Postcard Mailing Service
Postcard mailing service: designed if you need it, then printed, addressed and mailed
A print-and-mail postcard service from 1,000 pieces. Bring a finished design and your own list, or neither: we design the card, build a list to your criteria, then print a 5×8.25 or 6×11, clean the addresses, presort and mail it.
Some businesses come to us with a finished postcard and a customer file. More come with an offer and a city. Either way the job ends the same: print the card, address it correctly, earn the postage discount and hand it to the USPS without mistakes. Send your artwork if you have it, or we design the card. Send your list, or tell us who you want to reach and we build one to those criteria. Choose a size and a mail class, approve the quote and the proof, and the mail goes out on the date set with the partner printing it.
Behind the service are the three largest print and mail companies in the US, each in an exclusive partnership with us. Every list gets CASS address standardization, NCOALink move updates, duplicate removal, presort to the finest level your list supports, Intelligent Mail barcodes and a postage statement filed under the partner’s permit. The quote shows printing, mail processing and postage separately, priced for the city the mail is going to.
What does a postcard mailing service actually do?
Four things, in order. It prints your card to the specification the USPS mails at the lowest rate. It cleans your list, which is where a third of most first-time lists fail: wrong ZIPs, apartment numbers missing, people who moved two years ago. It sorts the mail and prints the barcodes that earn the automation discount, then files the postage statement. And it physically delivers trays to the USPS acceptance unit and gives you the scan data back.
Doing this yourself means a permit imprint (a one-time application fee plus an annual mailing fee), presort software, an addressing machine and a trip to the Business Mail Entry Unit with the paperwork right. Using a mailing service means paying a quoted per-piece rate instead, with the permit and the equipment already in place.
What is the cheapest way to mail postcards in bulk?
Mail them as USPS Marketing Mail from a clean, presorted list. Marketing Mail postage is well under half of a retail First-Class stamp, and the saving grows on larger cards. The catch is that Marketing Mail requires presort and CASS-certified addresses, both of which come with the service, and at our 1,000-piece minimum every order clears the USPS volume rule with room to spare. First-Class presort costs more, but it is forwarded and returned, which is worth paying for when a list needs cleaning.
Can you mail postcards for realtors on a recurring schedule?
Yes. Farming works on cadence, so we set up monthly or six-week drops to the same farm list with the design swapped each time. The list is re-run through NCOA before every drop, and the quote for a recurring program covers every drop so the per-piece rate is known in advance.
How do I know the postcards were delivered?
Every piece carries an Intelligent Mail barcode that USPS equipment scans as the mail moves through the network. We report those scans back by ZIP code and day, so you can see when the bulk of the mailing hit mailboxes and time your follow-up ad or email to it. Undeliverable addresses on First-Class mailings come back to us and we send you the list so it can be corrected.
Printed your cards somewhere else? Our bulk mailing service does the presort, the permit and the postage on its own.
Our work
Cards that have been through this line
Real 5×8.25 and 6×11 postcards, printed, addressed and mailed. Note the address side on each: the clear zones, the indicia corner and the barcode strip are what the preflight protects.
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Quote a postcard mailing service job for your city
Send the postcard size, the quantity and the city it is going to. Pricing is set for your city and your job, so you get a written quote — printing, mail processing and postage — with no obligation. No finished design or mailing list needed.
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Postcard Mailing Service: questions people ask
What is the cheapest postcard mailing service?
The cheapest legitimate option mails at Marketing Mail rates under a permit you do not have to pay for, and charges a quoted per-piece rate for printing and processing with no setup or list-processing fees. That is how we work, through the three largest print and mail companies in the US, quoted for your city at up to 60% less than the big online printers.
Can I use my own mailing list?
Yes. Send a CSV or spreadsheet with the address columns you have. We standardize the addresses, update moves through NCOA, remove duplicates and tell you how many pieces will actually mail before you approve the quote. No list? Tell us who you want to reach and we build one to those criteria.
Do I need a bulk mail permit to use your service?
No. Everything mails under the USPS permit of the partner printing your job, and its indicia prints on the card, so you never pay the permit or annual mailing fees. If you have your own nonprofit authorization we can mail under it to get the nonprofit rate.
How fast can you print and mail my postcards?
Each of our three print and mail partners has its own distribution and its own mail dates, so timing is set with the partner that takes your job, and the price reflects the date. Then add the USPS delivery window: one to five business days for First-Class, three to ten for Marketing Mail.
Will you mail postcards to other countries?
No. We print and mail inside the continental United States. International addresses in a list are flagged and excluded before mailing.