Using electronic documentation (eDoc) and the USPS PostalOne!® system is the only way you can get the best postal rates currently available, be eligible for special incentive programs, and best manage the data about your mailings.
Over the last few years, there has been a major shift towards electronic documentation by the Postal Service™ which has eliminated the need for and ability to submit paper postage statements as part of a mailing. The key to this electronic technology is the USPS PostalOne! system that lets mailers and mail service providers exchange data and communications electronically with them via web-based services.
PostalOne! electronic services enable you to link your mailing information electronically with the Postal Service and help expedite acceptance, payment verification, and tracking. By transmitting eDoc to the PostalOne! system mailers will be able provide accurate postal documentation, improve postage data management, and provide the USPS the information they need in a format that allows them to operate more efficiently.
It is absolutely critical for your company’s long-term success that you know about - and start to use - eDoc and PostalOne! You must do this to stay current and competitive in the mailing industry. As a mailer, you need to be able to take advantage of all the different discounts and additional incentives being offered by the USPS for using eDoc. If you’re a mail service provider of any kind (i.e., lettershop, consolidator, logistics provider, etc.), you have to be involved in eDoc and PostalOne! just to simply stay in business! If you can’t offer your customers the same access to postage discounts and additional ease of keeping everything electronic, your competition will be able to easily take your business away.
Increasing numbers of mailers are already using eDoc and Intelligent Mail options, and this is likely be the only method to conduct business with the Postal Service in the future. We understand you may not be ready to implement Full-Service in your operation, but it is crucial to your long-term success and survival to start using eDoc NOW.
To educate mailers and the postal industry as a whole about electronic documentation (eDoc) and why the Postal Service is beginning to push it harder than ever, Window Book, Inc. has published an informative white paper titled, “eDoc & PostalOne!: They’re What’s Best for You and the USPS.” This is Window Book’s 4th published mailing industry white paper, and in this 21-page paper mailers will learn why it is critical to begin using eDoc in their operations in order to: get the best postal rates now, prepare for the future with the USPS, stay competitive in the mailing industry now, be eligible for special incentive programs that are coming out, and best manage the data about their mailings.
Download your paper:
“eDoc & PostalOne! They’re What’s Best for You and the USPS” is available for free download at: https://windowbook.infusionsoft.com/go/edocp1/WBI2/edocpostal
Mail.dat® or Mail.XML™? Why Not Both!
Which file format should I choose? The answer is really quite simple. Both!
Three Reasons Why You Should Use Mail.dat®
Mail.dat is one of the database file sets that is accepted by the USPS for exchanging electronic mailing information. The information in Mail.dat files is extremely useful in mail verification and acceptance, electronic data storage, transportation planning, and postal document preparation and reporting.
Mail.dat® File Validation: How to Make Sure Your Files are Valid
Good post-presort software will import the files and provide detailed reports of any errors detected. Post-presort software should also allow you to easily locate these errors in the Mail.dat files to make corrections without having to regenerate them.
