ID861 - Outsourced Invoice Mailing Overview & Sample:

Unless you are sending 10,000s of invoices and have your own presort postage capability, we will always be cheaper.

It is very hard to create a simple comparison because there are so many unknowns on the client side. Here are the items that have to be covered and volumes will affect piece costs.
• Paper
• Envelopes
• Ink
• Equipment maintenance and wear and tear
• Equipment floor space
• Supplies storage and management
Then you have manpower to print, insert, meter, and mail. For a large client, this could be many man-hours.

Your current cost varies based on whether you use stamps or are metered.

Currently, a stamp is $0.60 for 1 oz and $0.57 metered for 1 oz. $0.24 for each additional oz.
For a single sheet B&W invoice in a standard #10 double window envelope, we charge $0.269 to produce and mail it - that includes all material and handling cost. We charge $0.53 postage. Total single quantity price is $0.799. This is before any volume rebates. You are saving at least $0.03 on postage, $0.07 if you are using stamps.
You get real savings if you are sending multi page invoices. We can put 15 sheets in a 6x9 envelope and still only charge $0.53 for postage. The metered rate would be $1.05 - a savings of $0.52 per mail piece.