{"product":"Measured or Modeled","currency":"USD","disclosure":"Every estimate is built from three separate lines and never blended. Postage is the USPS published saturation-flat rate — $0.247/piece on retail entry, $0.242/piece on commercial entry — passed through at cost with no markup. Printing is shopped at your exact quantity across 5 published rate cards (Taradel, PostcardMania, Cactus Mailing, Mail Shark, Trade print reference range) and the cheapest qualifying card is named on the line, with its source, the date we read it, and the break it came from. Where a seller publishes an all-in price we subtract the USPS rate ourselves to isolate printing, and that subtraction is shown as ours. A card older than 35 days is not shown as a live price. The basis size is the 6.25\" × 9\" saturation flat at standard turnaround; larger sizes multiply printing by up to 1.45× and faster turnaround by up to 2×. Our service fee is $0.045/piece with a $75 minimum. Minimum 200 pieces. These sellers are named as sources of published prices, not as partners — we have no arrangement with any of them. This is an estimate, not a quote. Postage is the Post Office's published rate and printing is read off other sellers' published rate cards — neither is ours to promise. The firm number comes back in writing.","is_quote":false,"estimate_note":"This is an estimate, not a quote. Postage is the Post Office's published rate and printing is read off other sellers' published rate cards — neither is ours to promise. The firm number comes back in writing.","postage":{"basis":"measured","note":"Postage is passed through at the USPS published rate. It is not our revenue and carries no markup.","source":"USPS Notice 123 (Price List) and Domestic Mail Manual 143","source_urls":["https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/143.pdf","https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm"],"as_of":"2026-09-08","rates_per_piece":{"retail":{"per_piece":0.247,"label":"Retail entry (no permit)","note":"Dropped at a retail Post Office counter. No permit and no annual fee."},"commercial":{"per_piece":0.242,"label":"Commercial entry (permit required)","note":"Entered at a Business Mail Entry Unit under a mailing permit. Required above the retail ceiling."},"nonprofit":{"per_piece":0.132,"label":"Nonprofit commercial entry","note":"Requires an authorised nonprofit permit. Not available on retail entry."}}},"print":{"basis":"sourced","method":"Published saturation-mail rate cards, read directly from each seller's public pricing page","note":"These sellers are named as sources of published prices. We have no relationship with any of them, no agreement, and no arrangement of any kind. Where a card bundles postage we subtract the USPS published rate ourselves to isolate printing, and we show that subtraction. Nothing here is a quote.","stale_after_days":35,"relationship":"none — named as sources of published prices, not as partners","vendors":[{"id":"taradel","name":"Taradel","source_url":"https://dm.taradel.com/pricing/eddm","read_on":"2026-09-08","basis":"sourced","price_includes_postage":true,"postage_entry_bundled":"retail","min_pieces":1000,"max_pieces":null,"formats":["6x9","4x11","6x12","8x11"],"tiers_per_piece":[{"minPieces":1000,"perPiece":0.657},{"minPieces":2500,"perPiece":0.548},{"minPieces":5000,"perPiece":0.489},{"minPieces":10000,"perPiece":0.452},{"minPieces":25000,"perPiece":0.432},{"minPieces":50000,"perPiece":0.422},{"minPieces":100000,"perPiece":0.416}],"note":"Published all-in saturation-flat pricing. Postage is bundled into the figure."},{"id":"postcardmania","name":"PostcardMania","source_url":"https://www.postcardmania.com/eddm-postcards/","read_on":"2026-09-08","basis":"sourced","price_includes_postage":true,"postage_entry_bundled":"retail","min_pieces":500,"max_pieces":null,"formats":["6x9","4x11","6x12","8x11"],"tiers_per_piece":[{"minPieces":500,"perPiece":0.689},{"minPieces":1000,"perPiece":0.599},{"minPieces":2500,"perPiece":0.512},{"minPieces":5000,"perPiece":0.469},{"minPieces":10000,"perPiece":0.441},{"minPieces":25000,"perPiece":0.428}],"note":"Published all-in saturation pricing including design and postage."},{"id":"cactus","name":"Cactus Mailing","source_url":"https://www.cactusmailing.com/eddm-printing","read_on":"2026-09-08","basis":"sourced","price_includes_postage":false,"postage_entry_bundled":null,"min_pieces":2500,"max_pieces":null,"formats":["6x9","4x11","6x12","8x11"],"tiers_per_piece":[{"minPieces":2500,"perPiece":0.28},{"minPieces":5000,"perPiece":0.235},{"minPieces":10000,"perPiece":0.199},{"minPieces":25000,"perPiece":0.178},{"minPieces":50000,"perPiece":0.168}],"note":"Published printing-only pricing. No postage bundled, so no subtraction is required."},{"id":"mailshark","name":"Mail Shark","source_url":"https://www.themailshark.com/direct-mail-services/saturation-mail/","read_on":"2026-09-08","basis":"sourced","price_includes_postage":true,"postage_entry_bundled":"retail","min_pieces":10000,"max_pieces":null,"formats":["6x9","6x12","8x11"],"tiers_per_piece":[{"minPieces":10000,"perPiece":0.435},{"minPieces":25000,"perPiece":0.419},{"minPieces":50000,"perPiece":0.409},{"minPieces":100000,"perPiece":0.401}],"note":"Published all-in pricing on larger saturation programmes only."},{"id":"trade-reference","name":"Trade print reference range","source_url":"https://www.mailpro.org/post/eddm-postcard-printing/","read_on":"2026-09-08","basis":"sourced","price_includes_postage":false,"postage_entry_bundled":null,"min_pieces":200,"max_pieces":null,"formats":["6x9","4x11","6x12","8x11"],"tiers_per_piece":[{"minPieces":200,"perPiece":0.41},{"minPieces":500,"perPiece":0.34},{"minPieces":1000,"perPiece":0.3},{"minPieces":2500,"perPiece":0.26}],"note":"A published trade range rather than one seller's card. Kept as a floor check and as coverage for quantities the named sellers do not publish."}],"format_multipliers":[{"id":"6x9","label":"6.25\" × 9\" saturation flat","factor":1,"isBasis":true},{"id":"4x11","label":"4.25\" × 11\" saturation flat","factor":1.05,"isBasis":false},{"id":"6x12","label":"6.5\" × 12\" saturation flat","factor":1.22,"isBasis":false},{"id":"8x11","label":"8.5\" × 11\" saturation flat","factor":1.45,"isBasis":false}],"turnaround_multipliers":[{"id":"standard","label":"Standard schedule (pricing basis)","factor":1,"isBasis":true},{"id":"priority","label":"Priority schedule (priced higher)","factor":1.5,"isBasis":false},{"id":"rush","label":"Rush schedule (priced highest)","factor":2,"isBasis":false}]},"service_fee":{"basis":"measured","per_piece":0.045,"minimum_total":75,"note":"Our fee covers route planning, artwork setup, paperwork, drop-off co-ordination, and the provenance record kept for the campaign. It is stated separately so you can see exactly what we make. This is the only line on the quote that is ours."},"minimum_pieces":200,"request_quote":"/api/public/request_quote"}