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Shipping Services Shipping services consist of: • Express Mail • Priority Mail • Parcel Select - Parcel Select Destination Entry - Parcel Select Inter-BMC/ASF - BMC and OBMC Presort - Parcel Select Barcoded Intra- and Inter-BMC • Parcel Return Service • Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) • Express Mail International • Priority Mail International • International Priority Airmail Service • International Surface Air Lift Service We are revising the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to reflect changes to the following shipping services: • Express Mail • Priority Mail • Parcel Select • Parcel Return Service We are revising the IMM to reflect changes to the following shipping services: • Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) • Express Mail International • Priority Mail International • International Priority Airmail Service • International Surface Air Lift Service Express Mail With the exception of the flat-rate envelope, Express Mail prices are no longer based solely on weight. Instead, Express Mail will offer zone-based pricing based on weight and distance — consistent with standard industry practices. On average, Express Mail prices will increase 3 percent with larger increases for heavier pieces and pieces destined for Zones 5 through 8 (mail transported more than 600 miles). Zone-based pricing also results in lower prices for closer destinations, especially items weighing up to 15 pounds, out to zone 3 (within 300 miles). The Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope retail price will be $16.50 for material mailed in a flat-rate envelope regardless of the weight or distance traveled. The Sunday/holiday premium introduced March 3 remains $12.50. Express Mail Commercial Base Prices We introduce commercial base prices that are 3 percent below retail prices for all zone-based Express Mail and $16 for the Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope. Commercial base prices will be available to customers who use Express Mail Corporate Accounts (EMCA), including Federal Agency Accounts and Click-N-Ship, and to customers who are registered end-users of PC Postage such as Endicia, Pitney Bowes and Stamps.com, producing individual shipping labels. We will be working with other vendors to expand the availability as we authorize additional systems. Commercial base price reductions apply to postage only, and not to extra services such as additional insurance, and the Sunday/holiday delivery premium. To encourage volume growth, beginning July 1, 2008, commercial volume rebates will also be available, in addition to the lower commercial base prices, to customers whose account volume exceeds a minimum threshold. • Quarterly minimum of 125 pieces: 2 percent additional below retail • Quarterly minimum of 438 pieces: 4.5 percent additional below retail • Quarterly minimum of 938 pieces: 7 percent additional below retail Rebates are credited to each qualifying mail owner’s account, such as EMCA, Federal Agency Account and registered end-users of PC Postage, each postal quarter. Rebates are intended for end-users, therefore, third-party consolidators and postage resellers are not eligible. The first rebate quarter begins July 1, 2008, and Express Mail pieces mailed between May 12 and June 30 will not be eligible for additional rebate consideration. Rebates will be based on the volumes mailed during a postal quarter as follows: • July 1 through Sept. 30 • Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 • Jan. 1 through March 31 • April 1 through June 30 Other changes to Express Mail include the elimination of separate price schedules for “Post Office-to-Post Office” and “Custom Designed.” There will be a single price list for all Express Mail (see page 14), and except for the flat-rate envelope, all other commercial base prices are 3 percent less than the listed retail price. We will continue to notify addressees of the first delivery attempt of an Express Mail item, and we will provide a second reminder notice on the third day. We will no longer make a second delivery attempt unless requested by the addressee. The Post Office-to-Post Office service option will be replaced with a “Hold for Pickup” option. |
MailPro “Flat-rate” doesn’t always mean lowest price. As with the Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes, with zone-based Express Mail pricing, there will be three prices lower than the Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope. |
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