Postcode Software
Data8 are experts in UK addressing and can provide various types of postcode software to solve your data quality issues. There are two main types of postcode software:
- Postcode Lookup - will give you real-time access to look up or find individual postcodes and allow you to integrate the technology into your website or business processes.
- PAF Cleansing - will allow you to clean your entire database to give you a clean file of postally correct addresses.
Postcode Lookup
Postcode Lookup allows you to quickly and accurately capture addresses saving time and improving the quality of the data you capture.
Postcode lookup forms part of a total data quality strategy that includes data cleansing, data capture and data validation techniques.
PAF Cleansing Software
PAF Cleansing allows you to cleanse your entire marketing database in batch against the Royal Mail PAF database.
PAF Cleansing is provided as part of our online data cleansing service. Upload your file to data8online now to receive a FREE data quality audit report telling you exactly how postally correct your data is.
Data8 uses the Royal Mail PAF database for all of our postcode software services. PAF is the most up-to-date and complete address database in the UK, containing over 28 million addresses. Capturing and maintaining your address database ensures that you qualify for maximum mailsort discounts and gives you a headstart when performing data cleansing techniques such as deduplication or gone away suppression.
Postcode software can be offered by many delivery mechanisms and are designed to be integrated into your business processes so that you can make maximum use of the data at the most effective customer touchpoint.