National Change of Address (NCOA)
Between 12% and 18%of individuals change address during the year. The percentage varies by region of the country and socio-economic factors. The reasons include death, relocating, marriage, divorce, etc.
NCOA provides the following benefits to mailers:
* Reduces undeliverable mail by providing the most current address information for matches made to the
NCOA file.
* Prevents duplicate mail pieces or re-mailings after address corrections are received because the address correction is applied prior to the mailing.
* Reduces mailer costs by reducing the number of undeliverable and duplicate mail pieces by using most current address information.
* Provides the opportunity for faster product/service marketing through accurate mail delivery.
If you do not keep your customer or prospect list current, the chances are that more than ten percent of your mailing is wasted, resulting in poorer response less business and unneeded costs.
The most economical and effective way to keep your list up to date is NCOA or National Change of Address. With this service, your client’s or prospect’s address is updated… the old is replaced with the new.
The changes can be appended to your mailing list and imported back into your system or we can provide a hard copy for you to key-in. We suggest this be done prior to printing your piece so your will know how many should be printed.
All mailings must be updated every 90 days to meet the USPS Move Update Requirement. NCOA will keep you in compliance. Don’t risk being fined by the USPS – NCOA your file today!
Labels&Letters only uses the 48 moth NCOA files which ensures you catch as many changes as possible prior to mailing.
NCOA provides the following benefits to mailers:
* Reduces undeliverable mail by providing the most current address information for matches made to the
NCOA file.
* Prevents duplicate mail pieces or re-mailings after address corrections are received because the address correction is applied prior to the mailing.
* Reduces mailer costs by reducing the number of undeliverable and duplicate mail pieces by using most current address information.
* Provides the opportunity for faster product/service marketing through accurate mail delivery.
If you do not keep your customer or prospect list current, the chances are that more than ten percent of your mailing is wasted, resulting in poorer response less business and unneeded costs.
The most economical and effective way to keep your list up to date is NCOA or National Change of Address. With this service, your client’s or prospect’s address is updated… the old is replaced with the new.
The changes can be appended to your mailing list and imported back into your system or we can provide a hard copy for you to key-in. We suggest this be done prior to printing your piece so your will know how many should be printed.
All mailings must be updated every 90 days to meet the USPS Move Update Requirement. NCOA will keep you in compliance. Don’t risk being fined by the USPS – NCOA your file today!
Labels&Letters only uses the 48 moth NCOA files which ensures you catch as many changes as possible prior to mailing.