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 We do not quote an in-home date and do not promise to mail: production is not ours to promise until a print partner agreement is signed.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.
Shopped at this exact quantity across 5 named published rate cards. Trade print reference range is cheapest at 2,500 pieces.
Sourced from Trade print reference range's published rate card, read 2026-09-08 · 2,500-piece break · printing only
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.
$0.552 /piece all in
$1,380for 2,500 pieces
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.
What we'd charge you
Our own printing price, set against the cheapest published card above — not shopped, and never blended with our fee.
At 2,500 pieces our print price beats the cheapest published source we shopped.
You save $50 on printing at this quantity.
versus $1,380 at the cheapest published card.
Our own printing price is quoted separately from the published market rate cards above. It is set to beat or match the cheapest source we found at your exact quantity and format. Our service fee applies on every job either way and is never folded into the print price.
Where each number comes from
Postage — measured
USPS Notice 123 (Price List) and Domestic Mail Manual 143, as of 2026-09-08. 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. Minimum order 200 pieces.
| Quantity | Cheapest source | Printing |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | Trade print reference range | $0.340/pc |
| 2,500 | Trade print reference range | $0.260/pc |
| 5,000 | PostcardMania | $0.222/pc |
| 10,000 | Mail Shark | $0.188/pc |
| 25,000 | Mail Shark | $0.172/pc |
| 50,000 | Mail Shark | $0.162/pc |
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. 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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