Telephone Number Verification & Append
Verify and obtain accurate Canadian telephone numbers for your contact records.
DSF2 processing is provided by a nonexclusive licensee of the United States Postal Service. Melissa Data is a nonexclusive Interface Distributor and NCOALink Full Service Provider, DPV and LACSLink Licensee of the United States Postal Service. The prices for NCOALink and DPV services are not established, controlled, or approved by the United States Postal Service.
Valuable time and resources are wasted on making calls to contacts with wrong numbers. And, manually searching for and obtaining telephone numbers for your contacts is a painful process that often yields out-of-date information. Our Telephone Verification & Append service automatically verifies the accuracy of your phone numbers, updates inaccurate records with correct phone numbers, and acquires up-to-date phone numbers for records with missing numbers. This service works for both consumer and business records. Now you can quickly and easily ensure the completeness and accuracy of your list before you execute that telephone follow-up campaign or outbound telesales program.
After running this service, you will receive a result file containing your original input file with the new, corrected data appended to it. Fields are added to your record to store new phone numbers and their verification status. A summary report provides you with statistical data describing your results and a record layout defines field positioning and content.
Benefits
- Increase marketing campaign ROI by including telephone follow-up.
- Improve customer service by enabling telephone contact.
- Reduce costs associated with inaccurate telephone numbers.
Match Rates
40 - 65% Range.
Match Rate Factors
- List quality (age, structure)
- List type (profile, demographics)
Related Services
Improve your Phone Verification & Append match results by also running Canadian Address Standardization and the Canadian National Change of Address - NCOA service.
File Format Specification
Please see the File Format Specification for information on required input and standard result fields.
This service also appends the following fields:
| Field Name | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PA_Match | 2 | Phone Match Code
C1 = Highest Confidence Match C2 = High Confidence Match C3 = Moderate Confidence Match C4 = Moved - Phone Number Possibly Outdated C5 = Delisted - No Longer in Current Directory X1 = Phone Number Not Found in Directory X2 = Missing/Invalid Name X3 = Missing/Invalid Input Address X4 = Not Matched |
| PA_Category | 1 | Phone Match Category
R = Residential B = Business - = None |
| PA_Status | 1 | Phone Match Status
A = Append V = Verify - = None |
