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It was really hard to build, aggregate the data, and than standardize the input and output. Would…",{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"6009786","Only way to judge is to test it out. Our data comes from the local post office of every country. We have street level address verification. Happy to give you some free credits to…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Free for US verification; $0.15 per international lookup; tiered pricing available on request","commenter",[62,66,70,73],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"6010064","harryzhang","Looks like SmartyStreets is limited to just the US and charges $1000 for unlimited lookups. Lob also autocompletes addresses if not entered fully as well and is FREE for…",{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"6010503","gfodor","This would be awesome if it delivers on its promises. How can we know your global address verification works? Can you publish some more information to boost confidence? Also, I…",{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"6010519","Would happy to give you some test credits to validate our data source. Also we do offer tiered pricing, please feel free to contact me directly for more details.",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"6009895","toretore","It would be nice if we could try before we buy (globally). Also, $0.15 per lookup is really expensive. Address verification is a pain; if I could get someone else to do that for…",[78],{"value":79,"source":50,"evidence":80},"USPS data for US addresses",[81,84],{"id":82,"by":64,"text":83},"6011338","For the US, yes we are using USPS data as it is the most accurate and up to date.",{"id":85,"by":11,"text":86},"6009814","Yes","unknown","launched",{"praise":90,"objections":108,"requests":143,"questions":157,"alternatives":171},[91,102],{"value":92,"source":60,"evidence":93},"Free US verification and international coverage that competitors lack",[94,95,99],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"6009662","vyrotek","Looks good. Free for the United States is pretty attractive. Although the only thing I have to compare it to is Melissa Data.…",{"id":100,"by":64,"text":101},"6010377","Verifications are free for Lob for US addresses as well, but we have support for INTERNATIONAL verification...Easypost only has US.",{"value":103,"source":60,"evidence":104},"Useful abstraction over USPS SOAP\u002FXML",[105],{"id":106,"by":64,"text":107},"6010484","The USPS is where we get our data from...we have a layer of abstraction in case you don't want to deal with SOAP and XML and want something simple via REST.",[109,122,134],{"value":110,"source":60,"evidence":111},"$0.15 per lookup is too expensive",[112,113,114,118],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"6010852","kevingibbon","I agree. I can't imagine where $0.15 makes sense for anyone. Margins in this business are very tight. I'd love to see a monthly plan.",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"6011866","a2d9s22","$0.15 is completely ridiculous - also, can you tell us how you're doing this globally? Zip is required and some countries don't have ZIPs.",{"value":123,"source":60,"evidence":124},"Unclear how it works for countries without postal codes or states",[125,129,130],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"6011633","pinaceae","erm, how exactly does this work globally? state and zip are required fields. Ireland, for example, does not have zip codes... full list of such countries:…",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"6011618","francoisfeugeas","State is a required field ? And we have no details on which data files you use ? I'm very interested in such a service, but this does not look serious at all...",{"value":135,"source":60,"evidence":136},"Data sources and accuracy not documented",[137,138,139],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"6012233","aranw","Where are you getting the UK data from? Also how do you handle, UK Postcodes, and Counties?",[144,152],{"value":145,"source":60,"evidence":146},"Free trial or test credits",[147,148],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"6010708","gschammah","is it possible to get a demo account to test how it works outside the US?",{"value":153,"source":60,"evidence":154},"Monthly or tiered pricing plan",[155,156],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},[158,166],{"value":159,"source":60,"evidence":160},"What data source is used for non-US countries",[161,165],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"6010309","RossP","What's the source of your Australian data? 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