Postal Wizard Fact Sheet

Postal Wizard is an online tool that gives small-volume mailers a secure, electronic means for submitting postage statements and simplifies calculating postage, checking balance and fees, and viewing mailing reports and mailing history.

Full-Service Intelligent Mail® Fact Sheet

This document covers benefits, requirements, and resources for Full‐Service Intelligent Mail®.

IMpb Fact Sheet

This document is an overview of the IMpb verification process.

JACKPOT CRID/MID Process for Mail Service Providers

MSP’s who prepare mailings that include multiple mail owners in a mailing with less than 5,000 pieces per owner and are meeting 90% Full-Service of eligible volume, may request authorization to use a  JACKPOT CRID/MID for identification of this volume. Correct use of this authorized JACKPOT CRID/MID will eliminate error code 7140 reporting for mailers that are preparing mail under the By/For Exception rule when a mail owner is presenting fewer than 5,000 pieces to the USPS in a mailing.

Enterprise Payment System (EPS) Account Creation Fact Sheet - August 2024

Catalog Incentive Fact Sheet

Catalogs offer a unique marketing perspective to products and services and provide important value to the mailbox. As part of the July 14, 2024 price change, USPS published a new Catalog definition in the Domestic Mail Manual. Simultaneously, the Postal Service is offering a Catalog Incentive price discount of $0.001 per mailpiece to Catalog mailers who comply with the new Catalog definition and meet all other eligibility requirements for the Catalog Incentive.

PostalOne!® Contingency Plan

Locale Type Codes

Listing of available Locale Type Codes

TED-C Mailpieces & Informed Delivery®

To ensure die-cut visibility for Informed Delivery® recipients, the leftmost edge of the die-cut extension must be in Zone C of the TED-C Letter Template. If the die-cut extension's leftmost edge is not in ZONE C, it may be acceptable to mail, but there may not be any visibility of the die-cut in Informed Delivery® for recipients.

Service Type Identifier (STID) Table Effective January 21, 2024

The STID (Service Type Identifier) is a three-digit numeric code used within the Intelligent Mail^® barcode (IMb™) on a mailpiece that identifies the address correction or other electronic services desired. The STID Table allows you to determine which STID to use based on the mail class, address correction option, use of IV^®-MTR and whether the mail contains a Full Service or Basic IMb.