How to quickly and accurately query the city and zip code of foreign customers' addresses?

I believe that students who do foreign trade often encounter this kind of problem with freight forwarders: "Your customer's city name and zip code do not correspond, please provide the correct city zip code!" At this time, due to the time difference, it is very likely that the customer cannot be contacted, so it is very important to use the address provided by the customer to query the customer's accurate zip code.

Method 1: Google Maps

I have to admire the power of Google. Generally, you can just enter the customer's address and it will be automatically displayed on Google Maps.

For example: Remmet Avenue, Unit 1 Canoga Park, CA ,USA. If you enter this directly into Google address, the customer’s zip code will be displayed.

If you enter an address in the United States normally, the postal code for area 1 will be automatically displayed. If it is not displayed, it does not matter. Just click next to the address. For example, if it is area 3, the coordinates and postal code will be displayed for area 2. If there are none, click to search for a nearby post office. The postal code for countries around the world is similar.

Some people may say, I can’t open the Google Maps you use. OK, the solution is very simple, use this URL:

A. Go to http://www.google.cn/maps/, and then use 360 ​​browser to open it. Because 360 ​​browser is open source Google's Chrome kernel, it can be opened. If you see Server error, please try again later. You can try using Windows 10 IE browser.

If that doesn't work, you can use

B. Earth Online https://www.earthol.com/

The software is now free and its usage is exactly the same as Google Maps, except that it has an additional Chinese translation.

Of course, if you feel that the above is not enough, you can also use Bing Maps.

C. https://cn.bing.com/maps

Yahoo Maps

D.https://www.google.com.cn/maps/

Of course, the functions are not as powerful as Google's, and the views are not as beautiful as Google's. It may also be because of habit!

Method 2: Postal Code Network

http://www.youbianku.com

I have to say that the postal code database is very, very professional. You can get a glimpse of it by zooming in on this picture. It collects postal code information for almost all countries in the world, and gives a detailed introduction to the address postal code of each country. Take Canada as an example. Students who are doing foreign trade with this standard format will no longer have to worry about address problems.

The bottom one is the postal code library.

This method is generally a reverse query. Find the country you want to query from the homepage, and then search according to your customer's city. It will list all the postal codes of your customer's city. Basically, you can find the correct postal code by searching 3-4 times.

Method 3: World Address

Normally, methods one and two are enough to solve the problem, but I still want to mention this. I call it the world address, https://dqc.addressdoctor.com/SSO/Default. Its power lies in that it can find your house number. Whenever the first two methods don't work, I use the last one. Sometimes I use this one directly, and it always solves the problem. It is a simple query. After selecting the country, enter the customer's city, area and street in turn to find the customer's postal code.

There is also complete information data analysis in the upper right corner.