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Priority mail commercial pricing: do you qualify? Commercial Base Prices Priority Mail commercial base prices were introduced in May 2008. These prices are lower than retail prices and were established to offer lower prices to commercial Priority Mail customers and to encourage the use of online postage payment. Commercial base prices are available to customers who use Click-N-Ship, registered end-users of PC-Postage products, customers using permit imprint, Priority Mail Open and Distribute (PMOD) customers, and customers who pay postage using information-based indicia (IBI) postage meters. Customers using permit imprint qualify for the commercial base prices when a postal routing barcode matching the destination ZIP Code is on the mailpiece. Customers mailing flat-shaped mailpieces and using a permit imprint to pay postage may use a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode instead of the postal routing barcode on the mailpiece. To allow for system enhancements, USPS provided an exception to the barcode requirement for permit imprint customers until January 2011. On Jan. 18, 2009, the Postal Service expanded the Priority Mail commercial base prices to customers who pay postage using IBI postage meters, in conjunction with an approved shipping label that includes a confirmation services barcode with a postal routing code. An approved shipping label is one that includes an electronic confirmation services barcode from a source that has been approved to electronically transmit the confirmation services file to the Postal Service (such as Shipping Assistant). In conjunction with the January 2010 shipping services price change, to qualify for the commercial base prices, the IBI meter will be required to electronically provide transactional data by customer. Priority Mail commercial base prices are also available to Click-N-Ship customers and registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products when using a qualifying shipping label managed by the PC Postage system used. A qualifying shipping label is a label produced by the USPS-approved PC Postage product that includes a concatenated confirmation services barcode. PMOD customers using permit imprint with a Service barcode on the address label also qualify for commercial base prices. Commercial Plus Prices On Jan. 18, 2009, USPS implemented a new pricing tier for high-volume shippers called commercial New and existing Priority Mail customers can qualify for commercial plus prices by entering into a Customer Commitment Agreement. Customers should contact their Postal Service account manager or the Office of Commercial Pricing at cpp@usps.gov for additional information. |
MailPro When sealing a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box — or flat-rate envelope — the container flaps must be able to close within the normal folds. Mailers can apply any amount of tape to the flaps and seams for closure or to reinforce the container, provided the design of the container is not enlarged by opening the sides, and the container is not reconstructed in any way. As long as it closes properly, a flat-rate envelope or box can contain oddshaped items. |
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plus prices. These prices are even lower than commercial base prices to provide greater incentives for larger Priority Mail customers. Priority Mail commercial plus prices are available to existing permit imprint customers who qualify for commercial base prices and whose account volume exceeded 100,000 pieces in the previous calendar year, and to PMOD customers who qualify for commercial base prices and shipped more than 600 PMOD containers in the previous calendar year. Priority Mail commercial plus prices are also available to registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products who qualify for commercial base prices and whose account volume exceeded 100,000 pieces in the previous calendar year. 
