The true costs of franking machines: low volume machines Franking machines function similar to printers, they need ink and occasionally some maintenance. Because they are much more complicated and need network access to updates postage rates and top up your postage balance, franking machine manufacturers found all kinds of tricks to charge you on top […]
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Franking machine prices: What does a franking machine cost? The four franking machine manufacturers Frama, Neopost, FP and Pitney Bowes are not particularly open about their franking machine prices. Similar to independent retailers, none of them publishes prices on their website. Instead, all franking machine suppliers require you to request a quote filling out a
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The coolest features of franking machines – the software You may think that all franking machines are the same; that every one of them just prints postage on your outgoing mail. You do have a point there. All franking machines allow you to send mail at discounts and increase your office’s productivity. But many of
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The coolest franking machine features – the hardware The basic functionality of all franking machines is the same: they apply an imprint to envelopes and allow you to post them with Royal Mail. Besides this basic functionality, certain franking machine features can help you to automate mailing processes. In this article, we only look at
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Professionalise your business mail! Making a good impression is crucial for your business. If you don’t convey a professional appearance, you might lose customers and are unable to attract new ones. But getting this right at every encounter builds trust and makes your offer more convincing for clients. A franking machine can help you with
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Savings using a franking machine explained Even in today’s world, not all communication can be done digitally and many clients still prefer the ”old-fashioned” way of communicating. Businesses still need to post mail and with that, costs are associated. There are direct costs for purchasing envelopes and stamps as well as indirect ones arising from
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The best way to send business mail: stamps, franking, pre-paid envelopes or online postage? There are numerous ways of sending letters via Royal Mail including stamps, franking your letters and parcels, buying pre-paid envelopes or printing online postage labels. So let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of each of the many ways
Stamp price increase – a drop in the ocean, but with long-established history After the Government completed its privatisation, Royal Mail announced another stamp price increase by the smallest possible amount, ie one penny. From 29 March 2016, first class letters will cost 64p, while second class letters will cost 55p. The price for large letters with
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Mailmark: Royal Mail changing prices, making it more attractive At the beginning of the year, Royal Mail changed the price of many of its products with some of the changes still to be implemented. From 28 March 2016, new prices for Royal Mail’s Door to Door marketing services become valid. Despite discounts already in place,
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Why switch from an analogue to a digital franking machine? Some years ago, you probably established that it would be cheaper to frank your mail than to use stamps. You’ve seen that you can make considerable savings of up to 37% per item of post and that you can project a more professional image on
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