Nonprofit mailers can breathe a sigh of relief. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is going to remove reduction in the nonprofit postage discount from the pending Postal Service Reform Act before sending it to the House floor, according to a report from Independent Sector. The Senate has already passed a bill version that would preserve the current nonprofit postage discount
rate. In contrast, the House bill introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, had a "cost-savings" provision reducing the discount rate for nonprofit postage by 5% each year
for 6 years, effectively cutting the discount from 40% to 10% by 2018! For the full story, go to http://www.independentsector.org/nonprofit_postage_rates
David Kanter, President and CEO of AccuList, is a list brokerage and direct marketing expert. For more than 30 years, he has helped companies and nonprofit organizations achieve their marketing goals. With David's Direct Marketing Forum, he shares, and invites others to share, helpful direct-marketing industry news, trends, analyses, resources, and tips for success. Please read our Comment Policy.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Postal Service Plans Mobile Promotion for Holidays
The U.S. Postal Service is wrapping a holiday gift for direct mailers: a November repeat of this summer's 2% postage discount for mobile barcode usage on mail. The USPS has filed a notice seeking approval for another mobile discount promotion to run Nov.7 to Nov. 21 of this year. The special barcodes in the promotion allow consumers to use smartphones to scan
the mail and reach shopping websites. Priority Mail users will get an especially festive deal. For the November promotion, the Postal Service is seeking an extra 1%
discount incentive to mailers if their orders are fulfilled using Priority
Mail -- as long as purchases made via the qualifying
mobile barcodes are delivered between Nov. 9 and the end of the year. For more details on the planned mobile promotion, see the story at http://postandparcel.info/48650/news/companies/usps-to-run-mobile-barcode-mail-promotion-in-november/
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