Mail Growth Incentives Terms & Conditions

Informed Delivery Add-On

Parcel Labeling Guide

This document has been developed to make it easier to create and use labels on parcels shipped via the United States Postal Service® (USPS®). While some flexibility exists in design of shipping labels, using these standards will make label certification easier and make processing your parcels more efficient.

Informed Delivery - My Products Portal Integration

Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV®-MTR) Business Service Administrator (BSA) Instructions

This document provides an introduction to the Business Service Administrator (BSA) user level and information on its role in the United States Postal Service® (USPS®) Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV-MTR) business service.  It also provides step-by-step instructions for the tasks BSAs and BSA Delegates are responsible for.

Trailing Edge Die-Cut (TED-C) Automation Letters Instructional Video

PCSC Manager - Mail Classification Stephanie Padilla and PCSC Manager - National Customer Rulings Juan Tosado have collaborated to provide mailers with an overview of Trailing Edge Die-Cut (TED-C) Adutomation Letters requirements, including a demonstration of how to correctly use the TED-C Letters Template to verify that a sample TED-C letter will qualify for automation prices.

Business Customer Gateway: Overview and Tour

This presentation provides an overview of the Business Customer Gateway and a tour for new users. 

Guide to Mailer Scorecard

Formerly Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats Reporting Guide

The Postal Service provides mailers with access to a mail quality tool, the Mailer Scorecard, which displays a dashboard view of the results of the letter and flat mailing activity within each of these initiatives over a calendar month. This view is available to both the mailer who submitted the electronic documentation for the mailing (eDoc submitter) and the mail owner.

Trailing Edge Die-Cut (TED-C) Process for Eligibility at Automation Letter Prices

This advisory provides the process for getting approval to mail a non-rectangular trail edge die-cut (TED-C) letter-size mailpieces at the applicable automation letter prices. 

Intelligent Mail Small Business (IMsb) Tool User Guide

Certified Mail®

Certified Mail is an extra service that provides the sender with a mailing receipt, tracking history, and, upon request, electronic verification that a mail piece was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made. Certified Mail can be used with both First-Class and Priority Mail, and items sent with this extra service are dispatched and handled in transit as ordinary mail.  This guide provides an explanation of the product, the different types of Certified Mailings, and instructions for preparing Certified Mail.

Informed Delivery Create Campaign Use Case for Mailers

This user guide provides a summary of use cases for Informed Delivery interactive campaigns through the Mail.dat file format via PostalOne!® Electronic Documentation (eDocs).

Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) User Guide

This document contains a user guide for CDS.

Online Postage Due Permit Creation

Guide to Move Update

The Move Update standard is a means of reducing the number of mailpieces in a mailing that require forwarding or return by the periodic matching of a mailer’s address records with change-of-address orders received and maintained by the Postal Service. Mailers who claim First-Class Mail presorted or automation prices and USPS Marketing Mail prices must demonstrate that they have updated their mailing list within 95 days before the mailing date.

Address Element Correction (AEC) & AEC II User Guide

A comprehensive user guide to Address Element Correction (AEC) and AEC II^®. Topics addressed: the importance of address accuracy, differences between AEC I and II, ACS vs. AEC, fees and payments, processing, and technical information.

DSF2® Licensee Performance Requirements - CASS Cycle O

To achieve DSF^2® certification, the Licensee must comply with all requirements and specifications contained within the License Agreement, the most current version of this document, and the most current version of the Interface Developers Guide unless explicitly allowed, prohibited, or modified by USPS in writing.

USPS Service Standards Getting Started Guide

The Postal Service has developed Service Standards data files to help customers determine the number of days in transit. This tech sheet will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use these data files allowing you to streamline your operations and improve customer experience.  

How to Submit Mail.XML Files to PostalOne!

How to Submit Mail.dat Files to PostalOne!

Parcel Data Exchange (PDX) API Customer Guide

This document provides a customer reference guide for Parcel Data Exchange (PDX) Web Application API.

Parcel Data Exchange (PDX) Web Application User Guide

The Parcel Data Exchange (PDX) is accessed via the web and Application Programming Interface (API) to allow customers to send manifest files and receive outbound files from the United States Postal Service® (USPS®). This document provides the information necessary to begin using the web-based portion of the PDX application using a web browser.

NCOALink® End User Performance Requirements

The purpose of these performance requirements is to establish standard criteria of performance with which USPS® requires NCOALink® End User Licensees to comply.

NCOALink® Limited Service Provider Licensee Performance Requirements

The purpose of these performance requirements is to establish standard criteria of performance with which USPS^® requires NCOA^Link® Limited Service Providers (“Licensees”) to comply.

MPE Data User Licensee Performance Requirements

This document defines the licensee performance requirements for NCOA^Link® Data User Mail Processing Equipment.