Did you notice the cost of sending mail has gone up yet again in 2013?
Mailing catalogs, circulars, magazines or packages will cost 2.5% more, but the big increases will come if your company uses Two-Day, Overnight or Express mail. Priority Mail will increase 6.3% and Express Mail by 5.8%.
And a regular old stamp? 46 cents.
Even with these rate increases, you can save with a few strategic moves:
• Use nine digits. Are vendors or customers giving only five digits of their zip codes? Use the entire nine-digit zip code and you can save about 4 cents on postage.
• Use electronic postage. Look at services like Stamps.com, Endicia or Pitney Bowes to get software that can let you print USPS-approved postage at a discount.
• Sort your own mail. The Postal Service provides a 12.5% discount for businesses that sort outgoing mail by zip code and drop it off at central bulk mail centers.
• Be loyal. Delivery vendors like FedEx and UPS will extend a price break to customers that consolidate their delivery needs with one vendor.
