DOTS Address Validation - US Example

DOTS Address Validation - US

Validate Addresses and Verify USPS® Address Standardization

DOTS Address Validation - US uses certified USPS® certified data to instantly validate, parse, correct and append contact address data; includes locational metadata and option for Delivery Point Validation (DPV) operation.


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Overview

What is it?

DOTS Address Validation–US (AV-US) is an XML Web Service that can be integrated with any Web-enabled platform in order to validate and standardize US addresses in real time, at the point of entry.

Why use DOTS Address Validation?

About 15% of U.S. mail, (or over 90 million pieces) is deemed undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA). Some of the reasons for this are: Incorrectly spelled or formatted city names, missing or incorrect ZIP codes and missing suite/apartment numbers. What happens to UAA mail? Returns, delays or one-way trips to mail recovery centers (MRC)--- wasting your time and resources.

DOTS Address Validation - USSM improves the processing and delivery of mail within the United States by pre-standardizing addresses to the U.S. standard, validating them to ensure deliverability, and appending data that is useful to the USPS for sorting and delivery (such as Carrier Route, and Barcode Digits).

What does it do?

AV-US validates and verifies US addresses by checking them against a continuously updated database of CASS-Certified USPS® valid street addresses as well as other public and proprietary online databases. . It returns parsed, standardized, and corrected addresses, appending ZIP+4 codes, barcode digits, PO Box numbers, pre and post-directionals (e.g. “W Main St” or “N Main St W”), county and state codes, and much more, depending on which operations are employed.

For instance, our “ValidateAddressesWithRDI” operation utilizes the USPS’s RDI (Residential Delivery Indicator) data to identify whether a given address is classified as a residential or business address. In addition, we utilize the USPS SuiteLinkTM data to append Suite numbers to an address based on business name.

To improve residential delivery rates, our “ValidateAddressWithDPV” (Delivery Point Validation) operation verifies that addresses are deliverable, down to the mailbox level (including apartments,) and appends any missing information.

 
Features & Benefits

FEATURES

  • Verifies that an address is valid and has a mailbox with Delivery Point Validation (DPV) data
  • Verifies that an address exists with Delivery Point Validation (DPV) data
  • Includes example code for C#, ASP, Java, PHP, Microsoft Access, Salesforce.com, and many other development platforms
  • Corrects bad street names, cities, states, ZIP codes and other address elements
  • Uses a CASS-Certified cleansing engine with monthly data updates
  • Interfaces with the XML Web Service using SOAP or HTTP GET/POST, our FTP batch service, or Web interface
  • Offers optional Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI) to flag residential addresses (requires written request to initialize)
  • Returns standardized, corrected, and appended postal address information for over 165 million unique addresses throughout the United States
  • USPS SuiteLink ready for appending or correcting business records with accurate suite (secondary) information

BENEFITS

Increased returns on sales and marketing efforts. Instant address verification quickly identifies serious leads and updates your CRM with clean data, maintaining the integrity of your contact list and reducing the potential for re-keying errors and the time and effort required to follow up on bad leads. Improved shipping process and reduced costs. Mailing labels that are prepared with valid and standardized addresses help assure deliverability and speed up delivery rates, reducing the high costs and amount of support issues associated with lost and returned packages.
 
Security

SECURE SERVICES GUARANTEED 99.995% AVAILABILITY

Security

  • No customer data is retained or stored
  • HTTPS protocol encrypts transactions sent to
    and from DOTS Web Services
  • Primary and backup data centers in separate geographic locations
  • Fully redundant, load-balanced hardware and Internet connections are used

Availability

DOTS Security
Security and Operating Procedures PDFDownload Security and Operating Procedures
 
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Developer's Tools

EXAMPLES & RESOURCES

Developer's Guide

Download the developer-written guide. It covers AV-US integration, Web service structure, request types and other pertinent information to help you be successful in understanding and implementing this service.

Service Path

See the service path for AV-US and access several samples of SOAP requests and responses.

XML WSDL

See XML WSDL for descriptions of AV-US data types, details, interface, location and protocol.

Sample Code

See sample code available in ASP,C# and PHP.