Shipping Address Validation

[lesliekirk]

Is there any sort of Shipping Address Validation module out there? I've seen some good address validation with tax modules but I'm needing it for shipping.

[Ron Frigon]

We use UPS Address Validation v5 by AdvanzDesign.com. Works great.

https://apps.miva.com/ups-address-validation-v5.html

[lesliekirk]

Thanks, Ron.

Any suggestions for FedEx?

[lesliekirk]

Or USPS or something "universal"?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

We've been using a service called "xVerify.com". Can be used to also check phone and emails...does it in real time so customers don't have to post the form only to be told they are wrong.

[alphabet]

I'd be interested in sponsoring a USPS module if anyone else wants to go in on it. I think Kent may be interested.

[Rick Wilson]

I'm not an expert on this, but I was under the impression Address Validation was the same regardless of who's supplying it. For example a UPS validated address is the same as a USPS or FedEx validated address.

[Kent Multer]

Yes, I'm up for writing a module for this. But I was just going to suggest what Rick wrote: one carrier's address validator should be all you need. I suppose there might be some fees or paperwork if the store doesn't already have a UPS account.

[alphabet]

I have found that if the customer submits their address correctly and knows their +4 then the address validation is all about the same.

But if the customer makes a typo, enters their home zip code instead of their work zip code, or forgets a suite number, then USPS provides a better fallback responses.

Many high rise apartments or office buildings have several zip+4 within the same street address. UPS will accept the street address as valid but USPS will ask for the Suite number before it validates the address.

I also find USPS does a better job at scrubbing the data input. For example UPS can find a PO Box address but not a Box address.

[SidFeyDesigns]

Yes, I'm up for writing a module for this. But I was just going to suggest what Rick wrote: one carrier's address validator should be all you need. I suppose there might be some fees or paperwork if the store doesn't already have a UPS account.

Please let me know if you do write a module Kent.

Really happy with the photo upload module and edit product attributes from basket module you installed for us.

They both work great and I would be confident in an address validation module from you being just as good.

Cheers.

-Nick

[netblazon]

We have a standalone address scrubber for Miva as part of AccurateTax. Standalone in that you don't have to use us for sales tax.
https://apps.miva.com/us-address-scr...ion-trial.html

It's great for validating addresses prior to shipping, to reduce address correction fees and/or undeliverable packages.

Another option would be the Google API prefilling stuff that some of the ReadyThemes do. I think that usage is free up to a certain point.

[lesliekirk]

We've been using a service called "xVerify.com". Can be used to also check phone and emails...does it in real time so customers don't have to post the form only to be told they are wrong.

Since you are also using this can you answer a question - have you come up with an easy way to exclude countries? The storeowner I recommended this to needs to "disable it for international orders please other than Canada". When she asked xVerify support they told her

if you wish to have the javascript disabled for international customers, that would have to be something that would be done on your end - you would have to have your developers determine the users location and conditionally include the Xverify script before the page loads.

I suspect it may be as easy as checking for the country but at what point?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Transparently, you'd have to try to use IP Geolocation. Or, Put Country first in the OCST screen, and if NOT(US/CA) don't run script. You might use: s.http_accept_language (en-US IN s.http_accept_language)...but that's a user setting and many non-us folks view sites in english cause...well, they're not americans :)

[lesliekirk]

Transparently, you'd have to try to use IP Geolocation. Or, Put Country first in the OCST screen, and if NOT(US/CA) don't run script. You might use: s.http_accept_language (en-US IN s.http_accept_language)...but that's a user setting and many non-us folks view sites in english cause...well, they're not americans :)

IP Geolocation - any steps or module for this?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Don't know about a module...haven't been paying attention. Could look up the usual suspects. Most services provide js/jQuery that is reasonably plug and play. For example (cause its documented well) https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/javascript/