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02Reporting

Retreaver's Call & RTB Dashboards

The **Call Dashboard** and **RTB Dashboard** are the two reporting hubs in Retreaver. The Call Dashboard tells you what happened *after* a call connected — volume, revenue, buyer behavior, geography.

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03Routing Calls

Auto-Suppression and Auto-Acceptance with Caller Lists

Caller Lists give you precise control over which caller numbers can and cannot be accepted in a campaign and reach specific buyers.

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04Integrations

Retreaver IQ - Zip Code Solutions

Retreaver IQ enriches inbound calls in real time by retrieving additional caller intelligence using the caller’s phone number through a verified database powered by Audience Acuity.

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05RTB Real Time Bidding

Understanding High Ping Volume vs Low Call Volume

Learn why you may experience high RTB ping volume with few live calls. Covering what Reserved and Expired mean, why brokers over-ping, why longer TTL will not help, how Ping Shield limits noise, and how the RTB drilldown spotlights weak publishers.

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06Buyers

Buyer Caps

Learn how to control call volume to Buyers using concurrency, hourly, daily, monthly, and hard caps. Includes cap triggers, RTB reservation counting, and how caps are displayed and configured.

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07Getting Started

How to Port Numbers Into Retreaver

You can port Numbers into Retreaver as well as out of Retreaver for a fee.

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08Reporting

AI Analyst: Turn Calls Into Insights

AI Analyst automatically transcribes and analyzes your calls inside Retreaver, tagging each conversation with caller intent, call outcome, and key insights. It helps teams quickly understand what happened on every call, improve conversion performance, and scale QA and compliance workflows without manual review.

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09Routing Calls

Waiting Room

The Waiting Room gives your callers a chance to connect even when all your buyers are busy. Instead of immediately dropping the call, Retreaver places the caller on hold and quietly re-checks for available handlers every few seconds. The moment someone becomes free, the call goes through — no manual intervention needed.

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10Getting Started

Introduction

Start here to learn about Retreaver and how to get started routing and tracking calls.

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11Retreaver.js

How to Use Retreaver.js

Retreaver.js is a JavaScript library for displaying and tagging trackable phone numbers on your landing page.

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12Getting Started

How to Set Up Your First Call Tracking Campaign

If you are new to Retreaver this is the best starting point to learn how to set up a Campaign to start routing and tracking calls.

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13Buyers

Buyer Groups

Buyer Groups allow you to manage multiple together and assign them as a group to a Campaign's Route Settings as well as set caps, dedupe, and simuldial on a group-level.

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14Getting Started

Terminology

Overview of Retreaver terminology and navigation.

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15Getting Started

Webhooks

Webhooks are a core part of how Retreaver connects with 3rd party Call data appending services, affiliate systems, bidding, and other APIs. It allows you to tag Calls and append data at every stage of a Call or RTB helping you route in a way that fits your system.

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16Numbers

Numbers

Set up phone numbers through Retreaver: local or toll-free, dynamic vs static. Then expand routing and tracking with campaigns, publishers, tags, and business hours.

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17Numbers

Number Pools

Number pools use dynamic number insertion (DNI) to show the right tracking number per visit, recycle numbers after calls, and map URL tags - so you can attribute pay-per-call without a static number per campaign.

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18Integrations

How to add the "DNC.com" Integration into your campaigns

Integrate DNC.com with Retreaver to add contact center compliance to adhere to TCPA and DNC regulations.

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19Numbers

How to Route Calls to a SIP Address

This article explains how to route calls in Retreaver using SIP instead of phone numbers, covering both outbound and inbound configurations. It outlines authentication options, setup requirements, and the SIP headers automatically included with SIP-based call routing.

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20Routing Calls

Ensuring Calls Are Answered using Buyer Group Routing Behaviors

Phone calls going unanswered are a challenge for many businesses, they cost companies revenue, reputation and customer experience.

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21Buyers

Business Hours

How to set business hours on a Call Buyer to determine which hours they are available and set caps per time frame.

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22API & Webhooks

Test Fire Webhooks

Test your buyers webhook using Retreaver's new and improved Test Webhook function.

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23Getting Started

Collaborating with Superusers, Publishers, and Call Buyers

Invite users to your company as either superusers or collaborators, with specific roles and permissions such as Publisher or Call Buyer. Retreaver accounts can get access to multiple companies and switch between them.

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24RTB Real Time Bidding

Retreaver Ping Shield

Retreaver Ping Shield reduces duplicate inbound requests and rate-limited outbound pings to protect buyers, keep integrations healthy, and improve qualified call delivery.

