Package Services:

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Package Services The USPS Advantage
Take The Guesswork Out Of Shipping!
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What are USPS Shipping Services?
You know these
You might not know these
Shipping Services
Mailing Services

• First-Class Mail
• Periodicals
• Standard Mail
• Single-Piece Parcel Post
• Media Mail
• Bound Printed Matter

• Priority Mail
• Express Mail
• Parcel Select
• Parcel Return Service
• Global Express Guaranteed
• Express Mail International
• Priority Mail International
• First Class Mail International

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What We Want You To Know About USPS

• USPS is a great value in price and service
• Free tracking
• Free Package Pickup
• Free packaging supplies
• Online shipping solutions
• Discounts for postage
• No surcharges

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Key Customer Decision Points

• Reliability is always No. 1
• Convenience ease of doing business
• Value added features
• Tracking
• Packaging
• Electronic shipping solutions
• Customer care
• Price features value

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Surcharges Are Big Business

• Our competitors use surcharges to offset their
  costs.
• Surcharges are added on to the published price to
  ship and are never discounted.
• Some Surcharges like Fuel fluctuate and make it
  difficult to predict and maintain a balanced
  shipping budget.
• Are you willing to wager your companys shipping
  costs on something that changes monthly?

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USPS Surcharge Summary
No Surcharges For

• Residential Delivery
• Rural Delivery
• Address Corrections
• Forwarding

• Saturday Delivery
• Undeliverable Mail
• Packaging Supplies
• Package Pickup

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Easy Payment for USPS Shipping

• Centralized Accounting and Payment System (CAPS)
• EFT
• Electronic Verification System (eVS)
• Allows for paperless manifesting and payment
• Online postage payment
• Click-N-Ship
• Shipping Assistant
• Vendors

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Free Eco-Friendly Shipping Supplies

• Earned Cradle To Cradle certification
• New packaging uses bio-friendly inks and
  cardboard
• First and only firm to receive this endorsement
  for packaging
• Packaging features Cradle To Cradle logo

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Flat Rate Packaging Convenient flat rates for
domestic and international shipments

• Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope
• 17.50 US
• 25.95 Canada
• 27.95 All other countries
• Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope New Small Flat
  Rate Box
• 4.95 US
• 10.95 Canada
• 12.95 All other countries
• Prices Are For Retail. Shippers Using
  Click-N-Ship, PC Postage Or Express Mail
  Corporate Accounts Will Receive A Discounted
  Rate

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Flat Rate Packaging (cont)

• Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Boxes
• 10.35 US
• 25.95 Canada
• 41.95 All other countries
• Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box
• 13.95 US
• 11.95 APO/FPO
• 32.95 Canada
• 53.95 All other countries
• Prices are for Retail. Shippers using
  Click-N-Ship, PC Postage or Express Mail
  Corporate Accounts will receive a discounted rate
  

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Free Package Pick Up
Customers request pickup at usps.com
Carriers pick up the packages while on their
routes.
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State of the Art Shipping Technology

• Automated Package Processing System can handle
  9,500 packages per hour
• Intelligent Mail package barcode allows for
  improved tracking and processing
• Leveraging scanning technology for end-to-end
  package visibility

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Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice
ONE barcode is scanned for all packages
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Customer Support

• Business Service Network
• Business Mail Entry
• Account Managers and Global Account Managers
• support
• Enhanced Inquiries and Claims process
• New electronic international inquiry processes
• New domestic online claim process
• Reduced claim-handling time

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USPS Expedited Shipping
Express MailPriority Mail
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Overnight guaranteed delivery, free tracking,
free insurance up to 100, free packaging, and
flat-rate options
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2 to 3-day delivery, Delivery Confirmation,
available insurance, free packaging, and
flat-rate options
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• Express Mail and Priority Mail have
  zone-based pricing

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First-Class Mail Parcels
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Commercial Plus A New Pricing Tier

• Commercial Plus pricing took effect in January
  2009
• Ideal for customers with high shipping volumes
• Pricing is available for domestic Express Mail
  and Priority Mail
• Commercial Plus prices for Express Mail are 14.5
  percent less than retail on average
• Commercial Plus prices for Priority Mail are 7
  percent less than retail on average

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Qualifying for Commercial Plus Pricing

• Must meet minimum volume requirements
• 6,000 pieces annually for Express Mail
  (25 pieces daily)
• 100,000 pieces annually for Priority Mail
  (420 pieces daily)
• Must sign a Commercial Plus Customer Agreement
• Must use an approved payment method

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• Priority Mail Discounts

• Online with usps.coms
• Click-N-Ship
• with approved vendors
• eBay
• Stamps.com
• Endicia
• Pitney Bowes Inc.

