Make the Smart Move – Address the State of Your Data
When was the last time you moved? Did you file for a change of address? When you finally settled into your new home, did you continue to receive a previous resident’s mail? Catalogs that do not relate to your lifestyle, magazine incentives to re-subscribe, postcard reminders for Scruffy’s vaccination! … Who’s Scruffy? This mixed up…
2019 USPS Postal Rates Finalized & Approved
The proposed USPS® postal rate changes for 2019 have been finalized and approved. The new rates will take effect January 27, 2019. For a full list of rate changes, visit pe.usps.com. USPS Marketing Mail Letters Old Rate New Rate % Changed 5-Digit 0.251 0.256 1.992% AADC 0.274 0.281 2.555% MAADC 0.287 0.291 1.394% Saturation 0.219 0.224 2.283%…
USPS Raises Postal Rates, Again!
The U.S. Postal Service recently filed its proposed 2019 postage rate hikes with the Postal Regulatory Commission. If passed, new rates will go into effect January 27, 2019. For full details, visit usps.com. For greater detail on the new rates, along with new mailing technology and how to save on bulk mailings, check out this…
Mailing List Accuracy Becomes More Stringent
Mailers face additional penalties in not meeting new Post Service regulations requiring valid, deliverable addresses The newest wrinkle from the U.S. Postal Service impacts businesses with substantial mass mailing efforts. New Mail Update regulations are intended to limit an unacceptable percentage of wrong addresses, which are costly for everyone concerned. The key word here is “unacceptable.” Be…
Tis the Season… to Check the 2017 Mail-By Dates
The season of giving (and, of course, checking the 2017 mail-by dates) is here! To have your gifts and holiday cards delivered by Dec. 25, we recommend you mail by the dates below*: *Dates are based on USPS.COM Holiday Shipping Dates
Melissa Presort Solutions Achieve USPS PAVE Gold Certification – Again
On March 22, the USPS® PAVE™ (Presort Accuracy, Validation, and Evaluation) program renewed Gold Certification for all of Melissa’s presort mailing solutions. In fact, Melissa presorting solutions have been PAVE Certified for over 22 years, and we are committed to achieving this honor every year. Melissa PAVE Gold certified products include: · MAILERS+4® Standard Edition…
MAILERS Online: On Demand & In the Cloud Presorting
Say hello to a no-contract, end-to-end mailing solution that’s in the cloud and easy to use. MAILERS Online is a one-stop-shop for all your mailing and presort needs, where you can upload your text or Excel® files to our server and let Melissa take it from there. We’ll presort your list, based on your selected…
Your Basket of Unsortables
When you’re looking to reduce business costs, look to your marketing mailings. Many things can go wrong with an address to make it unsortable–or even undeliverable. Unfortunately, unsorted mail does not qualify for the important postal discounts which you’re entitled too. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, your direct mail campaigns are salvageable…
Melissa Data’s Cloud-Based National Change-of-Address Service Enables Mailers to Keep Up with Canadian and U.S. Customers Who Have Moved
SmartMover Updates Business and Individual Addresses; Ensures Compliance with New Canadian Mail Laws Requiring In-Country NCOA Processing Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF. – August 12, 2014 – Melissa Data, a leading provider of contact data quality and data enrichment solutions, today announced SmartMover, its cloud-based NCOA service, now provides Canadian change-of-address processing, as well as U.S.…
Melissa Data: Licensed NCOA Mail Service Provider for Canadian National Change of Address
Melissa Data, a nonexclusive NCOALink Full Service Provider Licensee of the USPS, is now a licensed NCOA mail service provider for Canadian National Change of Address (NCOA). Melissa Data provides companies with the services necessary to keep up with customers that have moved, both in the U.S. via NCOALink services, and Canada via Canada…