See how much you could save on mailing in seconds
You probably know what your business spends on postage. But do you know what it costs to get each letter out the door?
Because the stamp or franking impression is only part of it. Someone still has to print the letter, check it, fold it, stuff it, sort it, frank it and get it posted. Then there’s paper, envelopes, ink, printer issues, franking machine fees, equipment hire and staff time.
Suddenly, the “quick bit of post” is not feeling very quick. So we built something to help.
The Postworks Send Savings Calculator gives you a fast, clear way to estimate how much you could save by sending your mail through Postworks Send instead of managing it all manually or through a franking machine.
No complicated spreadsheet. No digging through old invoices before you can get a rough idea. Just a simple calculator that does the boring bit for you.
Why mailing costs are harder to compare than they should be
Mailing costs have a habit of hiding in plain sight. There’s the obvious stuff, like postage. But that’s rarely the full cost. You also need to think about:
Postage costs
Paper
Envelopes
Ink and toner
Printer maintenance
Franking machine fees
Equipment hire or leases
Staff time
Trips to the post room or post office
Delays when something breaks, jams, runs out or mysteriously refuses to work on a Tuesday
Nobody starts their day hoping to investigate envelope spend. Yet here we are.
The problem is that these costs often sit in different places. Finance sees one number. Operations sees another. Office teams deal with the daily faff. And the real cost of sending letters gets split across supplies, equipment, time and admin. That makes it hard to know whether your current setup is actually working for you.
Who will find it useful?
Finance teams can use it to get a clearer view of mailing costs without chasing three departments for bits of information.
Office managers can use it to put a number on the admin that usually gets treated as “just how we send post”.
Operations managers can use it to compare the cost of manual mailing against a simpler digital process.
Business owners can use it to spot whether there is an easier way to send customer letters without adding more equipment, more admin or more post room pressure.
And honestly, it is useful for anyone who has ever looked at the post process and thought, “Are we really still doing it like this?”
