Three lines, never blended.
Every other mailer quotes one per-piece number so you cannot tell what went to the Post Office and what was margin. Here postage is passed through at the published rate, print is quoted from dated trade rate cards, and our fee is a number you can read.
Turnaround changes the price of printing only. We do not quote an in-home date and do not promise to mail: production is not ours to promise until a print partner agreement is signed.
Retail entry (no permit) — Dropped at a retail Post Office counter. No permit and no annual fee. Passed through at the published rate with no markup.
Quote by request. No live published rate card we hold covers 2,500 pieces in this size — every card is either out of range or past its 35-day staleness horizon. We will not show a stale price, a last-known price, or an extrapolated one.
Quote by request. No live published rate card we hold covers 2,500 pieces in this size — every card is either out of range or past its 35-day staleness horizon. We will not show a stale price, a last-known price, or an extrapolated one.
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.
— /piece all in — estimate
—estimated for 2,500 pieces
Estimate, not a quote. Postage: USPS Notice 123 (Price List) and Domestic Mail Manual 143, read 2026-09-08. Printing: no qualifying published card at this quantity.
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. Not an order: we take no payment here, and we do not promise a mailing or an in-home date.
Where each number comes from
Postage — measured
USPS Notice 123 (Price List) and Domestic Mail Manual 143 (https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/143.pdf), read 2026-09-08. Valid as read on 2026-09-08; re-checked weekly and on every USPS price change. Retail entry $0.247, commercial entry $0.242, nonprofit $0.132 per piece.
Print — sourced, not measured
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. We read 5 sellers' published rate cards (Taradel, PostcardMania, Cactus Mailing, Mail Shark, Trade print reference range) on 2026-09-08, shop your exact quantity against all of them, and show which one set the price. They are named as sources of published prices — we have no arrangement with any of them. A card older than 35 days drops out rather than being quoted stale — Valid as read on 2026-09-08; re-read every 7 days and refused after 35 days. You can see that refusal rendered from a real expired rate card. Every figure below is an estimate from those dated public prices, not a quote. Minimum order 200 pieces.
| Quantity | Cheapest source | Printing |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
| 2,500 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
| 5,000 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
| 10,000 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
| 25,000 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
| 50,000 | No qualifying source | Quote by request |
Our fee — ours, stated
$0.045 per piece, $75 minimum. 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.
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. Cards were read on 2026-09-08, are re-read every 7 days, and 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.
USPS discounts a saturation campaign may qualify for
These are USPS programmes with their own registration and eligibility rules. We list them as published facts — qualifying is between you and USPS, and we will not pretend a discount is yours before it is.
- Integrated Technologyup to 5% · any 6 consecutive months in 2026
The mail piece carries a qualifying technology element — QR or similar scannable link, augmented reality, video, or NFC.
USPS guidebook - Tactile, Sensory & Interactive5% · 1 January – 30 June 2026
Specialty paper, coating, finish, texture, or an interactive physical element on the piece.
USPS guidebook - Continuous Contact5% · 1 April – 31 December 2026
A sustained series of mailings to the same audience across consecutive months.
USPS guidebook - Informed Delivery add-on — 0.5–1%. A digital campaign attached to the physical piece. Stacks on a qualifying base promotion.
- Sustainability add-on — 1%. Certified paper stock. Stacks on a qualifying base promotion.
Source: USPS 2026 Promotions Calendar and Technical Guide, as of 2026-09-08.
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Or pick your routes first and the piece count fills itself in from measured address counts.