Restrict based on postcode / zip code

To add to my comment above, I have noticed that many users don’t realise they can type their *full* address, in the ‘Street address’ field.

If a user continues to type their town name or postcode, the address selection works fine. But users often don’t do this as the field is labelled ‘Street Address’ so they only type their door number and street name, which is not specific enough.

This is why I’d like the plugin to look at other fields entered too, not just country and street address.

Hope that makes sense?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by danbrady.

A better idea (and I realise I’m taking to myself here) would be to show results in the postcode field too

So:

1. User selects country
2. User types post code
3. Plugin shows a drop down with all addresses in that postcode, user selects the correct address

This would work well for UK addresses, where there aren’t that many addresses per post code. And I’ve used sites that do this, eg this registration page: https://www.priorydirect.co.uk/register

However, in the US a zip code can have thousands of addresses, so further filtering would be needed, e.g. door number AND Zip code

One way round this would be to allow the plugin to be configured to optional hook into different address fields, and let the site admin choose. E.g. in th plugin settings, choose to use street address or post code . As I’m building UK site, I would choose post code

Any ideas?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by danbrady.

Is anyone monitoring these support threads?

Yes, I apologize for the delay in responding to you.

These are great suggestions, however, I don’t think they are too feasible.

Rearranging the order of the address fields in WooCommerce is getting quite a bit outside of the intended scope of this plugin, especially since it works fine for the majority of addresses. I also think people will continue to type their address details until they see it show up. Adding a zip code before it would defeat much of the purpose of this plugin which is to reduce the amount of typing people need to fill out their address.

Thanks for your reply

I also think people will continue to type their address details until they see it show up.

I referred to this in my first comment. In testing, I’ve seen that this often isn’t true. The plugin acts on the ‘street address’ field. Many people type in their door number and street name, then see a list of unrelated addresses. Many people don’t realise they can continue typing, to further refine the address suggestions. Therefore, they often skip to manually entering their address. Which defeats the plugin purpose.

Adding a zip code before it would defeat much of the purpose of this plugin which is to reduce the amount of typing people need to fill out their address

In the UK at least, the optimum approach used on many e-commerce sites, is to ask for door number and postcode, because that is the smallest unique address possible. (Each door number is unique per postcode). The version I linked to above is a variation on this, using google autocomplete. The user is asked to type their postcode, then is presented with all matching addresses in a list, and the user clicks their address. I suggest you try it, eg with: NE6 2BA

I’d be interested in knowing what you’d charge to add this functionality. Can be discussed privately.

Thanks

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by danbrady.

Go ahead and fill out the contact form at https://www.ecreations.net/contact/ and mention this thread, and we can discuss offline. Thanks.

Thanks Nate, I’ve emailed you via that form