It's Not Too Late to Use the USPS As Part of This Year's Shipping Strategy

Not yet using the Post Office as part of your shipping strategy? It's still not too late to get started. Consider these points when you are looking at the savings you might realize shipping with the post office.

Immediate Discounts When Using On-line Postage

What's a quick way to get discounts on your Post Office shipping? That's easy. Make sure your shipping system uses Internet postage. When you ship with the Post Office and use Internet postage, you can save anywhere from 5% to 13% depending on the USPS service(s) you use. Save 5% off of retail Express Mail® rates and up to 13% off of retail rates on Priority Mail shipments. For International shipping, you save 5% on Priority Mail International shipments and 8% on Express Mail International. And you receive these savings along with the convenience of printing the postage directly on the shipping label. When the label is printed, you are done! What could be easier? A shipping system like our CPS shipping software can do this all automatically, including rate shopping between carriers, for you.

Free Packaging

The Post Office provides free packaging for their Priority and Express services. There are over 20 types of free packaging for Priority Mail shipping, divided into boxes and envelopes for their flat rate services, and boxes and envelopes for general shipping. For Express Mail, there are envelopes and a special Express box.

You can't use these boxes for every package, but when you can use it can add up to real savings! You can even order supplies on-line.

Then There Are the Items Where the Post Office Just Says "No!"

No fuel surcharge
No residential delivery surcharge
No remote/extended area delivery surcharge
No address correction fees

Use the Post Office, and you just say "No!" to these extra cost items, too.

Exclusive Delivery Options

Many carriers can deliver to domestic and international businesses and residences. The USPS is the only carrier that also delivers to Post Office boxes and to military (APO/FPO) addresses.

If the Post Office looks like it's good for your company, you can sign up immediately to start shipping with Internet postage. Shipping systems like CPS are compatible with Internet postage too, so you can get started fast! For more information about CPS, visit http://www.HarveySoft.com.