Also for flats (9x12 or 10x13), consider folding those into 6x9 envelopes. When you look at the chart above and compare the rates of a three-ounce metered letter at $0.88 to a commercial rate at $0.373, it is a 58% savings! This is going to be a big win for presort services that will now become more valuable because of the savings they can provide. The USPS has now increased this limit from two to 3.5 ounces, which means that there is an incredible amount of material that can now be put into the envelope at no additional postage cost. The goal was to increase the value of the mail piece, allowing customers to add additional content at the same price. A few years back, the USPS initiated a plan where the second ounce rides free. The biggest change in this category is increasing the weight limit for the letter rates from two to 3.5 ounces. Mailers will see extra discounts at the five-digit category, and it may mean it is time to renegotiate rates with your presort service as they are getting a larger share of the savings. Rates stayed relatively flat in this category with slight changes based on sort levels. It is believed this happened so retail customers could use two stamps to pay the full amount of postage.įirst-Class Mail Commercial - 0.8% Decrease to 9% Increase Other interesting items in this category are the rates for flats, which went up to $0.98.
This is an automatic savings for just using a system that costs as little as $20 per month to print postage. This is the most significant savings ever offered in the US mailing industry because it means that by using a postage meter or PC postage, you will save $0.03 per piece, or 6.1%. This is compared to metered letters, which will have a price reduction from $0.465 down to $0.46. The USPS did not increase the additional ounce rate so the percentage change gets smaller as items get larger. The price of a stamp is going from $0.47 to $0.49, which is a 4.3% increase. Also, when you look at the new rate charts provided by the USPS, they typically will not show the level of detail needed (the previous and new rates side by side, for example) to see these differences.įirst-Class Mail Single piece - 1.1% Decrease to 9% Increase You need to look at the class, weight, zone, density, and special services required to see the true impact. The reason that he does this is because when the USPS talks about a one to two percent increase, it’s important to remember this is overall.īased on the type of mail you do, the increase could be higher or lower. The author of this article has created comparison charts that go over the changes to show how they will affect budgets. Courtesy of Mailing Systems Technology Magazine (Abbreviated for length).
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