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Suggests validated street addresses for users as they type to streamline processes. Learn more.

Standardizing, correcting, and validating address data for better market insights. Learn more.

Reviewing postal addresses for accuracy and completeness for enhanced insights. Learn more.

The components that make up an address or the information surrounding it. Learn more.

Learn about the many terms surrounding address data and what they mean for you and your business.

Government agencies benefit from address data intelligence in many different ways. Learn more.

If you need to collect address data for your business, then you need that data to be accurate.

Managing addresses not found in an authoritative database due to various factors. Learn more.

False positives can damage a company's reputation, disrupt process flow, and much worse. Learn more.

Should contain the building or house number, predirectionals, street name, and more. Learn more.

A field that allows users to add secondary address information, such as unit numbers. Learn more.

Learn the differences between reverse address lookups, parcel address lookups, and people search.

Taking an address or a string of text and breaking that address into parts. Learn more.

Converts addresses to match national postal formats. Find out how it happens and why it's important.

Address standardization and validation are 2 data quality services that Smarty provides. Learn more.

An application programming interface (API) that can automatically standardize and validate addresses.

If you deal with addresses, Smarty has some tips. Start by validating and standardizing an address.

Converting characters in one alphabet to another while preserving phonetic representation.

Many companies offer address validation services. Here's a comparison to help you meet your needs.

Address verification matters for your bottom line and improves your operations overall. Learn more.

Google's Geocoding API is widely known, but there are other, affordable options to consider.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) feel complex, but we're here to clear it up for you.

AVS vs address validation boils down to credit card fraud prevention vs. postal accuracy.

Uploading a spreadsheet or list of addresses to geocode in one fell swoop. Learn why it's valuable.

No. How was that for a fast answer? Google Maps's mapping service doesn't validate addresses.

Learn about Canada Post and how to use Smarty APIs to validate Canadian postal addresses.

Here, you can learn about CASS processing, why it's important, and why we have it at Smarty.

Why ZIP Codes and other address parts change, the problems this creates, and how to manage changes.

Fine-tune address autocomplete using Smarty’s API parameters for a customizable experience.

Best practices for formatting international addresses and boosting your ROI with Smarty's products.

Discover why converting a street address to latitude and longitude coordinates is vital for businesses.

County data may surprise you, and having that information gives you a leg up on your competition.

County FIPS Codes are 5-digit numbers used to designate each county across the United States.

Combining all of an organization's data into one list, eliminating duplicates & standardizing info.

A set of principles and standards that dictate the organization and unification of data.

Facilitating data control and flow, from the data's creation to processing, accessing, and deleting it.

Smarty doesn't sell, distribute, persist the storage of, or in any way abuse your data. Learn more.

Smarty provides geocodes formatted as decimal degrees and delivers a 5 or 6-decimal geocode.

Wondering about Delivery Point Validation (DPV)? We'll explain what it is, AND how you can use it.

Here, you can learn about how to determine whether or not a suite or apartment number is valid.

Learn about the German Postal Service and how to validate an address in Germany using Smarty.

Google doesn’t consistently parse address data, and there are other limitations to consider, too.

Stop cart abandonment and shipping failures. Automatic address verification streamlines checkouts.

Reduce cart abandonment and boost conversions with mobile-friendly checkout, guest options, and more.

Batch geocode and validate addresses in Excel using Smarty’s plugin. Here's how to do it well.

Optimize financial reporting with FFIEC Geocode and Smarty's solutions. Enhance your data quality.

If you know the ZIP Code or city for an address, you can find out what county it's located in easily.

There are two main qualities that will help you determine if an address validation API is a good. Learn more.

Knowledge is important. We'd like to give you some address-based knowledge for free.

Here's how to find a French postal code and examples of France's address format. Learn more now.

The GPS coordinates (or the latitude and longitude) of a physical address. Enhance your data.

Finding geographical coordinates for an address or place is possible. Here's how to do it well.

Geocoding APIs are out there, but how do you choose the right one for your organization? Read on.

Google's address validation API vs. Smarty's API. Let's talk facts.

Learn to validate and geocode addresses in Google Sheets with Smarty’s extension.

"HyperText Transfer Protocol" is the computer communication protocol used most on the Internet.

Enhance Smarty's autocomplete in HubSpot forms with parameters to filter by state and more. Read on.

Enhance CRM data with US Address Autocomplete in HubSpot. Create custom HTML forms for your business.

