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title: PO Box & Freight Forwarder Detector for Shopify
description: Paste an address, get an instant verdict: PO Box, freight forwarder (fraud signal), commercial or residential, plus carrier notes. Free, no signup.
canonical: https://tacey.app/tools/address-type-detector
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# PO Box & Freight Forwarder Detector for Shopify

PO Box, freight forwarder, commercial or residential, and which carriers actually serve it.

## PO Box, freight forwarder, commercial, residential - get the verdict in seconds

AI shopping agents and modern fraud filters classify addresses by type before deciding to recommend a store or approve an order. PO Boxes are USPS-only. Freight forwarders are a high-fraud signal. Commercial addresses get different carrier rates than residential. PO Box, freight-forwarder and commercial patterns are conclusive on their own and classified instantly. When none of those match, this tool runs one real deliverability check (the same Geocodio/Google engines Tacey uses on every order) before calling anything residential - it will not guess.

## Classify any address

1. Paste the street address (line 1) and any apartment / suite / box info (line 2).
2. Add city, state / region, ZIP / postal code, and country. The country field defaults to US.
3. Click Classify. PO Box / freight-forwarder / commercial matches return instantly; anything else runs one real address check first (3 free checks per day).
4. Read the type, the fraud severity, the explanation, the recommendation, and the carrier compatibility notes.

## What this catches

- PO Boxes (most carriers don't deliver - UPS Ground, FedEx Ground, expedited services all reject). USPS is the only major carrier that handles PO Boxes natively.
- Freight forwarders / reshipping warehouses (MyUS, Shipito, Reship, Stackry, etc.) - common chargeback origin. International buyers using a US address to access US-only retailers, often with stolen cards.
- Commercial addresses (suite, building, office, business designation). Different carrier rate tier, signatures available during business hours, generally lower fraud risk.
- Residential addresses - only labelled after a real deliverability check confirms the address exists. An address with no PO Box / freight-forwarder / commercial marker that ALSO fails that check comes back "Not classified", not residential.

## When to reach for this

- **A flagged order from your store**: Customer just placed a high-value order from an unfamiliar address. Paste it - get type + fraud severity in seconds.
- **Customer service escalation**: A package returned 'undeliverable' - is the address actually a PO Box that UPS won't serve? This tool tells you.
- **Wholesale / B2B order vetting**: Verifying a wholesale order's shipping destination before fulfilling. Commercial = lower risk; freight forwarder = elevate.

## Type + severity + recommendation + carrier compatibility

Address type label (PO Box / Freight Forwarder / Commercial / Residential / Not Classified), fraud-severity badge (low / medium / high, or "not verified" when we couldn't confirm the address is real), one-paragraph plain-English explanation, a specific recommendation for what to do with this order, and per-carrier compatibility notes (USPS / UPS / FedEx / DHL coverage) where a type was actually confirmed.

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