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Postage Meter
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PC Postage
(Internet postage)
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Permit:
Postal Package Partner™
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Features
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About…
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Print postage on
your mailpiece or
a label that you
affix to your
parcel
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Machine is leased
from commercial
manufacturers
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Purchase postage and
print labels from the
Internet for all mail classes
except Periodicals
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Monthly Service fee
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Volume
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Recommended for
Low volume
mailers
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Recommended for Low to
Mid-sized mailers
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Recommended for
Mid-High volume
mailers: at least 200
pieces or 50 lbs/day
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Class of Mail
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Domestic & Int'l
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First-Class Mail®,
Priority Mail®,
Express Mail®,
Package Services,
(except periodicals)
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Domestic & Int'l
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First-Class Mail®,
Priority Mail®,
Express Mail®,
Parcel Post,
Media Mail,
Bound Printed Matter
& Library Mail
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Domestic & Int'l
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First-Class Mail®,
Priority Mail®,
Express Mail®,
Parcel Post,
Media Mail,
Bound Printed Matter
& Library Mail
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APO/FPO
military areas
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Ship to APO and FPO
addresses
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Ship to APO and FPO addresses
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Shipping Label
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Print exact
postage on one
label for most
mail classes &
Extra Services
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Need a separate
label for the
address
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Shipping label prints
address, mailing class
and postage info:
“US Postage & Fees
Paid”
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Shipping label prints address,
mailing class and postage info:
“US Postage & Fees Paid &
Permit #”
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Payment method
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Live Postage:
pay postage for
your shipment
in advance by
filling up your
meter machine
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Live Postage: pay postage
for your shipment in
advance by pre-paying on
your PC Postage Account
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After your parcels are
shipped, the postage is
deducted from your
“Advance Deposit
Account” at the Post
Office
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Manage Postage Funds
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Use Bank account
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Use Checking account or
Credit Card
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Use Permit Account or
CAPS account:
electronic alternative to
using checks/cash for
making postage payments
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Multi-permit/Multi-manifest
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Multi-Permit allows you to setup
different permits for each return
address
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Multi-Manifest allows you
to associate a manifest
with a different permit,
client and job data.
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Manifest:
Detailed
report of
postage
usage for
mailings paid
with permit
imprint
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Manifest report consists
of a list of all the items
with a unique ID#: info
on postage amount,
class, weight, etc.
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Permit balance tracking
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Track & reconcile your
postage balance and
make sure you have
enough funds
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Merchandise Return Labels
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Return label is prepaid
regardless whether it
is used or not by
the customer
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Fund is deducted from
the permit only when the
customer returns the item
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Departmental Accounting
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One account
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Online access to Postage
Statements
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Use Departmental Accounting
feature to manage postage
expenses for different
Departments, Clients or Jobs
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Stealth Postage:
“US Postage & Fees Paid.” postage is not shown in dollar amount. Only you and
the Postal Service know the actual shipping fee
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Only for Express Mail,
Delivery or Signature
Confirmation labels.
(Cannot be used for
Envelopes or int’l mail).
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Available for all mailings
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Email notification
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Customized email notification
available for advanced levels
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Customized email
notification available for
all levels
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Extra
service(s)
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Free Electronic Delivery
Confirmation™ on Priority Mail®
and PMOD (Priority Mail Open
and Distribute)
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Discounted Electronic Delivery
Confirmation and Signature
Confirmation on Express Mail®,
First-Class Mail®, Parcel Post®,
Media Mail®, Bound Printed
Matter & Library Mail
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FREE program upgrades
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Optional Services: Address
Service, Return Service,
Forwarding Service, Special
Handling, Certified Mail,
COD, Registered Mail,
Paper & Electronic Return
Receipt, Insurance
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Online &
On-site
technical support
& training for set up
and use
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Benefits and Savings
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Internet connection
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PC Postage is hosted
on the web and you
cannot ship if the
Internet goes down
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Software is downloaded
on your personal PC and
you can still ship when
the internet goes down
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Efficiency
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Time consuming: higher
volumes take longer to
process because you
are printing from the
Internet
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Frequent re-loading of credit
card information for payments
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Saves time: prints
shipping labels faster
because you are printing
directly from your
computer
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Flexibility
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Print labels with a Mail
Date up to a week in
advance
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Need to print “Date
Correction” labels if
you have to change
the shipping date
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Print labels and prepare
shipments in advance
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Change the date of mailing on
individual packages if you need
to change the shipping date
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Batch processing
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Save time by importing
data & batch printing
labels automatically
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Data Entry:
Import data ahead of the shipping date
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Doesn’t always support
batch importing data or
using an ODBC Source
to populate shipping
data
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Undated Entry: ship backorders
on any date they need to be
shipped. If unable to finish the
day’s packages, you can ship
next day
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Data maintenance & Reports
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Maintains a database of
package history
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Produce accounting reports for
in-house and clients
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Spoilage control
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Mistakes in
package
preparation can
become costly
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Long wait for a refund
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Mistakes can become costly
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Refund can take up to a month
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Not all refunds are guaranteed
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Easily reprint damaged labels
and delete/void incorrect labels
without getting charged
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Commercial Plus Pricing Tier for Priority Mail &
Express Mail
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Commercial
Discounts
available for IBS
Meter Machines
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On-Line Commercial
Discounts available for
Priority Mail w/ Delivery
Confirmation
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Upfront discounts for
high-volume shippers
using Priority Mail with
a Permit
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Express Mail Commercial Pricing
discounts available for Manifest
customers
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Electronic Return
Receipt Service
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Get proof of mailing and delivery
for accountable mailings
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Replaces having to
manually filling out
a “Green Card”
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Reduces manual labor and
human errors
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Drop Ship using Priority Mail Open and Distribute Service
(PMOD)
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Drop ship sacks/trays of
presorted mail (Standard
Mail) instead of
entering them at an
Origin rate
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Designed to get mail destined to
BMC, SCF, & DDU and
recipients quicker and less
expensively
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Ideal for drop shipping smaller
volumes of mail
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Postal Rate updates
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Purchase new
chips for each
postal rate
changes
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Free USPS postage rate and fee
calculator maintenance
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ODBC: Real-time access
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Some vendors have
trouble providing
real-time access to
order and/or customer
databases
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Includes ‘Import Agent’
and “Multi-class/multi-
special services’ import
option
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Access databases from other
programs in real-time so that
batch export/import processes
can be eliminated
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Allows a shipping
workstation to access
individual orders or
customer data as
packages need to be
shipped
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