Frequently Asked Questions
Yell4Postcode enables your customers to enter their address quickly and accurately
on your web site by accessing the 26 million UK addresses on the Royal Mail's Postcode
Address File, held centrally on our servers. Thanks to our new simple registration
you can now have Yell4Postcode on your own web page in just a couple of minutes.
What is Yell4Postcode.co.uk?
How will this
work with my site?
What are the business benefits?
Is there really no coding, data maintenance or hosting required?
What makes this online service ideal for my site?
What are the system requirements?
Integration
within minutes? How?
How much does this
cost?
What
is Yell4Postcode.co.uk?
One big problem facing many web sites is the physical delivery of products ordered
or information requested. An accurate deliverable address is essential. Yell4Postcode
enables your customers to enter their address quickly and accurately on your
web site by accessing the 26 million UK addresses on the Royal Mail's Postcode Address
File, held centrally on our servers.
The service is totally seamless and appears as an integral part of your site. Our
service is completely Internet based and is geared towards e-commerce
providers and e-stores. Critical resources from within your team can focus
on delivering your core solution, while we take control of maintenance, data updates,
programming and licensing with Royal Mail.
High quality address data, shorter web forms and successful delivery means that
orders can be made in Cyberspace and delivered to the Doorstep with greater speed
and efficiency than ever before.
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So how will it work with my site?
Your web page sends the address search or lookup request to our online server which
instantly completes the address and returns it - ready for use and display
- any way you choose. Your users are unaware that a "conversation" has taken place
with our server. Why not try it and see what your site would look like?
Register for the Free Trial
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Business Benefits
Buyers simply enter the postcode and the Royal Mail approved
street address appears.
Set up in minutes - no server scripts, no server installs, no data to host.
Rapid, accurate postal address capture for web forms.
Speeds up tedious form filling.
Saves up to 80% of keystrokes entering addresses.
Instant display of street, locality, town and county from just a postcode.
All data updates, copyrights and licensing are taken care
of by us.
Flexible implementation for web designers and developers.
Easy integration into web forms.
'My Account' feature to dynamically monitor number of look-ups used.
Consistent, verified addresses data is collected and stored
We host the 26.5 million addresses and handle updates and maintenance.
No space used on your server.
Reliable with current availability at over 99%
Address search and transfer techniques use minimal bandwidth ensuring a rapid
service.
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No coding, data updates or hosting required
Normally the development team would need to integrate their web forms with complex
interfaces to the Royal Mail data files and then build algorithms to enable rapid
searching on that data. All this has been done at our end, all that's now required
is for you to register, an e-mail will be sent to you together with the html that
you need. Its flexible enough to use as is or if you prefer change to suit your
needs its really as simple as that. We offer 15 free look-ups so you can try
risk free and are under no obligation to continue.
The Postcode database consists of 26.5 million address records and therefore takes
up a lot of space. Normally hosted web sites will charge for the space used
and free space web sites will have a space restriction. Our online service
means we host the data. The way the service works means there is no need to obtain
ISP or web host permission prior to adding Yell4Postcode to web pages or forms.
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What makes the online service so ideal for my site?
A lot of organisations establishing a web presence want the benefits of consistent,
accurate address data and easier form fill, without being tied to the usual annual
contract. Our approach is simple and geared towards you. Critical
resources from within your team can focus on delivering your core solution, while
we take control of data updates, programming and licensing with Royal Mail.
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System Requirements
Only requirement is that you have a web site and the ability to upload files to
the site/server.
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Integration within minutes? How?
To enable your web site with Yell4Postcode you:
1. Register for the Free Trial on-line
to receive an e-mail attachment with the html code.
2. Use the attachment as is or build/modify your web pages from the html code provided.
3. Ready to use with 15 free look-ups.
You can monitor and top up your account at any time by accessing the
My Account.
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So how much does it cost?
FREE TRIAL: Try our service before your purchase, we offer 15 free
look-ups so you can try risk free and are under no obligation to continue.
We are sure that you will find our service the most efficient and cost effective
way of accessing over 26 million addresses @Internet speed.
Register for the Free Trial
For full information on payment plans, visit out
Pricing page.
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