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Why Validate Addresses?

It’s important to perform FedEx address validation or UPS address validation before you ship your online orders. Ship an order with an incorrect address and you’ll fork over $17 per package, up to a maximum of $119 per shipment, in address correction fees. For most e-commerce merchants, verifying addresses before shipping can be the difference between making and losing money.

What's The Best Way To Validate An Address?

The best way for an e-commerce store to perform address validation is as seamlessly as possible. To avoid adding friction to the checkout process and driving up cart abandonment rates, an order’s address details should be verified after the order is placed. It is also the most economical way. You won’t be paying to validate an address every time someone enters the checkout process and then abandons the cart.

How Does Validate-Addresses.com Work?

Within a few seconds after you receive an order, Validate-Addresses.com performs the following actions: Places the order on pending address validation hold. How this is done depends on your e-commerce platform and your settings. Retrieves the order’s address details. Performs the address verification. If it passes, Validate-Addresses.com communicates with your store and removes the pending address validation hold.

What’s Wrong With Verifying Addresses During Checkout?

Studies show that the average e-commerce store loses 75% to 85% of its sales to cart abandonment. There are many reasons for cart abandonment, but they all have one thing in common: friction. For this reason, coercing your customer to verify their address details or enter a correct address during checkout may not be the best solution.