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German: Adressbeschaffung

English translation: address acquisition







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German term or phrase:Adressbeschaffung
English translation:address acquisition
Entered by:Louise Gough
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German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research / Direct mailing process
German term or phrase: Adressbeschaffung
Im Direktmarketing liefert xxx den Full-Service von der Konzeption, Kreation, Adressbeschaffung, Druck und Lettershop.

I know what this means but am not sure what the exact term is in English. I thought of "mailing list generation" but perhaps something that actually includes the term "address" might exist. Any suggestions welcome!
Louise Gough
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
xxxJeffFish: 3:29pm Mar 6, 2005: I think they're referring to actually collecting (e.g. buying) the addresses here, but don't know the non-offensive English term. I personally hate it when others "beschaff" my address -
BrigitteHilgner: 3:51pm Mar 6, 2005: To JeffZ: "beschaffen", please. (Otherwise I agree with you.) -
xxxIanW: 4:19pm Mar 6, 2005: Take no notice, Jeff, it's OK as long as you don't übertreib it ... -

address acquisition
Explanation:
a stab at finding the non-offensive term, as per my note above

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-06 15:32:37 GMT)
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http://www.cebus.net/ep/
http://www.leadlists.com/email_marketing_tips.htm
http://templatezone.com/esuite/metrics.asp
Selected response from:

xxxJeffFish
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
It was a very close-run thing between this and address procurement - sorry I couldn't split the points! Thanks everyone for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5address procurement
xxxIanW
3 +3address acquisition
xxxJeffFish
4address finding
Narasimhan Raghavan


  


Answers

3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
address acquisition

Explanation:
a stab at finding the non-offensive term, as per my note above

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-06 15:32:37 GMT)
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http://www.cebus.net/ep/
http://www.leadlists.com/email_marketing_tips.htm
http://templatezone.com/esuite/metrics.asp

xxxJeffFish
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
It was a very close-run thing between this and address procurement - sorry I couldn't split the points! Thanks everyone for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree MMUlr: :-) I was a bit too late - one of many other refs: http://www.globaldmsolutions.com/service.htm
10 mins

agree BrigitteHilgner: my first spontaneous idea, too.
20 mins

agree RobinB: Though note that in the world of B2C sales, Adressbeschaffung, meaning actually getting people's address off them, is called "lead-getting" or "lead generation".
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
address procurement

Explanation:
I think I'd say "address procurement" here

xxxIanW
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 239

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Aniello Scognamiglio
1 min

agree Frosty
6 mins

agree Kathi Stock
8 mins

agree Hilary Davies: definitely - used when buying lists.. another of my many other incarnations ;-)
42 mins

agree David Moore
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
address finding

Explanation:
I feel this is a mild term acceptable. See:
Email Address Finding - Finding Email Address Software DownloadEmail Address Finding Software include: 1st Mass Mailer, Email Privacy, CheckMail, SafeMail, Mail Snoop Pro, Anti spam and more.
www.tomdownload.com/internet/email/index3.htm - 30k - Cached - Similar pages


Narasimhan Raghavan
India
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Armorel Young: that sounds as though you have a particular person's name and want to find out where they live - not quite the same thing
32 mins
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