7: Attempt validation with default country code(s).

By default, this toggle will be set to "Off". Phone validation requires a fully-qualified phone number (must include country code). By default, PlusThis will try the number as-is, but we can also try it with configurable country codes if you do not have the country code stored in the field. Switch the toggle to "Yes" if you would like to select country codes to attempt the validation with.

Step 8: Update Phone Number with its fully-qualified format.

By default, this toggle will be set to "Off". To update the phone number in the field with it's fully-qualified format (to include the country code), switch this toggle over to "Yes".

Step 9: Apply this tag if the field is blank:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is blank.

Step 10: Apply this tag if the phone number is invalid:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is invalid.

Step 11: Apply this tag if the phone number is valid:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is valid.

Optional Phone Validation Settings and Saving

Step 12: Apply this tag if the phone number is a mobile number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a Mobile Phone Number.

Step 13: Apply this tag if the phone number is a VOIP number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a VOIP Phone Number.

Step 14: Apply this tag if the phone number is a landline number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a Landline Phone Number.

Step 15: Apply this tag after validation has completed:

If you would like to apply a tag after the Validation has been completed, in the drop-down, select which tag you would like to apply.

Step 16: Tool Name

Enter a name for your tool in this field. The name is solely for use inside of PlusThis, and will not be visible to customers.

click image to enlarge

Implementation Types

Rule

Run your tool as a Rule using a Run Action element.

Step 1: Create a Rule.

Step 2: Choose PlusThis from the left drop down.

Step 3: Keep the right drop down as ‘Send person’.

Step 4: Choose the tool you would like to run in the ‘Which Feature’ drop down.

Step 5: Change the ‘Which action?’ drop down to ‘Run’.

Automation

Run your tool virtually anywhere in your automation using a Run Action element.

Step 1: Add an action in your Drip Automation.

Step 2: Choose PlusThis from the left drop down.

Step 3: Keep the right drop down as ‘Send person’.

Step 4: Choose the tool you would like to run in the ‘Which Feature’ drop down.

Step 5: Change the ‘Which action?’ drop down to ‘Run’.

Help Video for this tool

Did this answer your question?