Syncronizing Old and New Ecommerce Data

Contact data

WWW=Who(Person), What(Company), Where(Address)
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OOO repeat business
OON company moved? Emp xfer to new div?
ONO company changed name?  New div? New co?
ONN new job or maybe co. moved and changed names
NOO new employee? Common Name?
NON new emp., diff location or division
NNO Co folded? New emp & co rename?
NNN new business

O = Old
N = New

ROUTINES
-Normalize Company Name
-Verify/Normalize Address w/USPS Zip+4
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
-Normalize short names to full w/nickname. e.g. Jim Jones => James (Jim) Jones.

QUESTIONS
-Is there a company name registry?
-Database of common name abbreviations?

See also:

• http://www.grcdi.nl/givennames.htm 800000 names $$$
• http://names.namesdatabase.com/ Each letter page links to a list of common last names starting with that letter. Each last name page actually lists exactly the same first names, in a random order, with the last name added to each. The state pages are schools with the same first names.

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