Prepare the data · Walk sequence
Walk sequence append adds postal walk sequence information to customer-supplied or list-rental files and prepares the data for mailing and postal processing. Send us the file; we return it sequenced and in the format your production partner needs.
See how it works
Works on customer-supplied files and on list-rental files from AVS.
Each record carries its walk sequence, ready for mailing and postal processing.
Delivered in the layout your mail house or production partner asks for.
Postal processing and postage are handled by your mail house or production partner. Eligibility for any USPS price depends on all requirements for that mailing.
Yes. AVS can prepare and process mailing data, append walk sequence information, perform CASS/NCOA processing, and provide files in the format required by the customer or production partner. We can send files straight to your mail house or printer.
Excel and delimited text files (comma, tab, pipe or colon) work well. Fixed-width text files are fine with a file layout. We deliver in the format your printer, mail house or CRM needs.
CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) is the USPS program that certifies address-matching software. CASS-certified processing standardizes addresses to USPS format, adds ZIP+4 and delivery point codes and flags addresses the software cannot match.
It is a basic requirement for most presort and automation postage prices, and it catches many problems before they become returned mail.
NCOA refers to the USPS National Change of Address data, accessed through the NCOALink system. Processing a list against it finds people and businesses that filed a permanent change of address and returns their new address where one is available.
Mailers claiming presorted First-Class Mail or USPS Marketing Mail prices must meet the USPS Move Update standard, and NCOALink processing within 95 days before the mailing date is one of the approved ways to meet it.
Next step
A count request takes a couple of minutes. A member of the AVS team reviews every request personally.
Or call 714-617-4589Tell us who you want to reach.
A sentence is enough to start: who, where, and what the campaign needs to do.
We help define the target.
Recommended selections, geography and a count you can react to.
We source and prepare the data.
Licensed, cleaned, processed and formatted for how you will use it.
You receive campaign-ready data.
Delivered to you or your production partner, in the format they require.