The U.S. Postal Service has made it even easier to use direct mail by offering “Every Door Direct Mail”  (EDDM) on any delivery route nationwide!  You can target a location without an address list, send out local mailings or national campaigns, build more traffic, find new customers, increase revenue and reduce mail preparation costs.  With Every Door Direct Mail, you can distribute flats (mailpieces measuring larger than 6 and 1/8 by 11 and ½  inches) without applying individual names and addresses on any delivery route nationwide.  In addition, you can distribute letter size mail (mail measuring at least 3 and ½ by five inches to as large as 6 and 1/8 by 11 and ½ inches) to any delivery route that is designated as rural or highway contract delivery.

Every Door Direct Mail is available only for standard mail.  A website has been established at https://smp.usps.gov to assist business owners.  Business owners can determine which delivery routes are within one to ten miles of their location and obtain current delivery counts for the routes they wish to target on the website.

To use Every Door Direct Mail you must apply for a bulk mail permit.  The application for a bulk mail permit is available at http://www.usps.com/forms/_pdf/ps3615.pdf.  The Fort Myers Business Mail Entry Unit located at 14080 Jetport Loop Rd offers permit service Monday through Friday from 10am to 2 pm.  Permit fees must be paid by cash or check.  To reach the Fort Myers Business Mail Entry Unit call 768-8000.  The Naples Business Mail Entry Unit located at 1200 Goodlette Rd offers permit service Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.  To reach the Naples Business Mail Entry Unit call 435-2146.

For more information on Every Door Direct Mail call the customer relations office at 239-573-9638 or email debra.j.mitchell@usps.com.

For more information about purchasing stamps, stamps by mail, postal regulations, a free subscription to USA Philatelic magazine, Post Office events, the location of the nearest postal store or contract unit, or for answers to your specific Postal Service questions, contact USPS at 1-800-275-8777, or visit www.usps.com.  For detailed information on selection criteria for stamps visit ttp://www.stamps.com/communications/organization/csac.htm.  To schedule a presentation for your community, club or group on how the Postal Service brings the Post Office to your home or office computer, call 239-573-9638.

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