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CASS vs DPV vs NCOA vs PCOA

What Does CASS Stand For? First and foremost, CASS stands for Coding Accuracy Support System. This system validates addresses by updating outdated addresses and verifying that they are still valid and complete. CASS is important to use because it ensures that your data file is up to USPS postal standards. For instance,

Data Appends: What They Are and What You Need to Know

Most people think that NCOA is just for Direct Mail, but did you know that NCOA processing can greatly improve your match rates on phone appends, email appends, and demographic appends? Typically, about 20% of households move each year. Keeping track of move updates and data changes is a constant challenge for

What is a 92 or 93 Error Code from NCOA or CASS Processing?

Are you confused why a record looks deliverable but is being returned by your CASS or NCOA provider as non-deliverable? Address correction (CASS) or National Change of Address (NCOA) Processing will provide this error code for all returned addresses even if they were corrected successfully.  Error codes 0-86 are deliverable.

Deliverable Records out of an NCOAed File

We know that an NCOAed file can be confusing so we're here to help you understand which records are mailable or not mailable. When FreeNCOA runs a change of address we automatically split out the deliverable and non-deliverable records for you and here are some of the codes we look

Interesting Fields During NCOA Processing

National Change of Address Processing (NCOA Processing) is a crucial step in maintaining a clean customer database. It is easy to understand how your records were updated through NCOA processing once you know what each field means. This processing helps you gain insight on when and where to mail, reducing the

Use NCOA Processing to Improve Match Results on Data Appends

Most people think that NCOA is just for Direct Mail, but did you know that NCOA processing can greatly improve your match rates on phone appends, email appends, and demographic appends? Typically, about 20% of households move each year. Keeping track of move updates and data changes is a constant challenge for companies. 

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