Postage Machines – Can They Help You Get Paid Faster?

By Christohper Ulrich

Every month, tons of companies send out invoices to their clients for services rendered. Sometimes, the bill sits for a few days waiting for someone to take a drive to the post office to buy stamps and mail the bills.

With the postage meter, such as the Pitney Bowes small business postage meters, you can eliminate this step completely. Easily take your invoices, put them through the postage machine, and in minutes you have postage put-on to each envelope. Easily give them to the mail carrier when he or she arrives and you are done.

Sending the bills out quicker means you can be paid sooner.

In addition to making the billing go out quicker, postage machines make daily mailing more convenient. Trips to the post office can become a thing of the past, saving the time effort and expense of sending one to the post office. It doesn’t sound like much, but with time, gas expands in our expense, a trip to the post office may easily cost $25-$35. In contrast, for $19.99 a month, you can keep the postage machine in your office, saving severaltrips at a typical cost of $60-$95 per month.

Postage meters also save you money on postage expenses. All first-class envelopes are $.44 to mail. Being able to print the exact postage each time may save you lots money.

First, many people simply hold envelopes in their hand and assume the weight. If they think it is more than an ounce and is not, they assign to much postage. If they guess wrong and think that it is just one ounce but it actually weighs more, they apply to little postage and envelopes will be returned weeks later for insufficient postage.

Even if you assume accurately, how much postage will you need to apply? Well, as of the writing of this article, a 1 1/2 ounce letter cost $.61 to mail. If you apply stamps, at the price of $.88, you’re wasting $.17 on each piece you send out. This adds up rapidly.

What about large envelopes? Do you know the postage costs for them? The machines do and they can tell you how much postage needs to be applied. Suppose your mailing an oversized envelope that’s 11 ounces. Did you know that costs $2.58? A postage meter can apply exactly $2.58. With stamps, you may end up sticking 6 or 7 stamps across the top of the envelope, guesstimating the correct postage, and leaving the envelope looking like a child’s sticker wall.

Save yourself some time, effort and money, and look at a postage machine for your house, home based business or small business.

Chris Thompson is the operator of Postage.ws Postage Meters website. Get $100 free postage from Pitney Bowes when you order a new meter.

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