When you gather contact data for leads and customers, some items are obvious: name, mailing address, and email to name a few. But in some cases, it makes sense to check another data point: their IP...
What is DOTS IP Address Validation? First, it helps to understand what an IP address is. IP addresses are like a mailing address, but for devices on the internet. It is a 32-bit number that uniquely...
How good are your leads? DOTS Lead Validation, Service Objects’ most popular composite service, is designed to measure lead quality – helping our clients reduce fraud, increase conversions and enhance...
In a previous blog, we discussed the benefits of using DOTS Address Detective - International to detect a contact’s country. This blog will discuss some of the challenges surrounding country detection in...
Some things are just better together. Like milk and cookies. Or peanut butter and jelly. Or, if you do online sales and marketing, ecommerce platforms and data validation services. Integrating live,...
Using a blacklist to block malicious users and bots that would cause you aggravation and harm is one of the most common and oldest methods around (according to Wikipedia the first DNS based blacklist was...
Good news – someone wants to place a large online order for one of your company’s products, shipped to their business in the United States. But in reality, this person is a scammer from some boiler...
With the holiday season upon us, online sales surge with customers seeking to place orders with retailers. But not all orders, form submissions, and lead generation efforts are legitimate. Building fraud...
Have you ever been in a business with a sign that says, "We reserve the right to refuse service"? When doing business in person, merchants may be able to detect warning signs of potential fraud. Perhaps...
Last week our DOTS IP Address Validation web service received an exciting new feature enhancement – the ability to detect Tor network users within the anonymous proxy warning. Using the Tor Network or...
