Mailer's Home Post Office: This should be the post office where you have your bulk rate permit

City:  Fill in your home post office's city, using all caps.

State: Fill in the two-letter postal abbreviation for your home post office's state, using all caps.

ZIP:  Fill in the five-digit zip code of the post office where you have your permit.  This zip code is used to determine what post offices you can use to earn “entry discounts” for your mail. Use only a five digit zip code here (not a nine-digit code.)

Mailings will be sent from:  Indicate where you will deposit your mailing.  Mailings mailed at post office sorting facilities earn substantial postage discounts.  Postage $aver automatically chooses the appropriate sorting facilities for the zip code you entered above, and computes applicable mail entry discounts depending on your selection. If you don't know which button to set, ask the supervisor at the post office where you drop your bulk mail.

Regular/Non-profit: Postage $aver looks at these buttons to determine what rates to use when computing your postage costs. Most mailers use so-called "regular" third-class bulk mail rates. However, many non-profit organizations are eligible to use special non-profit rates when mailing third-class bulk mail. You must apply and be approved by the USPS before using special non-profit rates. Ask for USPS Form 3624 to apply for permission to use special non-profit rates. 

Letter/Flat: Postage $aver looks at these buttons to determine what rates to use when computing your postage costs. This classification is determined strictly by the size of the mail piece, not by its content. Size categories are as follows (note that references to "longer" and "shorter" sides are based strictly on their measurement and are not determined by the orientation of the address label):

Letter:
Shorter side: minimum 3 1/2"; maximum 6 1/8"
Longer side: minimum 5"; maximum 11 1/2"
Thickness: minimum .007"' maximum 1/4"
If your mail piece is larger in one or more dimensions than the maximum for letter size mail, you must use the rates for flat-sized mail.

Flat:
Shorter side: maximum 12"
Longer side: maximum 15"
Thickness: maximum 3/4"

Note that the sorting system used in this version of Postage $aver is not accurate for mail weighing more than 1.92 oz. per piece.

Mail that is larger than flat-sized may be mailed at third-class rates, but requires a different sorting system.  If you regularly send third-class bulk mail that exceeds flat-sized dimensions or exceeds the weight limitation for this version of Postage $aver, we will be happy to provide you a quote for a special version of Postage $aver to meet your needs.

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