Turn more cross-border demand into profitable growth
A practical report for US retail leaders looking to grow cross-border e-commerce. See where inaccurate address data puts revenue and margin at risk, quantify your exposure and assess whether your address setup can support that growth.
Global demand is exposing the limits of domestic checkout
International growth puts more pressure on checkout to work consistently across markets. Different local expectations and address conventions can make a domestic-first setup harder to scale.
80%
of failed deliveries are caused by address errors at checkout, not carriers.
70%
of consumers already shop cross-border, up 10 percentage points YoY.
130+
address formats across 250 countries and territories, with different local structures and conventions.
Follow the cost of one inaccurate address
An inaccurate address doesn’t create one isolated cost. Where it is caught determines whether the impact stops at correction or continues into delivery failure and future revenue.
Caught before fulfillment
The order may be saved, but review, correction or customer confirmation still takes time and operational resources.
Reaches delivery
A failed delivery attempt costs an average of $17.20.
Outlives the order
40% of US shoppers stopped buying from a retailer after a package never arrived.
Use the report to understand your exposure and what to do next
Quantify the cost
Use a simple worksheet to estimate the annual impact of address correction, failed deliveries and future revenue at risk using your own business data.
Pressure-test your setup
Work through a five-point assessment to see where verification, consistency or scalability may be falling short across markets and checkout routes.
See what stronger address accuracy looks like
Explore how GBG Loqate brings Verify and Capture together, and how Harman reduced manual order corrections while improving shipment NPS.
Ready to see where your address setup stands?
Follow the cost of inaccurate address data and see whether your current approach is ready for growing cross-border demand.