Address validation: And your delivery arrives safely

The validation of address spelling, the check for up-to-dateness, for example with regard to possible relocations, and duplicate matching to avoid duplicate mailings form the basis for correct and efficient customer contact. In this way, you avoid incorrect addresses, minimize returns and optimize your advertising success.

In 3 steps to high-quality and postally correct addresses

Every address validation starts with the structuring and formatting of the addresses using AZ Trim. Then AZ Strada, our software for correct postal address spelling, is used to ensure address quality. Your address lists are checked for postal validity and orthographic correctness and corrected if necessary.

An address check forms the basis for efficient customer contact

In the subsequent address update, we check your addresses for relocation, deceased and undeliverable information. This information can either be used in the course of a campaign-related address comparison or permanently transferred to your customer base.

AZ Unique phonetically compares the structured, updated and postally correct addresses. In duplicate matching, AZ Unique determines the possible duplicates at personal, household or company level.

All the process steps mentioned are available both in classic batch processing and in online processes and therefore in real time as an integrated component of your CRM and eCommerce platforms.

Address verification with AZ PICK and AZ BICK

In eCommerce in particular, increased requirements for the deliverability of a consignment of goods are unavoidable. Incorrect deliveries and returns cause high costs, negatively impact customer satisfaction and should therefore be avoided wherever possible.

With AZ PICK (Person Identification Check), you can check the deliverability of a consignment at the level of the addressed person in advance. AZ PICK is the ideal tool for address verification and thus for reducing the risk of incorrect deliveries and returns. During the check, the addresses are standardized in advance, validated by post and then compared against our reference databases with more than 150 million address data records. This checks whether the recipient is sufficiently likely to live at the specified address and whether the consignment can therefore be delivered.

AZ BICK (Business Identification Check) provides a similar function for checking company addresses. AZ BICK checks whether a given company exists at the address and for how long. This is very relevant information for business decisions in B2B business (deliverability, risk assessment, address inventory evaluation, etc.).

AZ PICK and AZ BICK are integrated directly into the eCommerce platform as an online process and provide you with information on deliverability, etc. in real time, or as a batch process for processing large volumes of addresses.

AZ input assistant

Address entry made easy
With the AZ input assistant, you can support your customers with convenient and error-free address entry in checkout or registration processes. Thanks to the intuitive quick entry mask, shoppers are shown correct postal address suggestions after just a few characters - this prevents input errors and ensures that only correct addresses are entered into your customer database. This improves the usability of your website and increases the conversion rate of your online store.

The input assistant can be quickly integrated into existing websites or store systems. The generation of address suggestions - for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia - takes place in real time. Current reference data is permanently available. The result for you: fewer order cancellations due to incorrect entries, more deliverable shipments, satisfied customers and an increase in the conversion rate.