Are you still paying 58p for a 2nd class stamp on a large letter? Or 44p through your franking machine? We charge just 37p for upto 1000 UK items, or as little as 25p if you have over 1000 (mailsort). See below for comparisons.
The best value options are highlighted in green.
Large letters 1 -100g:
Defined as max 353mm x 250mm, upto 100g, max 25mm thick
Unsorted franking machine rates for under 1000 UK postcoded items:
Royal Mail 1st class: 55p
Royal Mail 2nd class: 44p
Down Stream Access 2nd class: 37p + VAT
If you have over 1000 UK postcoded items then you qualify for mailsort:
Mailsort 1400 large letters:
Down Stream Access mailsort 2: directs: 27p + VAT, Residues: 29p + VAT
Down Stream Access mailsort AD MAIL: directs: 25p + VAT, Residues: 27p + VAT
Royal Mail mailsort 3: Directs: 27.5p, Residues: 29p
Royal Mail mailsort 2: Directs: 31p, Residues: 32.5p
Royal Mail mailsort 1: Directs: 42.9p, Residues: 45.3p
And the heavier it is, the bigger the savings:
Large letters 101 -250g:
Defined as max 353mm x 250mm, upto 250g, max 25mm thick
Unsorted franking machine rates for under 1000 UK postcoded items:
Royal Mail 1st class: 79p
Royal Mail 2nd class: 65p
Down Stream Access 2nd class: 56p + VAT
If you have over 1000 UK postcoded items then you qualify for mailsort:
Mailsort 1400 letters:
Down Stream Access mailsort 2: directs: 34p + VAT, Residues: 36p + VAT
Down Stream Access mailsort AD MAIL: directs: 32p + VAT, Residues: 34p + VAT
Royal Mail mailsort 3: Directs: 34p, Residues: 36p
Royal Mail mailsort 2: Directs: 40p, Residues: 42p
Royal Mail mailsort 1: Directs: 47.6p, Residues: 51p
Definitions:
Mailsort 3: 5 to 7 day typical delivery
Mailsort 2: 2 to 3 day typical delivery
Mailsort 1: Next day typical delivery
Directs: minimum of 10 records required within a postcode sector to qualify
Residues: records that do not have 10 within the postcode sector
Mailsort large letter requires a minimum of 1000 postcoded items to qualify.
AD MAIL requires the content to be 100% advertising and the data to be clean.
Prices valid until April 2012.
