USPS also offers lower prices for non-profits. USPS Marketing Mail is a bulk price, so the more you send, the less you spend per piece of mail. Each piece of mail must weigh under 16 ounces. To qualify for USPS Marketing Mail, you must send at least 200 individual pieces of mail or 50 lbs. USPS Marketing Mail differs from First-Class and Periodicals. Other published materials with formal authorization The type of Periodicals you can ship include: The USPS also offers lower prices for non-profit, classroom, and science-of-agriculture materials. The USPS requires at least four publication intervals per year. Companies must publish and transmit Periodicals on an established basis.
Periodicals are a class of mail designed for companies that send materials to an established list of subscribers. The items you can ship with First-Class Mail include: Likewise, you can receive a commercial rate if you send over 500 pieces of mail. without worrying about paying an extra fee. One benefit of First-Class Mail is the price is the same no matter the shipping distance, so you can send a piece of First-Class Mail anywhere in the U.S. You can expect to receive or deliver First-Class Mail within three business days. The items you can ship with Priority Mail include:įirst-Class Mail is the same as Priority Mail except that the mail piece must weigh under 13 ounces, with the letter itself being under 3.5 ounces. Like Priority Mail Express, all Priority Mail has to be under 70 lbs. The price of Priority Mail depends on package weight and distance, but it is cheaper than Priority Mail Express. Items sent through Priority Mail can be expected in three business days, but it isn’t guaranteed. Priority Mail Express is more expensive because it's guaranteed to deliver from overnight to two business days. The main differences between Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail are cost, delivery times and delivery dates. The items you can mail through Priority Mail Express include: The price depends on the weight of the mail and travel distance. There is no minimum weight limit but all Priority Mail Express items have to be under 70 lbs. Mail is guaranteed to arrive in 1-3 days (guarantees are not available with Priority Mail) and upgrades to overnight, weekend, and holiday deliveries are available. Priority Mail Express (formerly known as Express Mail) is the Postal Service's fastest and most expensive mail service. The USPS divides its mail into six distinct classes:Įach class has a unique set of price, postage, service level, features, and requirements. To help your business prepare for mailing during the holiday season, we’ve broken out each of the different USPS mail classes, the purpose for each, and the expected delivery times. Online holiday sales are predicted to grow 30% and the USPS projects to deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail during the holidays.ĭue to the surge, there may be delays in shipping times, which is why you want to plan ahead. If you use the manila envelopes with brad enclosures, please tape over the metal.With the holiday season around the corner and the pandemic looming, online retail and mail will play a more significant role this year than ever before.If the envelope is not bendable because it contains a key, a cd, a book, cardboard, photographs etc… it will be charged a “non-machinable” surcharge and bumped up in class to a parcel.Don’t use tiny fonts on a large envelope because they won’t be caught as easily. The font and writing of the address should be proportional to the size of the envelope for easy reading.Is it possible to fold your flat-size piece to letter-size? If so, you can save money because you’ll pay the lower letter price (see more information on First Class Letters here) But keep in mind that weight usually affects price – the higher the weight the higher the postage, especially for First-Class Mail. The maximum size for a flat provides plenty of room to put lots of material in the envelope.
Be no more than 12 inches high x 15 inches long x 3/4 inch thick (for a copy of the Flats Design template, click here: Flats).Have one dimension that is greater than 6-1/8 inches high OR 11-1/2 inches long OR 1/4 inch thick.
Weights and Sizes To qualify as a first class flat, envelopes must: The Postal Service uses the word “flats” to refer to large envelopes, newsletters and magazines.
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