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How can I benefit?
In general, you will pay the same or less for small items of post and more for larger items.
Royal Mail has simplified the pricing structure, so there are now only 10 price bands instead of 16.
Make the most of your mail!
With the new increased weight band for mail, you can now say more for less!
Take advantage and make the most of your envelope! Include extra promotional material, product information, new services and special offers to customers with your standard letters and mail shots.
You can fit approximately 12 pieces of standard A4 paper, folded in half, into a C5 envelope and still qualify for the ‘Letter’ category, sent at 32p stamped mail.
Re-design material and benefit from lower costs:
- 1st class weight limits have increased to 100g for standard prices – Extra 40g.
- 2nd class prices now include items weighing up to 1kg – Extra 250g.
Reduce the size, Reduce the price!
Under the new Pricing in Proportion guidelines, the smaller the size of the letter, the less it will cost to send!
By folding your A4 letter in half and using a smaller envelope, you will save 12p on stamped postage or 14p on franked mail per letter (under 100g).
Example of how to save £’s by reducing the size:
- 1. A4 letter standard size (under 100g) - classed as ‘Large Letter’ – Costs 44p 1st class, 37p 2nd class.
- 2. Fold that letter in half – falls into category below, classed as ‘Letter’ – Costs 32p 1st class, 23p 2nd class.
- 3. Saving of 12p on 1st class and 14p on 2nd class stamped mail.
Some business customers may want to invest in systems which will fold mailings and insert them into smaller envelopes. Mail items now qualify for the category below and are now classed as 'Letter'. You can now benefit from the basic letter price of 30p 1st class and 21p 2nd class for franked mail by qualifying for the category size below. By taking advantage of total mailing systems; time, money and labour costs will be dramatically reduced.
See how Much you Can Save - Automate your Mail Processing
The savings table below compares sending C4 envelopes (A4 standard letter size) priced as 2nd class stamped mail (23p) with C5 envelopes (A4 standard letter size, folded in 1/2) priced as 2nd class franked mail (21p).
| Items Sent Per Day | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 |
| Total Annual Saving | £2,000 | £4,000 | £10,000 | £20,000 |
Savings based on 250 working days per year
Savings do not take into account actual cost of equipment
Fold letters in half to save over 30% on first class mail
Did you know it costs about 5p to fill an envelope by hand? This means that if you send approximately 2000 letters and invoices a month, you're paying someone over £100 just to fill and seal the envelopes!
Automating this process will save valuable time and money, and by inserting extra information into your mail shots, you could create new business opportunities.
To find out more about Folder Inserter equipment, please call Neopost on 0845 880 0000 or click here for more information.
Tired of waiting at the Post Office? Royal Mail give discounts on all franked mail
Save at least 2p on every letter you send, regardless of class with a franking machine!
- Franking machine customers now benefit from a 2p discount on both 1st and 2nd class postage costs.
- The discount increases with weight and size. For larger items, this could mean a saving of up to 17p per item.
To find out more about Franking Machines equipment, please call Neopost on 0845 880 0000 or click here for more information.
Do I need a new franking machine?
- All franking machines will be compatible with Pricing in Proportion changes
- Scales/ weigh platforms may need to be replaced or upgraded to be compatible with the changes
- New tariff rate chip
Neopost would like to confirm that all of their franking machines are fully compatible with the Pricing in Proportion concept. We already provide mixed mailing solutions in other markets where this concept has been adopted and already use and own the technology required to benefit from the new pricing system.
I process a large amount of mail, will I be able to automate the Pricing in Proportion process when it’s introduced?
Get it right first time with the i-Weigh™ dynamic scale from Neopost!
Just drop in your mixed weight and size envelopes, and the i-Weigh™ will process the mail for you!
This fully automatic process will significantly reduce the time and effort required to process mixed weight mail runs as there is no need to separate mail out into the 3 categories.
By checking both the weight and size of each item whilst in motion, the i-Weigh™ dynamic scale ensure that the correct postage is used every time.
The new i-Weigh™ from Neopost is fully compatible with Pricing in Proportion and can automate your entire mailing process, giving you less of a headache!
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