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How to Reduce Postage Costs with Optimization Strategies

If you print and mail documents to customers, including statements, invoices, and any other communication, postage is a big part of the budget. It’s an expense that’s hard to decrease, especially since postage routinely increases. In a time when you’re looking for ways to save money in operations, you can reduce postage costs with [...]

2023-02-23T08:03:48-05:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Advanced Technologies, Blogs, Vertical Markets|Tags: |

What Businesses Need to Know About USPS Mail Tracking and Transactional Mail

Does your business produce a high volume of sensitive mailings you need to track? If so, you should know some crucial things about USPS mail tracking and transactional mail. Effective mail and packages tracking supports compliance around these letters that must arrive within a specific timeframe. If you’re managing this internally, it can be extremely [...]

Important USPS Postage Updates for 2023

The United States Postal Service recently announced new prices for 2023 for market-dominant mail products. These USPS postage updates will be effective on January 23, 2023. The USPS Board of Governors has approved the changes. Some of the highlights include raising First Class Mail prices. Let’s break down all the new rates and their [...]

2023-02-23T08:03:48-05:00October 4th, 2022|Categories: Advanced Technologies, Blogs, Postal News, Vertical Markets|Tags: |

USPS Certified Mail Options for Transactional Mail

In the transactional mail world, knowing that delivery occurred is critical. These mailings are mission-critical and can include a variety of documents that must reach addressees. In some cases, to confirm delivery, you’ll need to use USPS Certified Mail. In this post, we’ll provide an overview of certified mail and details on using it [...]

Postage Changes 2022: Reduce Postage Costs with Postal Mailing Optimization Tips

An increase in postage costs can impact any business. It’s also something you have little control over. For industries with a high volume of transactional mail, any rise, no matter how small, will inflate your budget. We’re breaking down postage changes for 2022 and beyond to provide insight into this topic. Postage Rate Changes 2022 [...]

2024-02-05T09:11:33-05:00January 11th, 2022|Categories: Advanced Technologies, Blogs, Vertical Markets|Tags: |

USPS Announces First-Class Mail and Periodicals Service Standard Changes

On October 1, the Postal Service will implement new service standards for First-Class Mail and Periodicals which will increase delivery reliability, consistency, and efficiency for our customers and across our network. USPS states that this will make better use of trucks and existing surface network to move the mail, relying less on costly air [...]

2023-02-20T10:51:58-05:00September 21st, 2021|Categories: Customer Newsletters, PCI News, Postal News|Tags: |

U.S. Postal Service Announces New Market Dominant Price Adjustment Schedule

Today the US Postal Service announced it will raise rates for Market Dominant services. To help customers better prepare for the new Market Dominant price adjustment schedule, the US Postal Service will NOT raise prices on Market Dominant products in January 2022 but will schedule the next market Dominant priced adjustment in July 2022. [...]

2023-02-20T10:51:59-05:00September 15th, 2021|Categories: Customer Newsletters, PCI News, Postal News|Tags: |

U.S. Postal Service Proceeds with Rate Change Request

As part of “Delivering for America,” its 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence, the United States Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) proposing price changes to take effect Aug. 29, 2021 that are in accordance with the rules recently established by PRC last year. The proposed price [...]

2023-02-20T10:52:01-05:00June 1st, 2021|Categories: Customer Newsletters, PCI News, Postal News|Tags: |

The United States Postal Service announced its 10 Year Plan – Delivering For America

The United States Postal Service announced its 10-Year Plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence last week. We know how important the services USPS provides to your business and ours, so we are publishing this communication to keep you informed. Listed below are highlights of USPS’s plan. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ‘DELIVERING FOR AMERICA’ [...]

2023-02-20T10:52:04-05:00March 29th, 2021|Categories: PCI News, Postal News|Tags: |

USPS Continues To Experience Service Delays

“The Postal Service delivered more than a billion packages during its peak holiday season, but Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the agency fell far short of meeting its service targets, and left some customers waiting weeks for mail and packages.” As many of you are aware, USPS mail delivery continues to be a challenge. [...]

2023-02-20T10:52:36-05:00February 10th, 2021|Categories: Customer Newsletters, PCI News, Postal News|Tags: |