Having an address inputted incorrectly can be frustrating for small businesses that are affected more by the cost of shipping. It’s important to utilize the resources available from your carriers that validate or automatically correct addresses as required. UPS, like other shipping carriers, has an address validation tool that can become a huge saving grace for your eCommerce business.
You can use address validation as part of your integration with PluginHive. If you’re looking for help with implementing this feature into your website, reach out to a member of our support team.
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- How to Use UPS Address Validation
- How To Integrate UPS Address Validation Into an eCommerce Website
- Why is UPS Address Validation Valuable for my eCommerce Business Website or Application?
How to Use UPS Address Validation
You can easily validate an address using the UPS website, through the Support channel. Through the online form, enter the address you would like to validate. UPS Address Validation can only be used for addresses in the United States or Puerto Rico.
UPS leaves the following disclaimer at the end of their validation form:
UPS assumes no liability for the information provided by the UPS Address Validation Page. The Address Validation Page does not support the identification or verification of occupants at an address. The customer is responsible for the accuracy of all information contained on shipping documents and all fees as a result of address corrections.
Once you’ve filled in the form and clicked “validate,” the UPS website will search the address and inform you of its accuracy.
How To Integrate UPS Address Validation Into an eCommerce Website
The Address Validation Application Programming Interface (API) can be integrated into your eCommerce website or application to automatically and quickly provide accurate address suggestions to your customers if an error is found.
According to UPS, The API requires XML/Web Services, programmers, to code and integrate. When using UPS, you can gain access to their developer kit and guide which provides tips for integrating code accurately and easily into your website. With PluginHive’s UPS Ready Shipping Solutions, however, this is all taken care of for you.
Once you’ve integrated the proper API code into your website or app, the process is easy from there as it provides the validation automatically for your customers as well as a plethora of other tools offered by UPS.
Why is UPS Address Validation Valuable for my eCommerce Business Website or Application?
There are so many advantages to using UPS Address Validation as part of your shipment process:
- Fewer errors made by customers, even typos, means your shipments get to customers safely and without delays. This translates into happy customers who will purchase again.
- Address Validation is available in over 40 countries. So if you are providing services to your American customers from other countries, they can easily validate their address to secure peace of mind that their orders will make it to them.
- Your customer service can better interact with your customers because they can easily look up and confirm addresses. They can even minimize the chance of concerned or angry customers due to misplaced packages.
- Help to simplify your shipping process even further by removing the need to make edits after ordering. Instead, you can help automate the entire shipping process. This is even more easily done by integrating an automated shipping application into your website that works with UPS.
After implementing UPS Address Validation into your eCommerce website or application, you will quickly notice how much easier and streamlined the entire buying process becomes. It’s important as a growing business to find and utilize as many tools as you can that will aid in easing the amount of manual work needed by you and your team and instead nurture the growth of your business.
You may think now that your business is doing well without the need to integrate “confusing” APIs that you can just complete yourself. However, as your business grows this will become an issue that may stall the success of your brand and the overall happiness of your customers and employees.
Integrating simple code such as the UPS Address Validation feature can be what sets you apart from the competition. It allows your eCommerce business to flourish. If you have any questions, of course, we are here to help!
Interested in learning more about integrating automated UPS shipping labels and address validation into your eCommerce website?
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