Stamps will increase 3 cents 

The retail price of a stamp increased 3 cents to $0.63 from $0.60. If your small business uses stamps or purchases postage directly at the Post Office, this price hike will significantly impact your bottom line. Don't miss out on a 5% meter discount!

• New Stamp Price: 63¢
• New Discounted Meter Price: 60¢

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Using a meter gets you the discount on postage, which really adds up annually. Going to the post office is costing you time and money. If you need a meter, order now and receive a special offer for new Quadient customers! 

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Metered rate will increase 3 cents

Metered postage rates for First-Class letters went up 3 cents per letter to 60 cents. There's still good news for meter users. You get the metered discount but now you save 3 cents on every mail piece. 

• Previous Meter Price: 57¢
• New Meter Price: 60¢

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It's more important than ever to make sure all of your postage is updated regularly. Rates can change once or twice each year, and even seasonally. With our newest iX meters, postage rates are updated for you AUTOMATICALLY!

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Certified Mail® with Return Receipt gets more expensive 

The Certified Mail fee increased an additional 15 cents per mail piece, while Return Receipt increased by 10 cents. The cost of a hard-copy receipt will also cost a lot more now. The silver lining: With an electronic Return Receipt, you’ll save $1.25 on every Certified Mail piece. 

• Certified Mail fee: from $4.00 to $4.15
• Return Receipt (hard copy) cost: from $3.25 to $3.35
• Return Receipt (electronic) cost: from $2.00 to $2.10

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We highly recommend using electronic Return Receipt. You can upgrade your entire process with a digital workflow and save nearly 37% when you send Certified Mail with Return Receipt and 16% on all Certified Mail costs immediately with an online solution like e-Certify.

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It's time to think about presort prices

With the right mail volume, you can take advantage of the USPS presort discounts. First-Class presorted postage increased nearly 3 cents, but sorting invoices, bills and statements by zip code is still advantageous and cost-effective. Now might be the time to make it part of your mail prep process.

• Presort pricing : $0.455 (5- Digit Automation Letter - 1 oz.)
• Presort postcards: $0.372 (Postcard Machinable Presorted)

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You can get access to postage discounts with presort prices using our mail automation software Impress®.

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FedEx and UPS Shipping rates are on the rise!

There will be rate increases on important shipping services that impact your mailroom budget. 

• FedEx: FedEx Express package and freight standard list rates, and FedEx Ground standard list rates will increase an average of 6.9% 
• UPS: Effective December 27, 2022, these services will increase by an average of 6.9%: UPS SurePost, Retail Rates, UPS® Ground, UPS Air and International services

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Rate shopping is one of the best ways to help your business save on shipping. You can rate shop, compare pricing and get discounts all year long with shipping software.

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Rate Hikes to Priority Mail and Other Special Services

This year, postage rates didn't roll back from the higher prices during peak holiday shipping season. So postage rates for Priority Mail and other shipments are still higher year over year. Here's a list of the rate increases that impact these services in 2023:

• Priority Mail®: +5.5%
• Priority Mail Express®: +6.6% 
• First-Class Package Service: +7.8%

Using Priority Mail flat rate envelopes is still the most affordable way to ship! Shipping rates are on the rise, but rate shopping is one of the best ways to help save your budget. You can rate shop, compare pricing and get discounts all year long with shipping software. In fact, you can save up to 30% on Priority Mail costs!

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