Options to alleviate the postage increases
There are a few tricks and tools we can employ to get better prices by considering with you:
- Clean Mail. For smaller mailings from 1,000, even if it’s just your statements
- OCR/CBC. That’s barcodes or optical character reading for machinable mail. Use whenever you can, if suitable for your packs. We can work with you to get you accredited, so you have a choice for the future.
- Alternatives with Down Stream Access. Arden is pleased to be able to offer you options and advice for mailing with other carriers, where it proves advantageous for you. This can be potentially faster at the same price as Royal Mail 5-7 day service – tends to favour lighter weights when used with sorted mail services.
- Response Plus. If you use response services, ensure you change when you can to the Royal Mail “Response Plus” service. It will require new artwork, but will prevent prices on replies going up during the next 12 months! Speak to Arden for advice.
- Sustainable Mail. Consider this new Royal Mail product which, if your materials and print production allows your mail to qualify, will go some way to mitigate the latest price increases.
Keep a note that we can help with:
- Print and envelope procurement and management
- Database management
- Mailings – from 500 to 500,000 in polythene or paper envelopes
- Handling calls, emails, web files and post for response handling or mail order
- Telemarketing
- Sales promotion handling
To discuss ways to save on postage costs, call the sales team on 01455 852522, email us at sales.arden@ardendirect.co.uk or use our web contact page.