Published in the November/December 2024 Issue of Mailing Systems Technology.
If you want to learn more about “Are Costs “Flat Out” of Control?” then check out this article written by Postal Advocate President/CEO, Adam Lewenberg. The article can be found on pages 18-19.
The postage costs for sending First-Class Mail flats have increased by 40-64% over the last three years, and we are expecting two increases per year starting in July 2025, when we should see similar increases. The higher than First-Class letters, which have gone up by 29-33%, as you can see in Figure 1. Organizations need to rethink how they are sending flats because these costs are out of control. Luckily, there are ways to significantly reduce them. The goal of this article is to explain the details regarding flats and the strategies you can implement to save money.
