Business Mail 101 contains a Decision Tree that will assist you in determining the type of bulk mail that is right for you. After answering several basic questions, the Decision Tree then links you to the appropriate Quick Service Guides. These guides provide a 2-page summary of the standards for each type of bulk mail. A complete list of Quick Service Guides is available below.
Business Mail 101 will provide basic information for preparing a bulk mailing, including information about:
1. How size and weight affect rates.
2. How to pay for postage and how to apply for a bulk mailing permit.
3. Whether bulk mail is right for your business.
4. How to obtain address lists.
And much more useful information.
001 Glossary of Postal Terms and Abbreviations in the DMM
010 Addressing
011 Private Express Statutes
012 Optional Information Lines
015 Ancillary Service Endorsements
022 Nondenominated Postage
023 Precanceled Stamps
024 Postage Meters and PC Postage Systems
025 Permit Imprints
040 Pallets, Pallet Boxes, and Trays on Pallets
044 BMC Presort and OBMC Presort
045 Standard Mail Bundles on Pallets
046 Bound Printed Matter Bundles on Pallets
047 Bound Printed Matter Machinable Parcels on Pallets
050 Basic Mailability and Processing Categories
102 Postcards and Stamped Cards
120 Priority Mail
130 Presorted Letters and Cards—Nonmachinable
131 Presorted Letters and Cards—Machinable
132 Presorted Flats
133 Presorted Parcels
140 Automation Letters and Cards
141 Automation Flats
200 General Information and Eligibility
201 Nonprofit, Classroom, and Science- of- Agriculture
217 In-County Rates / Preferred Rates
230 Nonautomation Letters
231 Nonautomation Flats
240 Automation Letters
241 Automation Flats
630 Presorted Letters—Nonmachinable
631 Presorted Letters—Machinable
632 Presorted Flats
633 Presorted Irregular Parcels
640 Automation Letters
641 Automation Flats
642 Enhanced Carrier Route—Letters
643 Enhanced Carrier Route Flats and Parcels
644 Enhanced Carrier Route—Automation Letters
660 Customized MarketMail
670 Nonprofit— Eligibility
710 Parcel Post
720 Bound Printed Matter
730 Media Mail
740 Library Mail
700 Machinable Parcels
750 Destination Entry Discounts (DBMC/DADC/DSCF/ DDU)
810 Designing Letters and Cards for Automated Processing
811 Tabs and Wafer Seals
820 Designing Flats for Automated Processing
830 Designing Parcels for Automated Processing
900 Special Mail Services
922 Business Reply Mail (BRM)
923 Courtesy Reply Mail (CRM)
924 Meter Reply Mail (MRM)
Some users have requested simplified approaches to finding the information they need from the DMM. As a result, we have designed the Decision Trees and Quick Service Guides to provide two additional resources to facilitate less frequent users’ access to the DMM. The Decision Trees and Quick Service Guides are tools designed to be used together to help the user move more easily from basic questions into the areas of the DMM pertaining to the user’s interests.
The Decision Trees provide a generalized road map to postal services. By answering several basic questions about a mailing, the user is led through a series of decisions to the most appropriate selection of postal services. Answering questions on such matters as content, size, automation, and presort moves the user to more specific information and to specific Quick Service Guides.
The Quick Service Guides each provide an overview of the standards for a particular postal rate, service, or preparation method. Typically, one side summarizes prices, eligibility, or other standards, and the second side provides a summary of the mail preparation standards, an overview of mailpiece design, or other information. The Quick Service Guides include references to the DMM for more detailed information.
The Quick Service Guides are provided as an overview of the DMM standards to assist the user in locating the standards applicable to a particular type of mailing. These guides are not in themselves standards. The information contained in them does not replace or amend the standards in the DMM. To ensure compliance with the applicable DMM standards, the user must refer to the specific DMM units referenced in each Quick Service Guide, as well as to the general sections within each DMM module.