How should an address be formatted for global sales

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I'm trying to write an HTML form for entering your address, but I'm a bit stuck. At the moment it's for UK only, but starting to get global sales. There is a dropdown for county and a dropdown for country...but other countries don't neccessarily have a county

What fields should be on an address form which needs to be valid globally?

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '11 at 19:31

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Billing address
City
State or Province
Zip or Postal code
Country

answered Oct 17 '11 at 19:31

Anton Olsson

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Not all countries have states or provinces (or they are not meaningful in addresses). – JJJ Oct 17 '11 at 19:44

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '11 at 19:34

I suggest looking at http://www.addressdoctor.com/en/countries_data/addressformats.asp and examining the default format for the main countries you work in. I worked in the direct-mail industry for several years - standardization can sometimes be difficult.

How should an address be formatted for global sales

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