Want to look up and validate international addresses? We’ll show you how to do it well.

Geocoding uses a postal address to identify the GPS lat/long coordinates of that location.

NCOA usually costs ~ $200 in "setup fees" with a varying price/address. We don’t provide NCOA service.

Wondering what LACSLink® is and why it's important? Smarty has the answers here.

Network latency is simply referring to the delay in communication across different networks.

The difference between mailable, shippable, and deliverable addresses is important to understand.

A "mappable" address isn’t necessarily "valid" or officially recognized (mailman-deliverable).

You want to get the ZIP+4 Code for an address, but what do you do if your provider doesn't have them?

National databases are used beyond mailing, including market research, data management, and more.

Discover why USPS skips some addresses and how Smarty’s database includes 20M+ non-USPS addresses.

Open source or free? They mean different things and can change how you approach address cleansing.

PII (personally identifiable information) is data that permits the identification of an individual.

Is there a list of ZIP Codes where the USPS doesn't deliver to physical addresses? Yes.

Need lat/long coordinates associated with a physical address? Here's what you're looking for.

Every country has a different mailing address format. Knowing the format before sending matters.

Learn all about address keys and why they need to be PUIDs (persistent, unique identifiers).

Postal codes are strings of numbers (and sometimes letters) that help postal services determine where...

Project US@ is a pioneering initiative with technical guidelines and standards to format data.

Understand property data, from real estate attributes to ownership details for better market analysis.

Qualified health information networks (QHINs) are digital spaces where health information is shared.

Keep your address data up to date; we recommend performing address verification at least every 90 days.

I just ran some rejected addresses. What does that mean? We'll tell you.

What is RDI/where can you find it? Read on to learn more about the Residential Delivery Indicator.

Convert latitude and longitude coordinates (a geocode) to an address using US Reverse Geocoding.

Curious about how to format an address to England? We've got you covered with address facts here.

Discover how Enhanced Line of Travel (eLOT) makes mail delivery and bulk mailing simple.

Unlock the potential of secondary address data with Smarty's US Secondary Address Data.

An SLA (service level agreement) is a part of a standardized service contract. Learn more.

From a financial standpoint, the USPS prefers to deliver mail to a PO Box. Find out why.

Unlock telecom success with US Address Verification and geocoding. See their role in network optimization.

Discover what a truck roll is, why it's costly for businesses, and how you can reduce expenses.

Some organizations (large businesses, universities, or government agencies) receive unique ZIP Codes.

While the address validation service offered by UPS can be useful, there are several limitations.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, a way to reference a resource like a web page on a network.

An application programmatic interface (API) that processes postal and non-postal addresses.

Wondering how to use regular expressions for address validation? We've got you covered.

Learn how to use Smarty's .NET SDK in C#. Read the article or watch the YouTube video.

Learn how to use Smarty's PHP SDK. Read the article or watch the YouTube video.

Learn how to use Smarty's Python SDK. Read the article or watch the YouTube video.

Do you want to know how to use USPS's API in C#? We'll show you and share step-by-step instructions.

Do you want to know how to use the USPS's API in PHP? We'll show you how with step-by-step info.

Do you want to know how to use the USPS's API in Python? We'll show you how, step-by-step.

Learn how to verify and standardize addresses with USPS while understanding its limitations.

An address validation API provided by the United States Postal Service. Learn all about it.

Learn about these methods of address data verification and which you should be using.

Introducing USPS CASS Cycle O, enhancing address validation with precision and efficiency.

CASS™ stands for The Coding Accuracy Support System. It's a tool created by the USPS®.

Inactive and no-stat addresses. Learn what they are, the reasons they occur, and how to update them.

Prevent USPS "Insufficient Address" issues with USPS CASS-Certified address validation.

Does the USPS have a preference? There's no official answer to that, but here's what we do know.

Learn how to resolve USPS 'new construction address not recognized' issues with practical steps.

A lot of programmers want to know how to validate an address using their language of choice.

Address validation is the process of checking a mailing address against an authoritative database.

If you're looking for address validation, a quick Google search brings up a couple noteworthy names.

You don't have to, but it's good practice to send addresses back to your customer for review. Why?

ZIP Code APIs provide developers with comprehensive access to the data found in the official database.

ZIP+4 Codes are the last 4 digits of a nine-digit ZIP Code. A nine-digit ZIP Code is made of two parts.