The free online ‘Postal Code Lookup’ tool from AddressDoctor has added Arabic, Hindi and Russian languages to its portfolio.

Companies and private users can now validate and complete addresses from more than 240 countries in a total of 13 languages, helping to avoid returned mail and save businesses money on additional postage and shipment.

The tool completes missing postal codes and address elements and also corrects mis-spelled addresses, thus improving mail deliverability.

Sven Schreiber (pictured below), managing director at AddressDoctor, said: “Incomplete or inaccurate addresses can cause high costs, a delay in delivery and unhappy customers. Fortunately, this can be easily avoided by verifying the address before shipment.”

The Postal Code Lookup tool provides detailed results for European countries and the United States, including countries like Israel or the Philippines. “More than 1.5 million Internet users per year check addresses for free using AddressDoctor’s Postal Code Lookup – and those numbers are steadily on the rise," added Schreiber.

[Sven Schreiber]