Better Mail

The U.S. Postal Services delivers more than 6 billion packages annually and expects total package volume to increase approximately 7% by FY2030¹. Many of those include mail larger than a standard envelope (flats) but smaller than a parcel or shipping box. Enrollment kits from healthcare companies, orders from booksellers, and catalogues from retailers are included in this category.

If you need to reach the maximum number of customers with a powerful eye-catching direct mail campaign at the lowest possible cost, bulk postcard mailing easily offers the best value.

First, you must ensure your direct mail postcards meet the sizes and quantities required by the USPS® to be eligible for either Standard letter rates or First-Class® presort postcard rates. Then it’s a matter of choosing whether to do the presort work yourself or engage a presorting service.

Marketing Mail^® is enjoying a renaissance—and for good reason. No form of digital communication beats the response rates of mail by post. The trick is making it and your other business mailings cost effective. That’s where bulk mail rates enter the picture. But before you can realize those high-volume savings, you first must meet all the US Postal Service^® bulk mail requirements.

Not sure how many pieces of mail qualifies for bulk rates or how to apply for a USPS bulk mail permit? Here’s the latest on USPS bulk mail and presort requirements.

If you’re a non-profit organization or a business that provides direct mail services for non-profits, you could be eligible for non-profit postage rates. Learn whether your non-profit mailings or those of your clients qualify.

No business can do it alone. That’s why the USPS® works with third-party presort service providers to share the workload.

Sometimes referred to generically as mail processing centers or mail sorting centers, these third-party facilities provide postal services to businesses—including pick-up, commingling and induction into the USPS network.

Learn how Pitney’s Bowes 40+ First-Class® and direct mail centers leverage proprietary technology and our workshare partnership with the USPS to help businesses unlock new efficiencies, savings and productivity.

If you're seeking the deepest postage discounts, you’ll find them in presorted mail. So, what is presorted mail? It’s mail that's been sorted and bundled by service type, size and ZIP Code™. The USPS^® follows this process to deliver mail across the country—and it rewards businesses who do the presorting work for them with generous workshare discounts.

We’ll outline the presort requirements for the two most frequently sent types of mail: Presorted First-Class Mail and Presorted Standard Mail.

Why should you consider outsourcing your mail processing? It’s all about economies of scale.

The USPS® offers postage discounts for presorted bulk mail, but many mailers and marketing service providers find it difficult to meet the quantities needed to qualify. When you add in the resources presorting mail requires—labor, transportation, floor space—outsourcing your mail processing makes even more sense

 

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If you need to print batches of address labels—or shipping labels, if you’re running a business—it’s almost certainly less expensive to print them yourself. We’ll explore some common options and help you decide what’s best for your needs.

First-Class Mail^® service is an affordable and easy way for your small business to send postcards, envelopes, flats and lightweight packages.

Marketplaces, carriers and subscription-based services all offer ways to buy and print postage labels at home. Learn which option is the best choice for your business.

Selling and shipping to customers overseas? Learn which type of packages require customs postage and what you need to know to correctly fill out customs forms.

There are many different methods to print shipping labels for home or business use. Some are better for occasional shippers, while others only make sense for those who need to ship multiple parcels every day or week. We’ll help you find the best method for your needs.

Media Mail® is one of the least expensive ways to ship, but only specific items qualify as “media.” Learn what those items are and when and how you should ship via media mail.

Shipping Priority Mail from home is easy and economical. Just ask all the online sellers who choose Priority Mail to save money and enhance their customer service.

Buying and printing your own shipping labels online is a simple way to streamline your fulfillment process and save big on postage costs.

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There are many mailing services online—but most people only need to concern themselves with the Big Three: USPS®, FedEx®, and UPS®. SendPro® Online can help you decide which is the right one for your needs for any given shipment.

Whether you sell through your own website, a single marketplace or multiple seller channels, you can print shipping labels from all the major carriers from your phone.

For friends and family, handwritten shipping labels are perfectly acceptable—and sometimes even preferable. But for customers, it’s much harder to get away with labels that aren’t crisp, clean, and professional-looking.

When choosing a printer for shipping labels, it’s important to look at the two main technological approaches: thermal and laser printing. While upfront costs are often similar, typically thermal printers are a better long-term deal.

Ink jet, laser or thermal? You can print mailing labels on any printer. We’ll cover the advantages of each and help you identify the best one for your needs.

You don’t need a special label maker to print your own address and shipping labels. A standard printer and printer paper are all that’s required. Don’t own a printer? There are workarounds for that, too.

Ready to take control of your shipping needs without leaving your house? Learn how to ship parcels and packages from home in five easy steps.

If you know the weight and size of your parcels, where you want to ship them and how fast they need to get there, then it’s fairly simple to decide which provider will give you the best deal. We’ll show you how to find to the right solution.

Prepaid return labels are great for shippers who want to control expenses and other variables for returned items. With the right tools, it’s easy to print custom return address labels with prepaid postage for your customers.

You can print First-Class postage from home and save your small business time and money. Get answers to FAQs and learn how to print First-Class postage and shipping labels online.

Postage savings are just a few clicks away. If you’re a small business that ships a lot, or even a little, you should take advantage of all the available ways to save postage and shipping costs.

There’s a label printer out there for nearly every trade and every need. See who made our list of the best label printers for printing mailing and shipping labels.

Customers love prepaid shipping labels and including them in your shipping process is easy. Learn why you should use them, how to send them and the ways SendPro® Online can help.

Looking for another way to save your small biz time and money? Learn how to print your own discounted shipping labels from your home or office in a few easy steps.

A shipping label displays all the information a carrier like USPS needs to deliver a package to its intended destination, including names, addresses and tracking codes.

Creating a custom, carrier-approved shipping label is simple, cost effective and makes you look like a pro in the eyes of your customers and other recipients. Plus, you can add extra touches.

There are many options for printing postage online. Whether you want to print your own stamps or use streamlined postage for bulk mailing, we can help you find the method that’s right for you.

All that you need to create and print USPS shipping labels is a computer, a printer and access to the USPS website or a service like SendPro^® Online.

You have many options for purchasing postage online. Whether you want to buy directly from USPS^®, print your own stamps, or use streamlined postage for bulk mailing, we can help you find the method that’s right for you.

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Knowing how the USPS® prices mail pieces based on ZIP code helps mailers ensure their items are being delivered accurately, efficiently and cost effectively.

Here are three reasons to use custom envelopes to enhance engagement, communicate better with customers and send secure mail.

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Find out how a trusted presort partner can help mail service providers drive cost savings and simplify logistics for first-class mailings.

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