email to postal mail refers to a capability that allows a user to send an email, which is automatically processed and converted into a postal letter. postalmethods implements email to postal mail transparently. here’s what you need to do to turn your emails into letters:
Has this ever happened to you? the printer gets stuck, just as you try to send your invoices. or you are missing envelopes and stamps, a few letters short of your mailing list.
Some days, we can’t help but wish everyone could receive their documents via email instead of having to mail them.
The fact is that every organization has at least a percentage of contacts on our mailing list that can only be reached by traditional “snail mail”. Not only that, some correspondence must be tangible, our words still have more authority and more attention when they are printed on a piece of paper that the reader will have in his hand.
no, it’s not the time to cancel traditional postal mail, not yet, but wouldn’t it be great if traditional shipping methods were as easy and efficient as email?
send an email through the postal service
A few weeks ago, a client called to send us documents. The problem was that they were located outside of the US. uu. international postal delivery to the usa. uu. can be expensive and time consuming. Not to mention reliability issues. they wanted to send their document directly to a point within the united states, where it could be printed and mailed through the usa. uu. postal service to your destination. postalmethods was able to provide the service they needed at a cost they could afford.
Not all services are “created equal,” but as always, it’s about balancing your budget with your communication needs. here are some features you may want to look for, depending on what your organization needs to accomplish and where the priorities lie:
- ability to send pdf and ms office documents, openoffice, xml, rtf, tiff, jpg and many more;
- first class mail delivery. not all mail methods are created equal. you can get a much cheaper rate, but you will pay for it with a much slower delivery rate. At PostalMethods, all mail is sent USPS First Class. delivery usually takes 3-5 days.
- high-quality prints; at postalmethods we have high volume printers that can print up to 200 pages per minute. in 2018, we printed and mailed 41.5 million documents.
- fast turnaround time on printing and mailing letters, ideally within the same business day or 48 hours at most;
- postalmethods is hipaa compliant and ssae 16 certified. we are audited annually to make sure we follow the necessary protocols to keep your documents safe and secure.
Advanced users with high volume mailing lists may also want to send mailings using the postal api integration with their own list management software and/or quantity discounts.
Each email-to-mail service has slightly different features, but the price range for the basics seems to be pretty consistent across the board. Sending a one-page letter to an address within the United States should cost you between 76 cents and $1.02. beyond that, there will be a small charge for each additional page; and color printing will cost extra. international letters (those destined for addresses outside the united states) have a surcharge to cover the additional postage.
The bottom line is that you should consider the benefits of using this type of service. No more printing, manual folding, inserting into envelopes, adding a stamp, and mailing letters. in one step, postalmethods can do it all for you.