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Online Shipping Solutions

• Online Discounts
• Online Insurance
• Online Shipping Labels

• Click-N-Ship
• Shipping Assistant
• USPS Approved Vendors

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Co-Branding and Custom Packaging

• Link your brand to the name of Americas most
  trusted federal agency

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• What else can Expedited Shipping offer?

• For us, Saturday is a business day
• We deliver everywhere in the U.S.
• New Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box
• Express Mail 10 Envelope
• Priority Mail Open and Distribute
• New Technology Solutions

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USPS Ground Shipping
Parcel Select Parcel PostMedia Mail
Parcel Return ServiceMerchandise Return
Service
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Parcel Select

• Designed for large and medium-sized shippers
• Three levels of entry give you three price levels
  
• NDC, DSCF or DDU (offers the lowest rate)
• Features high reliability, affordability and
  visibility
• Select from a variety of national and regional
  third-party logistics providers listed at
  usps.com/shipping/consolidators.htm

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Small and large packages, thick envelopes and
tubes containing gifts and merchandise can be
sent using Parcel Post.
Parcel Post

• An affordable and reliable 2-8 day service
  standard
• Benefits
• Also sold at retail for single piece option for
  small growing businesses
• Delivery to every address in the United
  States-including PO Boxes and military addresses
• Tracking Visibility available

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Media Mail service is a cost efficient way to
mail books, sound recordings, recorded video
tapes, printed music, and recorded
computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and
diskettes). Media Mail can not contain
advertising except for incidental announcements
of books. The maximum weight for Media Mail is 70
lbs.
Media Mail
Send your printed or recorded material using this
service

• Media Mail service is a cost efficient way to
  mail books, sound recordings, recorded video
  tapes, printed music, and recorded
  computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and
  diskettes).
• There are presorted rates available for bulk
  quantities of Media Mail (minimum quantity is 300
  pieces).
• A barcode discount is available for Media Mail.
• Rates are based on weight and size.

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Reverse Logistics Opportunities

• Reverse logistics solutions growing need
• Upward trend in items that are
• Returned
• Recycled
• Repaired
• Recalled
• Recovered

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Return Solutions

• Key USPS advantages
• Easiest and most convenient returns network
• Collection boxes
• Retail access over 32,000 Post Offices
  nationwide
• Pickup at more than 146 million home and business
  addresses six days a week

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Parcel Return Service

• Work-sharing earns discounts for you and offers
  an easy way for customers to return items
• Two rate structures to retrieve returns by you or
  an agent
• NDC or RDU
• First-mile commercial service
• Free Package Pickup

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Merchandise Return Service

• Premier end-to-end service, customized to fit
  your needs.
• Available for
• Priority Mail
• Parcel Post
• First Class Mail
• Easy to get prepaid return labels to your
  customers

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• What else can Ground Shipping offer?

• For us, Saturday is a business day
• We deliver everywhere in the U.S.
• 52 extra delivery days
• Parcel Select Service
• New tiered incentive pricing
• 98 on time delivery
• Parcel Return Service
• New volume-based rebates

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USPS International Shipping
Four Package Options Volume Discounts No
Surcharges/Brokers Fees
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• Global Express Guaranteed (GXG)
• Our fastest date-certain service with Global
  delivery by FedEx Express
• 13 business days
• Starting at 31.95

Average number of days may depend on origin and
destination. Visit usps.com/international for
more informationFedEx Express is a registered
trademark of the Federal Express Corporation and
is used by permission. on.
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• Global Express Guaranteed (cont.)
• Benefits include
• Money-back guarantee
• 100 Insurance included
• Online postage discount 10
• Tracking to all destinations
• Free Package Pickup

