Hi,
We're currently setting this up so that the correct postal charges are
being shown for different areas. i.e our courier has a surcharge for
items going to the Isle of Wight.
If you use the following code:
<postal-area>
<country-code>UK</country-code>
<postal-code-pattern>PO30*</postal-code-pattern>
</postal-area>
repeated for codes PO30* to PO42* it works great, google spots the IOW
postcode and adds the surcharge.
If a customer from the Portsmouth area has a postcode of say PO3 0AA
google doesn't add the surcharge which is correct. However google
allows customers to enter postcodes without formatting i.e. without
the space, so that PO3 0AA could be entered as PO30AA. Google now
thinks that this Portsmouth postcode is on the IOW and add the
surcharge.
Can google force the formatting or is there another way to do this?
Regards,
Stu