Mailsort

Save money with Mailsort

Major postage savings can be achieved by the careful planning of mailings to take advantage of the Royal Mail's volume discount scheme - Mailsort. Marketscan's cost effective mailing service includes all bag labels and control reports required to meet the Royal Mail regulations for Mailsort discounts.

What is Mailsort?

Mailsort is a Royal Mail postage discount scheme which can result in significant postage savings for qualifying mailings. There are three basic levels of service within the most commonly used scheme (known as Mailsort 1400), with the greatest discounts attached to Mailsort 3.

Mailsort 1 - targeted for delivery the next working day after the day of posting
Mailsort 2 - targeted for delivery within 3 working days after the day of posting
Mailsort 3 - targeted for delivery within 7 working days after the day of posting

Presstream 1 and 2 offer similar facilities for periodicals.

The basis of Mailsort is the postcode which is used to direct items attracting maximum discount to final destination Royal Mail Delivery Offices (Direct Selections) and where this is not possible to intermediate sorting offices (Residue Selections) for a lower discount.

What is a 'Qualifying Mailing'?

To qualify for Mailsort, your mailing must contain at least 4000 letters (2000 if items are for delivery within the same postcode area in which they were posted) or 1000 packets.

How much can I save?

The pricing structure allows you to pay for the exact weight of your items. Savings vary according to the type of Mailsort you use. However, as an example of the saving you could make, we recently carried out a mailing of 6449 items for a London-based Recruitment Agency, each weighing 60 grams and made a saving of £309 from a standard fee of £1,354.

Are there any other requirements?

Yes - at least 90% of the list must be fully postcoded with a Mailsort code assigned to each address. It is this code which is used to sort the mailing into the required sequence for subsequent bundling and bagging. All bags must be labelled and the whole mailing supported by a report in a Royal Mail approved format. Marketscan provides all necessary labels and reports and can assist with the postcoding and mailsort coding of addresses as required.

Is my mailing piece a letter or a packet?

Letters are items which:	Packets are items which:
Weigh no more than 100g	Weigh no more than 2kg
Are no smaller than 90 x 140mm	Are no smaller than 70 x 100mm in either dimension
Are no larger than C5+ (165 x 240mm)	For rectangular items are no larger than 610 x 460 x 460mm
Are no thicker than 5mm	For cylindrical packages have a maximum length of 900mm. In addition the items length when added to twice the diameter must not exceed 1,040mm

To order

Decide on Marketscan list(s) to be used and state that list is for Mailsort when ordering
Decide whether you require Marketscan to do the complete mailing or just supply the address labels ready for Mailsort
Specify whether mailing is a letter or a packet together with its weight. Also select Mailsort 1, 2 or 3.

For further information either call one of our Account Managers who can assist you with all aspects of Mailsort or visit www.royalmail.com/mailsort