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Service Objects Tips & Tricks
Did you know that UPS™ charges up to $10.00 per package for address validation?*
Why pay $10.00 per package when you could pay $.02 per package?
 Here's the problem...
For years companies that ship packages have relied on address validation provided by the shipper. Service Objects’ estimates that up to 20% of all packages shipped this holiday season will require address clean-up and correction. That’s an additional $10.00 cost for each single package shipped!
What Does This Mean for your Company?
- Significant increases in shipping costs
- Substantial decreases in profit
- Hidden customer support issues due to incorrect shipping addresses
Do you Have the Tools to Fix the Problem?
As of a few years ago only the most sophisticated web sites (like Amazon.com) offered address validation at the point-of-entry. Even then, retailers relied on massive in-house databases with licensing fees of hundreds of thousands dollars per year to correct addresses. For most medium-size retailers this method is completely unattainable - but now there is a better way.
The Evolution of DPV
Recently the United States Postal Service (USPS) re-licensed its Delivery Point Validation (DPV) database for use in middle-tier applications. The re-licensing of DPV has allowed Service Objects to create DOTS Address Validation™, an online interface designed specifically to utilize the DPV database for instant address validation at the customers’ point of entry. This means that your customers will have the ability to self-verify their shipping addresses against the most accurate address information that the USPS has to offer.
| | "DOTS Address Validation with DPV not only corrects addresses in
real-time; it also gives detailed notes on what was changed." |
The Solution
By using Service Objects’ DOTS Address Validation, online retailers can verify addresses instantly for customers for only pennies per transaction. Furthermore, having complete and accurate shipping addresses improves delivery times and reduces lost-package support issues for your company.
- Service Objects’ DOTS Address Validation is an XML based web service and is compatible with all programming platforms, such as PHP, .Net, Java, and ASP
- There is absolutely no software to install
- Service Objects’ is the only company offering USPS DPV data specifically designed for real-time point of entry validation
- Register for a free 15-day trial on our website, with absolutely no obligation or credit card required, and see if DOTS Address Validation is right for you
| | "Without the use of DOTS Address Validation you are allowing
customers to enter an incorrect address, ensuring that UPS will tack-on
its hefty correction fees thereby increasing your shipping costs." |
The Bottom Line
DOTS Address Validation means lower shipping costs (you can save up to $10.00 per package), 80% fewer non-deliverable packages, faster shipping, and greater ability for future re-marketing.
Contact us now to start saving.
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