[yarone]

Also: I am interested in knowing if there is a way to do a "reverse lookup" on UPS / FedEx / USPS. For instance, I want to know: what packages are pending delivery to "1234 Main St. Anyplace, CA 91234". I think this would be extremely useful.

[quartz]

FedEx supports this functionality through their InSight service, but only for packages inbound to a verified address.

You can't just look at anyone's incoming packages. That would be like walking into a post office and asking if anyone is receiving a flat-screen TV on your block this week.

[yarone]

Do you happen to know what process they use to verify an address?

[xtac]

That would never happen. Huge security concerns.

[yarone]

Hmm... Sounds like an opportunity to me. No way to verify identity in such a way to make this possible?

[barlo]

I think they have a facility available like this for their larger customers to ease receiving. You'd probably need to have a decent sized account before they would give you access to something like this, and it would only be for addresses you have registered with them, not a random lookup of any address.