Tips for reducing the cost of mailing items:
1. Instead of sending a letter by snail mail, send an email instead.
2. Stock up on stamps when they go on sale at stores like Rexall and Shoppers Drug Mart. They've both offered sales of up to 10% off.
3. Buy permanent postage in bulk, the price never changes for Canada. So, the sooner you stock up, the more you save overall.
4. Combine communications into one envelope to avoid additional postage and mailing supply costs.
5. Send an electronic gift card instead of a physical gift card. Not only will it get there faster, it saves you postage and helps the environment too!
6. Use a fax machine to send your message rather than ship it through the mail.
7. Lighten up your mail by using a light grade of paper or eliminating card stock advertising. This will reduce your expense of the card stock and postage expense too!
8. Send a postcard instead of a letter. No envelope to throw out, you get a nice scrapbook keepsake and it's only 1 stamp to ship it!
9. Renew magazine and newspaper subscriptions online rather than mailing out your renewal.
10. Use flat rate mailers and prepaid packaging.
11. Look for free shipping supplies online, for example many Freecyclers will freecycle packaging materials.
12. Do you owe someone money? Instead of sending a cheque...see if they accept PayPal or another online payment. Send electronic funds online instead of paper funds by mail.
13. If you donate to charity, try making your donations online rather than mailing in a cheque. Not only do you save the postage and shipping supply expense, but you save the cost of clearing the cheque too!
14. Stop mailing out your monthly bills. Sign onto your banking site and pay your bills electronically!
15. Send an electronic greeting card instead of a physical greeting card.
Be creative with the way you save money! We'd love to hear the ways that you reduce your postage costs too. Leave us a comment below! :)
