What is bulk mail?
• Presorted Standard
Third Class mail, or what has been traditionally referred to as Bulk Business
Mail (BBM), has been reclassified using the term Presorted Standard mail. The
Postal Service offers huge postal discounts for Presorted Standard mail. In many
cases, the rates are about one – half of First Class single piece rates. For
Presorted Standard mail to be accepted at the BMEU, the Bulk Mail Entry Unit,
the pieces of mail presented must be identical in size and weight. This includes
letters, flats, postcards, tri-folds, magazines, and brochures. The minimum
number of pieces required to qualify for a Presorted Standard mailing is 200
pieces. While there are no guaranteed delivery standards for Third Class or
Presorted Standard mail, typical delivery time once the mail has been presented,
verified, and postage paid at the BMEU is between 7 – 14 days. Is Presorted
Standard right for you? Ask the mailing professionals at ABC Direct Marketing to
determine if Presorted Standard BBM, Bulk Business Mail, is a good fit for your
direct mail needs.
• Presorted First Class
Presorted First Class mail is another opportunity for your business to take
advantage of postal discounts from the United States Postal Service. Many of the
same rules and regulations apply from Presorted Standard mail regulations, but
there are some noticeable differences. First, while the postage rates are lower
than First Class single piece rates, they are not quite as low as the Presorted
Standard rates. Second, the minimum piece requirement for a Presorted First
Class mailing is 500 pieces, as opposed to the 200-piece minimum for Presorted
Standard. Finally, yet importantly, the delivery time for the mail to be
delivered once it has been presented, verified, and postage paid at the BMAU is
1 – 3 days. Presorted First Class mail is an excellent way for your business to
take advantage of postal discounts for time sensitive mail.
Thought about postal
discounts?
At ABC Direct Marketing, we
presort your data to the lowest available postal discounts. This means that
before we inkjet your mail, our USPS certified postal software has presorted and
coded your data using presorts like Mixed AADC, Basic, Five Digit, Three Digit,
and/or Carrier Route. These postal terms my not mean a whole lot to you, but
believe me when you are dealing with large quantities of mail, this presorting
process can add up to postal savings in a hurry! In many cases, the money you
save in postage is greater than the money you would pay a service like ABC
Direct Marketing to prepare your mail. Now that is a win – win; save money AND
have the professionals at ABC Direct Marketing inkjet, code, and deliver your
mail in the process. It does not get any easier than that!
In addition to presorting discounts, our USPS certified postal software adds a
delivery point barcode to the address. This means that the mail becomes
“Automated” and the post office recognizes “Automation” mail and rewards it with
postal discounts. Only USPS certified postal software can “Automate” your mail
and at ABC Direct Marketing we have the technology and will pass these
automation postage savings directly to you!
What types of data
does ABC Direct Marketing accept?
For our mailing software to
presort, verify, duplicate check and standardize addresses, we can accept Excel,
Access, and/or tab or comma delimited text files. If you are not sure if you can
export or save your data in either one of these formats, give us a call and we
can help you. Many times it is not as difficult to save your data in one of
these formats as you might think.
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