Address Validation

Validate and normalize shipping addresses before rating or label generation.Proper address formatting reduces carrier surcharges, failed deliveries, and re-boxing due to dimensional mismatches.

🔍 Why It Matters

Address validation ensures:

• ✅ Accurate delivery routing

• 📦 Reduced address correction fees

• 🚫 Fewer failed deliveries or returns

• 📬 USPS & UPS compatibility

• 📐 Cleaner data for downstream processes (e.g., cartonization, rate shopping)

💡 Best Practices

• Always validate addresses before rating or creating a label

• Store the validated address result and use it consistently across your shipment

• If an address can't be validated, prompt the user to correct it manually or confirm as-is

• For bulk imports or integrations, run validations in batch ahead of fulfillment

⚠️ Notes

• Validation is available for most U.S. addresses (via USPS and UPS APIs)

• Normalization may modify input fields (e.g., Ste → Suite, CA → California) depending on carrier formatting rules