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    How to Achieve Greater Postal Savings 

    It is important for every mail operation to control operating costs and keep expenses in check. Saving in postal costs can be frustratingly difficult to achieve for many reasons including inefficient mail handling processes and increasing postage rates. The following is a list of proven strategies and areas in which your mailing operation can save money.

    • Save on postage costs by grouping multiple documents going to the same recipient. This reduces the number of envelopes and postage used, in addition it looks more professional for customers to receive one consolidated communication vs. multiple, similar items in close proximity to each other. 
    • Neopost's Integrated Postal Discounting Software reduces costs and increases the accuracy of your mailings. You receive real time move updates, resulting in money saved on postage sent to wrong addresses, as well as reduce delivery time of your mail and their returned payment to your business, improving your business cash flow.
    • Choose the best distribution method for your documents and customer needs. It may not always be mail. By utilizing the logic in Neopost software, you can e-mail, fax or post to the Web documents not requiring mail delivery.
    • USPS' CASS System™ improves the accuracy of carrier route, five-digit ZIP®, ZIP+4®, and delivery point bar codes that appear on mail pieces. Utilizing CASS certified software allows you to take advantage of USPS' program that reduces the cost of postage associated with each piece – up to 26%.
    • Folding materials to letter size and utilizing #10 envelopes whenever possible can result in savings of 35%-40%.
    • Know your carrier! Identify your typical mailing needs (amounts, distance, urgency), and rate shop between services and carriers to identify best shipping option for your packages. Also, carriers compete for your business, so negotiate rate discounts for your typical mailing needs.
    • Carriers default to the most expensive delivery option, so, overnight mail not needed at 8 a.m.? Be sure to indicate 4 p.m. delivery. Overnighting Friday for Monday delivery? Utilize USPS priority mail instead and save over 75% for same result.
    • Take advantage of USPS Priority Mail for cross-country mailings. Packages any weight going to any US location are a flat $8.10 or $4.05, when using USPS' FREE Priority Mail flat-rate boxes and envelopes, respectively. Save $ on postage & packaging, and don't pay more for longer distances!

    Using one or more of these postal savings methods can improve cost efficiencies for your mailing operation. Neopost can help you implement these processes and help your mailing operation realize improved postal savings.