Melissa Data Address Validator

Melissa Data has been a leading provider of global identity verification and data quality solutions for more than 30 years. Using cutting-edge technology and multi-sourced global reference data, Melissa provides the solutions to support your Know Your Customer (KYC) initiatives, prevent fraud, reduce costs and improve fulfillment - at every point of the data chain. 

This extension gives you access to the Melissa Data address verification API, which will be running in the background during checkout. Upon checkout, if the shipping address has errors like spelling mistakes or wrong zip codes, a dialog will be displayed to give customers the option of choosing the original address or the corrected address before sending the order.  

Account & Pricing

If you are located in Europe:

• This extension requires a valid API key that you can obtain through Melissa Data.  Therefore, if you’re interested in the address verification solution for Magento, you can contact Melissa Data directly via this form, email sales@melissa.de or call +49 (0)221 97 58 92 40. The pricing can be found here. 

If you are located in the US:

• This extension requires an account that you can create on the Melissa Data Web API Page. The account can be created after extension installation, enter the API key on Magento backend. Melissa Data offers a free account with 1000 API calls per month for developers. The pricing for API calls can be found here. The extension itself is free of charge and will be supplied as it is. It's published under an MIT license. For more information see our blog post. 

Data Quality Benefits

• Customer input is validated in real-time and your customer database is populated with fully verified addresses. 
• The address validation will help to optimize your processes and reduce the amount of undeliverable shipping to your customer.   

Features

• International data Address data for 246 countries across the globe are available.
• Easy to use Choose the original or corrected address before sending the order.
• Data Quality  Improve your address data quality, have less failed deliveries by using this extension.  (The extension allows to checkout with original address)