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10 SMART BUSINESS REASONS TO USE METERED MAIL
1. One of the most
appealing benefits of metered mail is the fact that it is a
fantastic convenience - it's actually like having a branch of the
post office in your own office that is open 24 hours/day.
Metered envelopes are
sealed, stamped and stacked in one efficient operation, providing you the
automation to get daily and peak mail out the door on time everyday.
2. Tele Meter
Setting - Our TMS system allows you to replenish the postage supply
in your meter with a simple 90 second phone transaction, eliminating
time-consuming trips to the post office to stand in line for stamps.
MailShip Technology offers a variety of convenient options for transferring
funds to your meter.
3. Postage Savings
- Independent studies have consistently proven that you can decrease postage
costs by as much as twenty percent using a complete office mailing system.
Electronic scales offer precise weighing, and postage meters allow you to
print the exact denomination that you need. Stop applying two stamps when
you need some amount in between or trying to manage multi-denominational
stamp inventories – it’s virtually impossible to avoid excessive waste.
4. Increased
Security – Meter “stamps” don’t exist until you print them. By
eliminating stamp inventories you'll never have to worry about lost or
damaged stamps, plus your postage dollars are much safer in a lockable meter
as opposed to a cluttered desk drawer.
5. Cost Accounting
- Most meters include a cost accounting feature that allows you to
accurately track postage expenditures for multiple different accounts.
Accounts can be assigned to different departments, individual users,
clients, etc. This allows for easier budgeting and reconciliation, as you
can see exactly how every postage penny was spent.
6. Package
Compatibility - A postage meter can also produce self-adhesive
metered tapes for packages, flats and tubes. Larger items such as these
often appear messy when "wallpapered" with stamps. With a meter, your
package will look neat and professional and will be accurately posted every
time.
7. Faster Mail
Service - Metered mail is treated as business mail and is handled
with higher priority. It is already dated, postmarked, and cancelled when
it arrives at the post office, so it requires fewer steps in the handling
process. Additionally, dated
metered mail must leave the receiving post office before midnight of the
date shown. As a
result, it typically arrives 24 hours faster than stamped mail. Therefore,
your important business correspondence will yield quicker results (i.e. more
efficient billing resulting in improved cash flow), and all for the same
dollar that you're spending now!
8. Professional
Image - Using metered mail makes a statement about your business.
Often, your envelope is the first impression that you can make on the
customer. Metered mail projects a neat, professional image and helps you to
create a favorable impression. It can make small companies look larger and
larger businesses appear more prominent.
9. Free Advertising
- A postage meter also allows you to print an advertisement on your envelope
promoting your company, such as a corporate logo or product image. Digital
meters also support custom text messages that can print next to your
postage. Turn you mail into miniature
traveling billboards promoting your company or favorite cause wherever your
mail goes. Envelope
ads and text lines also enhance open ability, increasing readership and
response rates!
10. Free Postal
Consultation - By doing business with MailShip Technology you'll
also get free postal consultation. Your Postal Systems Consultant will be
readily available to give suggestions to help minimize postal costs, help
you better understand confusing postal regulations, and assist you in
preparing your mail more efficiently.
MailShip Technology has
helped thousands of companies use the mail to grow their business - after
all, mail moves the paper that moves your business forward.
Postage meters do the same thing for mail that telephones, faxes, copiers,
and computers do for other kinds of business communication. They save time,
money, increase productivity and morale, and make you more effective.
Unfortunately, in some offices that efficiency breaks down at the last step
- too much time and effort is spent getting the mail out. MailShip
Technology has the individual solution for your company. If you haven’t
already, why not put metered mail to work for your business today?
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