Address Format Requirements
Not following the address format requirements may cause a delay in your order and, in extreme cases, may cause your order to be lost.
Overview
Pawprint Press has a long history of shipping to customers all over the world. We understand that international shipping can sometimes be complicated, so we created this page as a guideline to help get your orders to your hands more smoothly.
We carefully check the address before processing any order. However, the parcel may pass through different couriers, and we cannot guarantee that the address information will be passed on correctly. Label changes happen often, and we have experienced many delivery failures because the destination address is not printed properly on the label. As a precaution, we kindly ask you to read this page carefully and follow the instructions according to your case.
General Rules
Address Character Limit
Please make sure that each line of the address is within the character limit of 45 characters. If the address is too long, it may be truncated and cause a delivery failure. You may utilize address line 2 if the street address is too long, since the courier systems don't actually differentiate between address line 1 and 2.
We have also noticed that some customers use certain tools to translate their address into English and they just pasted the whole translated address, including city, province, and sometimes even the country into the street address field. This is a bad practice and it will cause a delay in the order since we have to manually edit the address. Please make sure that you don't input redundant information into the address field.
Punctuation Marks
For punctuation marks, please only use comma (,), hyphen (-), parentheses (()) and period (.) in the address. Other special characters may cause a delivery failure. Below are some common cases that we have seen:
For Addresses in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Galician:
Please avoid using the ordinal indicator "º" (e.g. 1º) in the address. You may use "first", "primo", or even "1o" instead. This is one of the most common reasons we have seen for delivery failures in Southern Europe because, in case the couriers' system cannot parse it, the label won't be able to display the accurate floor number.
For Addresses in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean:
Be sure to use half-width numbers and punctuation marks. Full-width characters may cause a parsing error in the data transmission process and the address information may be contaminated.
Addresses in Latin-Script Alphabets
Unless it will cause ambiguity, we request customers to use only basic Latin characters (i.e. the 26 "English alphabets" from A-Z), with no diacritic, digraph, or ligature in the shipping address, including the recipient name. This is because some of the couriers' systems may be using the ASCII standard and they cannot parse any letter other than the 26 "English alphabets".
For the sake of a safe delivery, if your address contains diacritic, digraph, or ligature, you may want to either remove them or replace them with equivalents consisting of only basic Latin characters.
For example:
| Address Example | ASCII Display | Recommended Substitution |
|---|---|---|
| Av. Revolución | Av. Revoluci√≥n | Av. Revolucion |
| Görgesstraße | G√∂rgesstra√üe | Gorgesstrasse |
| Rue des Châtaigniers | Rue des Ch√¢taigniers | Rue des Chataigniers |
Addresses Not in Latin-Script Alphabets
If your address is not in Latin-script alphabets, we kindly request you to use a romanized address unless your address is in one of the following regions:
China Mainland
Please input the address in Chinese. A precise postal code is not necessary.
The storefront may ask you to input your national ID number (身份证号); however, it is not necessary for us to process your order. You may input some random numbers if you have concerns over your privacy.
Hong Kong SAR
You may input the address in either Chinese or English. Chinese address is preferred.
Japan
Please input the address in Japanese.
Korea (Republic of)
Please input the address in Korean. Please also be sure to input the Personal Customs Clearance Code (개인통관고유부호) in the given field.
Macao SAR
You may input the address in either Chinese or Portuguese. Chinese address is preferred.
Taiwan
Please refer to the related rules if you choose the shipping-from-China option.
Vietnam
Please refer to the related rules if you choose the shipping-from-China option.