Using Every Door Direct Mail
Affordable, Targeted Advertising
Use Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM®) services to promote your small business in your local community. If you're having a sale, opening a new location, or offering coupons, EDDM can help you send postcards, menus, and flyers to the right customers. Use the EDDM Online Tool to map ZIP Code(s)™ and neighborhoods—even filter by age, income, or household size1 using U.S. Census data.
Watch the Advertise with EDDM Video - Transcript (TXT 4KB)
EDDM Mapping & Mailing
Watch the Advertise with EDDM video for a quick overview of how you may use the EDDM Online Tool to plan your mailing, map your routes, and let USPS deliver to every door you select.
The EDDM Online Tool is easy to use and postage discounts are available for most businesses. EDDM User Guide PDF (5.1 MB) | RTF (127 KB)
Prices - USPS Marketing Mail Flats up to 3.3 oz
EDDM flyers, postcards, and other flats are considered USPS Marketing Mail® products.
- EDDM Retail® USPS Marketing Flats currently $0.223 per piece
- EDDM BMEU USPS Marketing Mail Flats currently as low as $0.219 per piece
Explore Your EDDM Options
Based on your unique business needs, either create an EDDM mailing yourself or get help with any part of the mail design, printing, preparation, and drop-off process using USPS affiliate vendors2 or find a local printer in the USPS Printer Directory.
Quick Compare
See the two ways you can create your own EDDM mailings and get them to The Postal Service® for delivery: Use Every Door Direct Mail – Retail® (EDDM Retail) or enter an EDDM bulk mailing at a Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU).
EDDM Retail Features
- Great for small businesses, restaurants, realtors, and local political campaigns
- Use a USPS.com account
- Send at least 200 and up to 5,000 pieces per day per ZIP Code™
- Drop off your EDDM mailing at the Post Office™
- No special mailing permit needed
- Pay online or at the Post Office
EDDM BMEU Features
- Best for large volume mailers
- Use a Business Customer Gateway account to prepare and enter a bulk mailing
- No volume limit on size of the mailing, multiple ZIP Codes™ can be selected
- Drop off mailings at a large USPS mail processing center (BMEU)
- Pay with a bulk mailing permit
Getting Started
If you're sending a bulk mailing, see our PostalPro™ business resource on how to create and prepare an EDDM BMEU Mailing.
If you're ready to send an EDDM Retail mailing, see the step-by-step process below.
EDDM Customer Support
Expand AllReference EDDM Forms & Guides
Download and print the forms you need for your EDDM mailings to be delivered successfully.
Using the EDDM Online Tool
- EDDM User Guide PDF (5.1 MB) | RTF (127 KB)
- EDDM Quick Reference Sheet PDF (608 KB)
EDDM Retail Specific Forms & PDFs
- EDDM Retail Facing Slip with Carrier Route Information PDF (48 KB)
- EDDM Retail PS Form - 3587 PDF (19 KB)
- EDDM Retail Fact Sheet PDF (248 KB) | RTF (50 KB)
- EDDM Retail Indicia Image JPG (13 KB)
For EDDM BMEU forms, please go to our bulk mail resource on PostalPro.
Request a Refund
EDDM Retail refunds can be requested online and at the Post Office, depending on how you placed the order and whether you have dropped your mailing off.
Contact Your Support Team
If you still have specific questions about EDDM mailings, contact the EDDM Retail Service customer support team.
USPS National Customer Support Center
1-877-747-6249
1. Data, including age range and average household income and size, is based on prior report of the U.S. Census Bureau. Back ^ to legal disclaimer 1
2. USPS assumes no liability for the results of any contact with any company listed. Private vendors may apply non-USPS charges. Back ^ to legal disclaimer 2