| One of the most important things a business | | | | more than one stamp, but less then two. When |
| needs is a way to send out mail. There are a | | | | you go to the post office with 2 stamps on |
| lot of small businesses that rely on mailings | | | | it, you pay double the postage, when by a |
| in order to get new business. Home based | | | | postage meters readings it will only cost you |
| businesses are the businesses that really | | | | slightly more than one stamp. With digital |
| rely on direct mail. Direct mailings, whether | | | | postage it is much more accurate to pinpoint |
| they are letters with envelopes or postcards, | | | | the amount of postage and you don't have to |
| need postage that costs money. Postage to a | | | | walk into a post office and have them weigh |
| big business is not as much of a concern, it | | | | and add the postage. For a company who relies |
| is the small businesses that have little or | | | | heavily on mail, a postage meter will save |
| no budgets. With the cost of postage going up | | | | you money directly with postage and |
| more and more, it takes a lot of money to | | | | indirectly by the time needed to visit the |
| send out advertisements and information to | | | | post office. |
| clients. In the beginning a small business | | | | |
| will use stamps, but as the price goes up and | | | | Using a postage meter is easy, you simply pay |
| they get more business, it is time to look | | | | a certain amount of money to the Post Office |
| into postage meters. | | | | and then that is the amount of money that is |
| | | | programmed into the meter for you to spend. |
| The postage meters save you a trip to the | | | | In the long run, you can set whatever amount |
| post office and they are actually regulated | | | | you wish to have for a specific amount of |
| by the United States Postal Service (USPS). | | | | time and the meter will overall save you |
| They are very simple to use. There are | | | | money. If you are still unsure, then what you |
| digital meters that most small businesses use | | | | should do is buy an amount of postage that |
| today. The digital postage meter will | | | | you normally would for a month and then get a |
| actually help a small business reduce their | | | | postage meter for a trial period and do the |
| postage bill. Postage meters are great for | | | | same amount of mailing and see which comes |
| small business because as we just mentioned | | | | out to be cheaper. Some companies even offer |
| they will save you money, but also saves | | | | some free postage to use during a free trial |
| time. A postage meter will also weigh the | | | | period. When the free trial is over there is |
| piece of mail and actually charge the | | | | a monthly fee that you must pay to use the |
| business exactly for the amount of what the | | | | meter, but you will find it is very small |
| postage is. | | | | given the savings you can realize. Even if |
| | | | you have to pay for the postage you use, a |
| For example, let's say you have an 8 x 11 | | | | free trial costs nothing and let to make sure |
| manila envelope and you have about 6 pieces | | | | that a digital postage meter is the best |
| of paper in it. The size alone will cost you | | | | option for you. |