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E-commerce vocabulary · Shipping and Fulfillment

Address validation

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCommon term

In e-commerce, address validation means: Checking delivery address details against supported address information to detect missing, inconsistent or invalid elements.

In Turkish: adres geçerlilik kontrolü

How it is used

Use before dispatch to improve address quality; validation does not guarantee that someone will be available to receive the parcel.

Example sentences

  1. Address validation suggested a different postcode for the street the customer entered.

    The check compares address components rather than verifying the payer's identity.

  2. We asked the buyer to confirm the correction proposed by address validation.

    An automated suggestion may still need confirmation from the person receiving the goods.

Common collocations

  • run address validation
  • address validation result
  • address validation error
  • shipping labelA printed sticker on a parcel showing the sender, the delivery address, a barcode and the tracking number the carrier needs.
  • checkoutThe final steps of buying online, where the customer enters an address, chooses delivery and payment, and places the order.

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