Change of Address - NCOA^Link® and Canadian NCOA

Identify Change of Address Records Before Your Next Mailing

Every year, around 43 million American individuals, families and businesses move. Use our NCOA^Link service to get the new addresses of your customers and reduce wasted materials and postage associated with undeliverable as addressed mail.

Our service compares your mailing to more than 160 million addresses changes in the USPS^® NCOA^Link database, representing all permanent change-of-address records filed over the past 48 months. Mailing lists processed through the NCOA^Link service meet the USPS Move Update requirement for a period of 95 days from the date of processing – necessary for First-Class Mail^® and all Standard Mail^® discounts

Melissa Data also offers Canadian National Change of Address processing for the most accurate, up-to-date information available on change of address filed by Canadian households and businesses over the last 72 months.

• Reduce undeliverable mail by providing the most current address information
• Reduce mailer costs by reducing the number of undeliverable mailpieces
• Qualify mailings for First-Class and Standard Mail discounts

• Full Service Provider licensee of the USPS
• Real-time service, via Internet available
• File updated weekly
• Automated FTP, Batch and Software solutions to fit any need

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Automated NCOA^Link Batch Processing   +
Melissa Data offers fully-automated 48-month NCOA^Link® and 72-month Canadian NCOA processing – get your file processed in minutes via FTP server.
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SmartMover^® Real-time Web Service  
Submit your list in any file type via a secure Internet connection, with as few as 100 unique names and addresses without having to worry about layout, formatting, or per-job minimum fees.
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No-Hassle NCOA^Link Change-of-Address Processing
SmartMover uses a secure Internet connection that allows you to integrate change-of-address processing seamlessly into your custom applications to process lists against 48-month NCOA^Link data.


CANADIAN NCOA PROCESSING

Required Fields:
Full Name or Company Name; Address; City; Province; and Postal Code.

Returned Fields:
AVC_Code; Mailscore; Adderr; Return_cd; Movetype; and Movedate.

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Where Did My Customers Go? The Problem of Undeliverable-as-Addressed Mail

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Change of Address Processing

Case Studies

CJW Consulting & Services Inc.
Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts
Lithographic Communications