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25API & Webhooks

Webhook Output Modifiers

Use output modifiers to automatically adjust payout, revenue, and timer values returned by a webhook before they are applied to the call.

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26RTB Real Time Bidding

Call Reservation API [deprecated]

The Call reservation API effectively allows lead generators the ability to ping Retreaver campaigns for a transfer number, by prequalifying the lead and reserving an available buyer to take their call.

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27Getting Started

Pay-Per-Call Features To Optimize Your Conversion Performance

Overview of Retreaver's pay-per-call features, with links to guides for data posting, RTB, call reservation, webhook configuration, and conversion postbacks that help improve call routing and conversion performance.

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28Integrations

Twilio Application Connect

Twilio Application Connect lets you hand off calls from your own Twilio apps directly into Retreaver. This gives you the flexibility of using Twilio's and Retreaver's features in tandem.

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29Buyers

Tags

Retreaver uses tags to represent call data attributes, using tags ensures that the caller reaches the most applicable person suited to handle the call....

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30Numbers

Local and Toll-Free Phone Numbers

Retreaver supports US toll-free numbers and local numbers across most US states and territories.

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31Integrations

Integrate HubSpot with Retreaver

The Retreaver Integration for HubSpot helps you track every inbound call into your organization back to the campaign, keyword, even creative that lead to the call.

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32API & Webhooks

Webhook Configurator

Use webhook configurator with over 100 templates, making integrating and pinging other platforms easier.

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33Reporting

Schedule Exports of Call Data

Retreaver allows you to automatically email call reports on a regular schedule.

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34Integrations

Integrate Blacklist Alliance with Retreaver

Use Retreaver + Blacklist Alliance "Litigation Firewall" on your campaigns, reducing the risk of contacting abusive plaintiffs and class action lawyers.

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35Retreaver.js

How to enable DNI on Wix Landing Pages

Due to platform design, HTML elements on Wix.com can only be modified using the Wix Corvid API. This means that in order to enable Dynamic Number Insertion using Retreaver.js, you must create an event...

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36Buyers

How to Upload Call Sources in Bulk

When setting up many call Sources (synonym for publishers or affiliates in Retreaver) for use when tracking calls, rather than adding them one-by-one through the interface, you can upload them via...

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37Integrations

Integrate Google Ads with Retreaver

When promoting your offers using Google Ads, Retreaver's Parameter Mapper can be used to gather data from a session URL bar and attach that...

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38Integrations

Integrate Voluum with Retreaver

Voluum is one of the most robust tracking systems available to help you optimize your lead spends. However, if you try to track calls to Voluum using a clickid, you would need e...

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39Account Settings

What is the Retreaver Store?

The Retreaver store gives you the option to further configure the Retreaver platform.

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40API & Webhooks

Track Call Data Inbound or Outbound

How to transfer call data inbound into Retreaver or outbound towards a third party platform or application.

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41Reporting

Average vs Standard Deviation duration

What is the difference between Average and Standard Deviation duration within Reports table?

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42Retreaver.js

How to track referrer as a tag in Retreaver.js?

In order to track the website your visitors are coming from as tags you'll need to use the 'advanced' code block for Retreaver.js....

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43Integrations

Integrate Anura with Retreaver

Anura provides an easy-to-use platform designed to help you analyze and verify online interactions with your brand in real-time. Combined with the call filtering and routing tools provided by Retreave...

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44Getting Started

Supported Browsers

Retreaver recommends using Chrome when using our web app interface but we aim to support any major modern browser (Safari, Firefox, etc).

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45Traffic Quality

Retreaver Rescue

Retreaver Rescue automatically reroutes short or disconnected outbound calls to another buyer, reducing missed opportunities and improving call outcomes.

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46Buyers

Buyer Level Suppression Guide

This guide explains how to block specific caller IDs at the buyer level in Retreaver, allowing you to prevent unwanted callers from being routed to a specific buyer or call handler. It walks through preparing a suppression list, formatting it correctly, and applying it using buyer tags to enforce targeted call suppression.

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47Buyers

Utilizing the Call Rejection System

Retreaver's call rejection system lets buyers return routed calls within 90 seconds via HTTP webhook, automatically rerouting them to the next available buyer on your campaign.

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48Account Settings

Change your Account Avatar

Retreaver uses Gravatar to automatically pull up an avatar image based on your email address.

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49Account Settings

How to View or Change an API Key

Navigate to your My Account screen, found in the Settings menu on the left, and then click API Access. Click the Show button to reveal you...

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50Account Settings

Change or Reset a Password

How to change your password, reset a forgotten password, and sign out of Retreaver

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