ZIP-Codes.com: ZIP Code Lookup & Validation

Alex Wolfe
Alex Wolfe
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ActiveProspect partners with Zip-Codes.com to offer their validation services directly through LeadConduit.

Zip-Codes.com Lookup

What ZIP-Codes.com Lookup Does?

The ZIP-Codes.com Lookup add-on allows you to append information to your leads based on the zip code. A good use case for this add-on would be when a lead has a postal code but no city/state.

Using Zip Code Lookup

Simply edit your LeadConduit flow, switch to the “Steps” tab, Add an “Add-On” Step, and select “Zip-Codes.com Lookup”.

Making a Decision

Zip Code Lookup isn’t designed as a validation service and is ideally used as a Data Append enhancement only.

Appended Data

The enhancement returns the following information:

Field Detail Example
Outcome The status of the recipient event success
Reason When the outcome is other than Success, a reason for the outcome is provided.
Latitude Latitude associated with the zip code 30.353236
Longitude Longitude associated with the zip code -97.733682
City The normalized City AUSTIN
County The normalized County Travis
State The normalized State TX
Cbsa The CBSA (core-based statistical area) of the area. 16980
Cbsa Name The CBSA (core-based statistical area) name of the area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Billable If the event is billable, else 0. 1

Zip-Codes.com Validate

What ZIP-Codes.com Validation Does

The Zip-Codes.com Validate add-on checks the address against the ZIP code passed with the lead.

Using Zip Code Validation

Simply edit your LeadConduit flow, switch to the “Steps” tab, Add an “Add-On” Step, and select “Zip-Codes.com Validate”.

Understanding the Response
What constitutes a Success? What constitutes a Failure?
The Zip Code provided matches the Zip Code associated with an address. The Zip Code provided DOES NOT MATCH the Zip Code associated with an address.
Making a Decision

A filter or filters must be added after the step to make any decision based on the data returned.

A successful response means either:

  • The postal code found for the given address matches the given postal code.
  • The add-on could not validate the given address.
  • If the address cannot be found in that ZIP code but is found in a nearby ZIP code, the correct ZIP code will be appended.
Appended Data

The enhancement returns the following information:

Field Detail Example
Outcome The status of the recipient event success
Reason When the outcome is other than Success, a reason for the outcome is provided.
Address 1 The normalized Line 1 of the Address 1902 AGGIE LN
Address 2 The normalized Line 2 of the Address
City The normalized City AUSTIN
State The normalized State TX
Postal Code The normalized Zip Code 78757
What are the differences between Lookup and Validate?

When using Lookup, the fields you specified are added based on the postal code provided. On the other hand, Validate searches for a zip+4 using the given address and adds it if found. It also verifies that the lead’s Postal Code matches the result obtained from zip-codes.com. If they do not match, the step is marked as failed.

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