Bulk Skip Tracing

What it means

Single-search skip tracing is for the lead you're working right now. Bulk is for the list you bought yesterday: a few hundred to a few hundred thousand rows of name + address that need phones and emails before they can be dialed or mailed.

Bulk workflows typically run as: upload CSV → server queues an async job → check status → download a results file when the job completes. Per-match pricing matters even more in bulk because miss rates on cold lists routinely run 20–40%.

How Ava Data handles bulk skip tracing

In the dashboard, drop your CSV onto the bulk-upload screen, watch the progress bar, and download an enriched CSV when it's done — no code, no integration work.

Through the API, Ava Data's bulk endpoint accepts a multipart CSV upload, queues an async job, and exposes a status-polling endpoint. Credits are reserved at upload and reconciled to actual matches on completion, so misses are refunded automatically. Output is a JSON file with the same shape as the synchronous endpoint, one record per input row.

For developers: example API call

If you'd rather click than code, the Ava Data dashboard returns the same data without a single line of JSON. The snippet below is for teams wiring Ava Data into a CRM, dialer, or AI pipeline.

Content-Type: multipart/form-data

file=@leads.csv
returns=phone,email

{
  "jobId": "job_8f3a92",
  "status": "queued",
  "rowCount": 12450,
  "creditsReserved": 24900,
  "statusUrl": "/api/v1/bulk/jobs/job_8f3a92"
}

Related terms

• Skip Tracing — Skip tracing is the process of locating a person's current contact information — phone numbers, email addresses, and known associates — by stitching together public records, utility data, and proprietary identity graphs.
• CRM Enrichment — CRM enrichment is the process of automatically appending missing fields — phone, email, mailing address, related persons — to records already in your CRM, usually via webhook or scheduled batch job.
• People Search API — A people search API programmatically returns identity and contact information for an individual given a name and a few disambiguating fields — address, city, state, age, or DOB.