For complete details on Free Package Pickup,
visit usps.com
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• Express Mail International
• Fast, reliable service with date-certain delivery
  to select countries.
• 35 business days
• Starting at 25.95 (Flat Rate Envelope)

Average number of days may depend on origin and
destination. Visit usps.com/international for
more information.
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• Express Mail International (cont.)
• Benefits include
• Money-back guarantee to Australia, China, Great
  Britain, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Spain
• Flat Rate Envelope available
• 100 Insurance included
• Online postage discount 8
• Tracking available to major destinations
• Free Package Pickup

For complete details on Free Package Pickup,
visit usps.com
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• Priority Mail International Parcels
• Unbeatable rates on reliable delivery of
  packages.
• 610 business days
• Insurance
• Built-in indemnity
• Tracking available
• Single package prices start at 19.00
• Medium Flat Rate Box starts at 25.95
• Large Flat Rate Box 32.95

Average number of days may depend on origin and
destination. Visit usps.com/international for
more information.
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• Priority Mail International (cont.)
• Unbeatable rates on reliable delivery of
  documents and small merchandise.
• Starting at 10.95 for a Flat Rate Envelope or
  Small Flat Rate Box
• Registered Mail service (Flat Rate Envelope and
  Small Flat Rate Box)
• Priority Mail International
• Benefits include
• Flat rate options
• Online postage discount 5
• Free Package Pickup

For complete details on Free Package Pickup,
visit usps.com
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• First-Class Mail International
• Economical shipping for letters, postcards, and
  items weighing up to 4 lbs.
• Transit time varies by destination
• Starting at 0.75
• Registered Mail service available
• Can be used with various PC Postage vendors

Visit usps.com/international for more
information.
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Price Comparison Sending a 5 lb. package to
Alice Springs, Australia
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Online Shipping Solutions

• Payment
• Major credit cards
• PayPal
• Labels
• Online Labels Combine
• Postage Payment
• Customs Declaration
• Tracking Number
• Print labels and forms
• Click-N-Ship
• Shipping Assistant
• USPS Approved Vendors

• Automatic discounts
• Global Express Guaranteed (10)
• Express Mail International (8)
• Priority Mail International (5)

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Volume Letter Mail Options

• International Priority Airmail (IPA)
• Faster, cost-effective delivery for volume
  mailings.
• 37 business days to most locations
• International Surface Air Lift (ISAL)
• Affordable, reliable delivery for volume global
  mailings.
• 714 business days to most locations

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Customized Solutions

• Customized agreements offer solutions tailored to
  meet your business needs.
• Volume incentives and customized services from
  published IPA/ISAL prices and services
• Incentive opportunities
• Global package incentives
• Express Mail Corporate Account incentives

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Todays U.S. Postal Service

• Continues to connect people and businesses since
  our nations founding
• Our mission has remained the same for more than
  230 years
• Provide trusted, affordable, and universal
  service

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More locations than any other shipper. Period.

• 149 million delivery points within the U.S.
• Over 32,000 Post Office locations
• Over 200,000 delivery and collection vehicles
• Service in over 190 countries
• Billions of delivery
• points worldwide

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USPS commitment to the environment

• We are the only shipping company to earn the
  Cradle-To-Cradle certification
• We recycle 1 million tons of material a year
• We operate the largest alternative-fuel vehicle
  fleet in the country

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• Value For Your Shipping Dollar
• You receive high reliability with competitive
  pricing on our expedited services
• Our ground solutions offer you economical
  shipping and full tracking
• Our international rates
  average 40-60 lower
  then our
  competitors

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Maximize Your Savings!
Free Package Pickup
Reduced Service Calls
Easy Returns Solutions
No Surcharges
Contract Pricing
Free Delivery Confirmation
Free Packaging
Flat-Rate Shipping
Work Share Discounts
Consumer Plus Pricing
No Residential Surcharge
Online Discounts
Volume Discounts
No Fuel Surcharge
QUESTIONS?