Archive for the ‘Carrier Route Maps’ Category
USPS Mail Route Changes Coming: Possibly the Most in US History
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
This month the US Postal Service announced and began a massive reorganization of its mail delivery system. Once complete, as many as 85 thousand carrier routes (the local areas covered by individual letter carriers each day) will be affected. Ev... [read more]
How is Map-able Carrier Route and ZIP Code Boundary Data Created?
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
What Exactly is a ZIP Code….or a Carrier Route?
The ZIP Code and carrier route coding system was specifically developed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in order to make mail delivery more efficient. This means that what the average per... [read more]
10% Off Quarterly Map & Report Subscriptions from the Maponics Online Store
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
“Now you have an easy-to-use, automatic system to make sure your maps and reports are never out of date again – and if you act by 10/27 you will even save money!”
Millions of dollars are wasted each year because of decisions based o... [read more]
MaponicsOnlineStore.com Announces Sale on ZIP Code Maps
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Over 1,100 ZIP Codes are added, dropped or significantly changed every quarter by the U.S. Postal Service. Yet tens of thousands of business people rely on ZIP Code Maps that are six months old or older to plan critical marketing, sales and logisti... [read more]
EnvironMAILism – More Than A New Green Word
Friday, August 15th, 2008
What is Environmailism? It’s is a new direct mail-based campaign launched by the USPS to encourage businesses to make more environmentally aware mailing choices. Through a Green Mail Kit sent out to direct mailers, and a follow on Environmailis... [read more]
Have You Seen These USPS Direct Mail Tools? They’ll Save You Time & Money.
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Have you ever had one of those “Wow, if I had only known this existed” moments? Well unless you’re a direct mail veteran, a visit to the USPS’s Business 101 section will leave you feeling that way. There you’ll find a ton of handy tips, r... [read more]
Unbelievable, But True: 25% of Carrier Routes Change Each Quarter
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
We periodically analyze the rate at which carrier routes change, so that we can provide accurate guidance on how frequently our customers should update their maps and reports. Each time we run these analyses on our carrier route map data (see a past... [read more]
Carrier Routes Change 25% Each Quarter – Protect Your Campaigns With Map Subscriptions
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
If you mail by carrier route often, then you know that carrier routes are always changing. But did you know that they change by 25% each quarter?!? We’ve verified this through our own testing as well as conversations with the USPS.
We have a ... [read more]
