Concealed mailing information system and method for using alternative information for providing a shipping address for mailing with an option of running encrypted information

A concealed mailing information system comprising:

• a concealed mailing information server comprising a server processor, a server memory, and a persistent server storage device;
• a personal account database in is communicably connected to the concealed mailing information server and which holds encrypted address information of members and retrieves the address information for a particular user upon valid search of members without revealing the address information;
• and
• a software program that is stored in the persistent server storage device and runs on the server processor when loaded into the server memory to perform a method for using alternative information for providing a shipping address for mailing with an option of running encrypted information, wherein the software program includes sets of instructions for:
• receiving a social ID search input from a client computing device associated with a user intending to send an item to a friend associated with the social ID;
• searching the personal account database for member records matching the social ID search input;
• retrieving a particular member record that matches the social ID search input;
• and
• providing human-readable information from the particular member record and non-readable placeholder symbols for encrypted information from the particular member record to the client computing device associated with the user to allow the user to proceed with a mailing transaction.