We have a dedicated team of expert professionals who not only provide outstanding technical support, but we help keep you up to date. Staying abreast of the ever-changing rules and regulations, policies and procedures in the mailing and shipping industry is a daunting task at best. We hope you will find this blog filled with pertinent information you can use to run your business more efficiently and profitably. As always, we welcome your feedback and comments.
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What was prevously announced earlier this year as a substancial increase of the Platinum Subscription Level $250,000 for mailing agents, will be adjusted.
We (USPS®) also adjusted our May 11 prices for Confirm® service by eliminating separate mailing agent and owner subscription prices. All Confirm subscribers will the pay the same subscription price, based on service level.
| Confirm Subscription Level |
Fee |
Confirm Subscription Level |
Fee |
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| Bronze |
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Gold |
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| Subscription (12 months) |
$1000.00 |
Subscription (12 months) |
$7,500.00 |
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| Additional Scans (block of 10,000) |
250.00 |
Additional Scans (block of 6M) |
800.00 |
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| Silver |
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Platinum |
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| Subscription (3 months) |
$2000.00 |
Subscription (12 months) |
$25,000.00 |
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| Additional Scans (block of 2M) |
500.00 |
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We’ll update our Price List and other tools to reflect the new Confirm prices.
Standard Mail Move Update Postponed – DMM ADVISORY -03-27-09
We filed an amended notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission to postpone the Move Update noncompliance charge for Standard Mail and to adjust our prices for Confirm service.
We extended implementation of the Standard Mail Move Update noncompliance charge from May 11, 2009, to January 4, 2010. The charge applies to Standard Mail mailings that fail to fully comply with the Move Update standards. Delaying implementation allows extra time to provide our Standard Mail customers with additional feedback from our new postage verification systems, but does not relieve mailers of their obligation to comply with the Move Update standard if they intend to claim automation or Presort prices.
The new Move Update verification procedures will not be used to assess additional postage for First-Class Mail or Standard Mail at the time of mailing until January 2010. However, as noted above, customers are still required to comply with the Move Update standards in the DMM.
We will not begin to collect additional postage on May 11, 2009 as originally announced. The extension deadline has not yet been determined. During the interim, we will evaluate the data collected from our verifications and review our policies.
The current policy for acceptance will continue until further notice. Mailers will still be expected to declare a Move Update method on the postage statement. FCM mailers who cannot declare a method are not eligible for the FCM discount prices. We will continue to work with Standard Mail mailers to come into compliance as we have been doing since November 2008.
The threshold for the PostalOne Move Update verification will remain at 30% for the time being. The PostalOne system release scheduled for May 11 is being developed to enforce the Move Update verification and the 30% threshold. Effective May 11, it will be necessary for acceptance clerks to select “Accept after rework” for any mailings that fall below the 30% threshold. We will not request or collect additional postage except as noted above for FCM mailers who cannot declare a Move Update method. This will be communicated in the PostalOne! May 11 release 20.0 training webinars.
From the USPS® NPF Intelligent Mail IM University in Addison, IL 02/24/09.
Mr. Tom Day, SVP of intelligent MailTM & Address Quality, Ms. Pritha Mehra VP of Business Mail Entry and Payment Technologies, Mr. Bob Galaher, Mgr. of Manager Business Mail Acceptance USPS Headquarters announced at the above conference on 02/24/09.
If you are a USPS PostalOneTM user, you MUST schedule to login into PostalOne between March 30 and April 13 2009 or all your user information and registration will be deleted and lost in PostalOne system by the USPS. This is because of the Intelligent Mail Solution Systems transition change over.
From the USPS NPF Intelligent Mail IM University in Addison, IL 02/24/09.
Mr. Tom Day, SVP of intelligent Mail & Address Quality, Ms. Pritha Mehra VP of Business Mail Entry and Payment Technologies, Mr. Bob Galaher, Mgr. of Manager Business Mail Acceptance USPS Headquarters announced at the above conference on 02/24/09, that the USPS resources available to process Intelligent Mail eDOC CAT – Parallel applications and implement the USPS Intelligent Mail System change over on May 18 2009 will be stretched to there fullest. Therefore, they are suspending ALL MAILERS Intelligent Mail CAT – Parallel applications as of March 31, 2009 until sometime in November 2009.
What does this mean to you the mailer?
It means if your application for CAT – Parallel is NOT in the USPS IM application “queue” on or before March 31, 2009 you will NOT be able to participate in the USPS Intelligent Mail eDOC Full Service Solution and potential USPS pricing discounts for six – nine months from November 2009.
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