What Is Every Door Direct Mail?

Every Door Direct Mail service from USPS is an easy, cost-effective way to reach potential customers near your business. Just create your mail-pieces however you like, then select postal routes and pay for postage online. Next, bring your mailing to your local Post Office™ for delivery to every household on your chosen routes.

Send Mailings Big or Small

Our Every Door Direct Mail-Retail® service is a simple and cost-effective option for local businesses sending up to 5,000 mail-pieces a day per ZIP Code. For larger mailings, use our Every Door Direct Mail service with a mailing permit. It’s great for announcing store openings, sales, or events.

Focus Marketing Efforts and Cut Costs

With Every Door Direct Mail service, there’s no need to buy addresses or mailing lists. Instead, you can focus your marketing efforts on potential customers within a specific radius of your business, which can save you on postage and printing.

Create Unique Mailings

Craft mail-pieces to share a story, announce sales, or include coupons, menus, event calendars, and more. As long as your piece meets flexible size limits and includes the correct label and indicia, you can design it your way, or hire a printer or mail service provider to do it for you. Many will even get your mailing to the Postal Service™ for you.

How Does It Work?

  1. Plan Your Mailing

    Use our mapping tool to help choose your postal routes.

  2. Create Your Mail-piece

    Design your own mail-piece or have iDesign create it using Every Door Direct Mail size specifications.

  3. Pay Online or at the Post Office

    Pay for postage online with a free USPS.com® account or pay at the Post Office.

  4. Leave the Rest to Us

    Bring or send your mailing to a Post Office for delivery.