FAQ
Why SmartyStreets?
Getting Started
- Get a trial account
- LiveAddress API
- LiveAddress for Lists
- Eligible for a free nonprofit account?
- Testing? Testing! Testing...1,2,3!
LiveAddress API
- LiveAddress in a shopping cart
- Multiple domains, same HTML Key
- Multiple address responses
- Residential/Commercial flag
- Ambiguous addresses
LiveAddress for Lists
- How long does it take?
- What do the fields mean?
- Mail still got returned
- Print mailing labels
- Change Of Address (NCOA)
Website Plugin
Can LiveAddress...
- Match business name to address?
- Auto-suggest valid address?
- Verify who lives at an address?
- Validate international addresses?
- Match street names?
How do I...?
- Get the Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB)
- Parse freeform addresses
- Get the address components
- Clean up bad addresses
- Upload lists automatically
Troubleshooting
- I know this address is correct
- Any recent changes to the output?
- Using localhost as domain
- Getting a 401 error? Check your hostname.
- 401/402 errors?
Source Data
- How often is your data updated?
- How accurate are your geocodes?
- CASS Certified? Yes.
- Rural address data
- PO Box vs Street Address ==> Fight!
Output Data
- How is this a valid address?
- Why all in one address line?
- Why did I still get returned mail?
- Results are sometimes different than GoogleMaps
- Demographic data?