5 Quick Ways to Buy Postage
Running low or out of stamps can be time-consuming for a small business. Someone needs to stop what they are doing and go to the post office to get more stamps or postage for the meter. Fortunately, there are more convenient ways to buy postage quickly.
Buy Stamps During Bank Runs
Most small business owners probably go to the bank more than once a week. Depending on the type of business you have, you may go every day. Many banks sell stamps, so you can buy what you need when depositing checks or getting cash for the register.
At the banks that sell them, you can either buy stamps in their lobbies or at their ATMs. Buying stamps at an ATM is a quick, convenient way to get the postage your office needs without being forced to wait in line. However, not all banks sell stamps. Here is a list to check if yours does.
Subscribe to Receive Stamps
The United States Postal Service offers a subscription service for books of 20 stamps. They will charge your credit card $10 on a monthly or semi-monthly basis and send stamps directly to your office. You can buy as many books as your office needs every month through the service.
There are a limited number of design choices for the subscription service, but you can see what they offer online. However, they are first class stamps, so you can use them to send any mail that needs to be sent to vendors or clients.
Buy Stamps Online
Instead of taking a trip to the post office, turn on your computer to order stamps. Several websites offer stamps online to be shipped to your office. One site, OnlineStamps.net, will customize stamps, so you could have your business logo printed on them.
Along with being sent stamps when you buy them, you can print them online. In addition to postage, you can also print shipping labels from their site for packages being sent domestically or internationally.
Print Postage in the Office
Instead of buying stamps online and waiting for them to come in the mail, go online to buy and print them at the office. Many sites allow you to select the number of stamps that you need and print them. It is a fast convenient to buy postage for sending mail.
Instead of printing out a large number of stamps, you can also print the postage you need as you need it. If your company is sending out postcard type mailers, you can go online and print out how much postage you need for the project.
You don’t need to haul any mail to the post office to buy the correct amount of postage.
Download Postage
If you have a postage meter, you don’t need to lug it to the post office to add more postage. Instead, connect it to your computer to get what is needed. Many Pitney Bowes meters can download additional postage from their computers to the meter.
If you have a Pitney Bowes postage meter, which many offices do, check this list to find out if it can be connected to their system to download additional postage when it is needed.
Although you can still pay a visit to a post office to get stamps, these five ways to get the postage you need are quick and more convenient for most small companies.
