It’s now easy for retailers to collect what3words addresses from customers and pass them on to Blue Dart.
Addresses often don’t direct people and deliveries exactly to a front door or drop-off point.
what3words has divided the world into 3 metre squares and given each square a unique address made of 3 words.
what3words addresses make it easy to communicate exact locations like a specific delivery entrance.
Address collection
Retailers get precise what3words addresses from customers at checkout.
Location conversion
The what3words addresses are automatically passed on to Blue Dart.
Delivery fulfilment
Couriers deliver parcels to the exact front door, entrance or delivery bay.
what3words is the easiest way to describe any precise location. It has divided the world into 3m squares and given each one a unique identifier made from three words.
what3words can be used via the free mobile app and the online map at what3words.com . There’s also an API that developers can use to integrate what3words into their own apps and platforms.
Some examples of how people use what3words are: telling friends exactly where to meet, easily entering a precise destination into a ride-hailing app, and giving their precise location over the phone to emergency services.
Businesses in travel, mobility and logistics, as well as some emergency response teams, use what3words to operate more efficiently and provide a better service.
You can find handy step-by-step instructions on how to use the what3words app here: https://what3words.com/how-to-use-the-what3words-app
With a what3words address, customers can specify an exact entrance, drop-off point, or any 3 metre location for their deliveries. It’s much more precise than a street address which identifies an entire building, helps couriers know exactly where to go, and makes deliveries more reliable.
Find out more about using what3words for deliveries and e-commerce here .
A what3words address works for ground level, just like a street address. Simply give the what3words address for the building entrance, then add the floor and flat or office information. For example, what3words HQ is at ///filled.count.soap on the third floor, Studio 301.
We can help tell your customers about what3words and drive its use on your page: check out our Communications Hub to get started.
There is no charge to use what3words, but it requires an in-house developer to add what3words address capture fields on pages where you collect location information from customers like your booking process, checkout page and on account profiles.
When you use our tools to add a what3words box to your checkout, it includes our smart AutoSuggest technology. This validates that a correct what3words address has been entered. It also helps customers to enter what3words addresses correctly and avoid mistakes by displaying a dropdown list of suggested options as they type. For greater accuracy and reliability, you can choose to limit the locations geographically e.g. to your chosen shipping countries.
