Honolulu, Hawaii · Urban Honolulu metro
Direct mail postcards in Honolulu, HI
Saturation postcards and mail to your own list for Honolulu, Kailua, Kaneohe, Pearl City, Kapolei, Ewa Beach and all of Oahu, printed on the mainland and mailed to Hawaii for up to 60% less than the big online printers.
- 345,000 residents in the city
- ZIP codes 968
- Entered through the Honolulu Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally (7–10 to Oahu)
Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii, about 345,000 people in the urban core, with ZIP codes 968 covering the entire island of Oahu and its 1 million residents through the City and County of Honolulu. The housing is single-family and low-rise in Kahala, Hawaii Kai, Manoa, Kaimuki, Kailua, Kaneohe, Mililani and the Ewa plain, on carrier routes that are compact and residential, with high-rise condominiums in Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako that are better reached with a building-level list of your own. Land is scarce and home values are among the highest in the country.
Oahu businesses mail an island market: every customer lives within a drive, digital ad inventory is thin, and mail is read. Real estate agents farm Kahala, Kailua and Hawaii Kai; solar, roofing, termite and air conditioning companies mail homeowners; restaurants and plate-lunch businesses saturate their routes; dental and medical practices mail by household; and the military installations at Pearl Harbor, Hickam, Schofield Barracks and Kaneohe Bay bring thousands of new mover families every summer. The cards are printed on the mainland by one of our three print partners and entered into the USPS network, at postage rates to Hawaii that are the same as everywhere else.
Who mails in Honolulu?
Solar and battery installers (Hawaii has the highest electricity rates in the country), roofing, termite and pest control, air conditioning, plumbing and painting companies; real estate agents and teams; restaurants and food businesses saturating nearby routes; dental, orthodontic and medical practices; credit unions, insurance agencies and services for military families; churches, private schools (a large category here) and nonprofits; auto dealers along Nimitz and Kapiolani; and the hotels, tourism and retail employers of the island.
Town, windward and leeward
Kahala, Diamond Head, Manoa and Hawaii Kai in town are farmed by agents from their own lists by value; Kaimuki, Kalihi and Moiliili are dense routes for saturation mail. Kailua and Kaneohe on the windward side are farmed by agents and mailed by home services companies. Mililani, Pearl City and Aiea in central Oahu and Kapolei, Ewa Beach and Waipahu on the leeward side are where most of the new construction and new mover volume is. Waikiki and Kakaako condominiums are mailed from a building-level list the business provides.
Mailing to Hawaii
USPS Marketing Mail and First-Class postage cost the same to Hawaii as to any mainland address; the difference is transit. We enter Hawaii mailings at the origin facility with the fastest connection to Honolulu, and Marketing Mail typically arrives in seven to ten business days, First-Class in three to five. For time-sensitive drops we schedule entry a week earlier than a mainland campaign. Military rotations peak from May through August, which is when a welcome mailing to military families has the most of them to reach.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Honolulu
- Kahala
- Hawaii Kai
- Manoa
- Kaimuki
- Waikiki
- Kailua
- Kaneohe
- Mililani
- Pearl City
- Aiea
- Kapolei
- Ewa Beach
- Waipahu
- Kahuku
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Answers
Direct mail in Honolulu: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in Honolulu?
Honolulu jobs are quoted one by one, with no published price, and the island itself doesn't add to the postage: USPS charges the same to Oahu as to the mainland. Transit is what changes the math. A drop that can't wait the seven to ten business days Marketing Mail takes from the mainland goes First-Class, three to five days, and First-Class costs more.
How long does direct mail take to reach Hawaii?
Marketing Mail typically arrives in seven to ten business days from entry and First-Class in three to five, because of the transit from the mainland. We schedule Hawaii drops about a week earlier than a mainland campaign with the same in-home date.
Can you reach military families moving to Oahu?
Yes, from a new mover list you bring or by saturating the routes around the bases. Families assigned to Pearl Harbor, Hickam, Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay and Tripler arrive mostly between May and August, when rotations peak. First-Class gets a welcome card to them in three to five business days; Marketing Mail takes seven to ten.
How do you mail the high-rise condos in Waikiki and Kakaako?
From a building-level list you provide. The high-rise condominiums of Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako are reached building by building, while saturation mail does the work on Oahu's compact residential routes, from Kaimuki and Manoa in town to Kailua and Kaneohe on the windward side and Mililani in central Oahu.
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