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Sales Tax and Address Validation: The Easy E-Commerce Solution

February 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm serviceobjects2001 Leave a comment

The economy is forcing many stores to close their doors, and as a result, we are seeing more and more businesses move to the internet. What was once a cash and carry nation, has evolved into a PayPal^™ and UPS^™ standard way of life.

With e-commerce redefining the business world, the little fish finally get to swim in the same pond as the big fish. Anyone with a budget and a vision can launch an online store front, and that’s where we can help.

Service Objects offers fast and easy solutions to help merchants successfully run their online businesses. Our DOTS FastTax^SM Web Service calculates sales tax and use tax, based on street address, zip code, or simple city/state/county information. It can easily integrate into your shopping cart, so the correct tax rate will auto-populate during checkout. We host the tax data and update it monthly, so you don’t have to waste time looking up tax rates or pay a third party to audit your books.

Along with calculating correct sales tax, another critical component to running an online business is verifying customer mailing addresses. DOTS Address Validation^SM is our most popular service – it corrects and standardizes U.S. addresses, as well as determines whether an address is deliverable or not. By using DOTS Address Validation to correct shipping and billing addresses at the point-of-entry, you can prevent the hefty cost of returned packages. We are one of only a few companies that the USPS^® trusts with their data, and with monthly data updates, you get only the most accurate mailing information every time.

Combining the power of DOTS Address Validation and DOTS FastTax offers online merchants a simple and effective e-commerce solution. For less than the price of a latte each day, you can calculate tax rates and correct addresses for all of your online customers.

Service Objects offers a diverse range of products to help your online business run smoother, faster, and more efficiently. Give Service Objects a call today, to find out how we can build an affordable solution for you. You can also find out more about our solutions by visiting our Web site.

Thanks for reading,
Marissa B.

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