Direct Skip Pricing

Direct Skip charges $0.10 to $0.11 per hit for real estate skip tracing, with volume discounts lowering the price to $0.06 per hit. As its name suggests, it offers a straightforward pay-as-you-go model with no monthly subscription fees, and you only pay for successful matches.

This guide breaks down the published Direct Skip pricing as of October 2026, what data is included in a match, and how the pay-per-hit model benefits real estate investors.

Disclosure: Scout Data is our product. We sell bulk homeowner data to outbound sales teams, and we evaluate skip tracing services based on how efficiently they feed a call center dialer.

Pay-per-hit pricing

The core of Direct Skip’s pricing strategy is the pay-per-hit model. When you upload a list of property addresses or owner names, you are only charged for the rows that return contact data. If the system fails to find a match, that record is free.

At the time of writing, standard pricing starts between $0.10 and $0.11 per hit on directskip.com. High-volume users can access discounted rates as low as $0.06 per hit. A free account is available that includes 500 free records to test the service.

What a hit includes

A successful hit from Direct Skip is not just a single phone number. The service aims to provide a comprehensive contact profile for each owner. A typical return includes up to 10 phone numbers—flagged by type (mobile vs. landline)—and up to three email addresses.

Importantly for investors, Direct Skip also traces entity data, meaning it attempts to unmask the contact information behind Corporates, LLCs, and Trusts, and frequently includes relative and associate information.

Is pay-per-hit the best model?

For real estate investors working with older, distressed, or "messy" lists, pay-per-hit is often the most cost-effective path. If a list has a high percentage of unmatchable records, paying per-record (where every uploaded row is charged) drains your budget quickly. The pay-per-hit model protects your spend and guarantees you only buy actual data. To compare these models, see our guides on Tracerfy vs BatchSkipTracing and REISkip pricing.

However, if you are buying lists and then paying to trace them, the combined cost per lead can be higher than buying a fully appended list upfront. Call centers dialing thousands of records a day usually prefer to purchase lists that already include verified owner phones.

The prices stated above are publicly advertised at the time of writing (October 2026). Always verify current rates and terms directly with the vendor before making a purchase.

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