
Addresses are verified by the USPS API and formatted according to the USPS standards: http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/602.htm
Having your customer's billing address verified is a great way to minimize the payment gateway transaction cost as some payment gateways charge a fee for each transaction/billing attempt.
Having your customer's shipping address verified is a great way to secure and speed up the delivery procedure.
How to start
1) Install and configure the Address Verification Extension at your Magento store;
2) Request USPS API keys for your Magento store;
3) Configure the extension settings and start using it!
How it works
The extension verifies USA and Canada billing / shipping addresses in the following cases:a) Frontend: in the course of the checkout procedure (Billing and Shipping addresses);b) Frontend: when the customer modifies his/her address in the customer's dashboard section (My addresses);c) Backend: while managing customer's addresses by an admin (Manage Customers addresses);d) Backend: during the order creating procedure (Billing and Shipping addresses).
NOTE: When using the USPS address validation service only USA / Canada addresses will be validated.
Magento store owner will be able to:
1) enable/disable the Address Verification Extension;
2) manage verification methods for different countries (the USPS address validation for USA/Canada set by default);
3) enable/disable the Standardize function;
4) allow/disallow the checkout process continuation based on the verification response.
Use case example
1) A customer starts the checkout process and inserts his/her billing/shipping address;
2) In case when the inserted address belongs to the USA/Canada postal address system, the system sends information to the USPS API attempting to validate the address;
3) In case when the billing/shipping address is valid, the system continues the checkout procedure;
4) In case when the billing/shipping address is not valid, the system displays an alert and aborts the checkout procedure (optionally, you can allow continuation of the checkout process with a warning about the unverified address);
5) In case when the Standardize function is enabled, the billing and shipping information provided by the customer will be formatted in accordance with the USPS postal service standards;
6) In case when the Standardize function is disabled, the system will store the address as it was specified by the customer
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