NCOA information
NCOALink®
Effective November 23, 2008, the USPS Move Update Standard applies to all Standard
Mail® - letters, flats, parcels and not flat-machinables - as well as automation- and
presort-rate First-Class Mail®.
NCOALink is a product of the United States Post Office® to provide a means for
mailers to meet the Move Update Requirement. The NCOALink service compares
your mailing list to more than 160 million address changes. When a postal customer
files a permanent change of address with the Post Office™, the move is added to the
NCOALink database. Change of address information is kept on the NCOALink database
for 48 months. When name and address information on your mailing list matches
name and "old" address information on NCOALink database, you will receive the new
address.
The NCOALink service is an excellent mail list management tool. In addition to
performing CASS™ processing on your mailing list, the NCOALink service can:
- Help reduce the cost of maintaining a list
- Reduce the cost of mailing
- Increase the number of pieces that reach their intended destination
- Reduce the time it takes for your mail to be delivered
- In most cases, the NCOALink service is the most cost effective way to obtain change of address information.