USPS® CASS™/DPV® and NCOALink® (a.k.a. national change-of-address):
NCOALink service finds individuals, businesses and families in your address list that have moved and filed a change-of-address. NCOALink service matches your addresses against the USPS change-of-address national database before mail enters the mailstream. In most cases, NCOALink service is the most cost-effective way to obtain change-of-address information and satisfy the USPS Move Update Requirement.
Topics: National Change of Address, NCOALink Service, the USPS Move Update Requirement
Rationale: NCOALink (a.k.a. national change-of-address) satisfies the USPS Move Update Requirement.

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NCOALink®Change-of-Address Processing Saves Mailers Millions of Dollars

Millions of people and businesses move every month submitting change-of-address data to the USPS®. The USPS maintains the NCOALink change-of-address national database to help mailers update customer addresses. Since 1986, ACS™ Service, National Change of Address (NCOA) and FASTforward® have helped mailers avoid wasted materials and postage.

The NCOALink service continues this trend. NCOA was retired September 2004.

NCOALink Service (a.k.a. national change-of-address)  Reduces Undeliverable-As-Addressed Mail

NCOALink service starts with CASS™/DPV® validation before matching ZIP+4™ coded addresses against the NCOALink change-of-address national database. Standardized and current addresses enhance processing and delivery of mail. This reduces undeliverable-as-addressed mail and lowers costs through improved efficiency.

USPS Move Update Requirement

To qualify for First-Class Mail® and Standard Mail® postage discounts, each name and address must be updated within 95 days before mailing. Mailers must certify compliance with the Move Update Requirement when mail is presented to the USPS. In most cases, NCOALink service is the most cost-effective way to obtain change-of-address information and satisfy the Move Update Requirement.

How NCOALink (a.k.a. national change-of-address) Works

CASS/DPV processing corrects address data including ZIP Code™, ZIP+4 and carrier route. The NCOALink service matches CASS processed addresses against the change-of-address national database for individuals, families and businesses. Each change-of-address record contains the postal customer's name along with an old and new address. Whenever a match is made to the postal customer's name and old address, the new address is returned as well as the old address.

WHY CHOOSE EZ24x7 NCOALink Service?

  • NCOALink service updates mailing lists in minutes
  • Mailing lists are serviced from your PC (No FTP)
  • Complete mailing solution includes mail presort
  • All required postage forms, tray and sack labels
  • USPS CASS Certified™ since 1996
 
*NCOALink processing requires at a minimum 100 unique names and addresses. AES Systems receives weekly NCOALink updates. LEGAL NOTICE: AES systems is a non-exclusive Limited Service Provider Licensee of the United States Postal Service®. The prices for NCOALink®, LACSLink®, SuiteLink®, RDI™, are not established, controlled or approved by the USPS®. The following trademarks are owned by the United States Postal Service®: United States Postal Service®, MERLIN® , POSTNET™, CASS™, CASS Certified™, DPV®, eLOT®, FASTforward®, First-Class™ , First-Class Mail®, LACSLink®, NCOALink®, PAVE™ , Post Office™, Postal Service™, Standard Mail®, U.S. Postal Service®, USPS®, ZIP™, ZIP Code™ and ZIP + 4®, RDI™, ZIP+4™, SuiteLink®, Intelligent Mail® barcode, ACS™.
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