Monday, May 21, 2007

Postal Mail Forwarding

$1.75M funding to scan/open/forward/shred mail.

This could be useful for companies that have consultants on the road, or people working from home.
Can this be replicated to postal systems in other countries?

Monthly Pricing Plans
Item Bronze Plan Silver Plan Gold Plan
Pay Monthly $12.50 $24.95 $49.95
Prepay 6 Months - Save! $65.70
($10.95/mo.) $119.70
($19.95/mo.) $239.70
($39.95/mo.)
Best Value
Prepay 12 Months $119.40
($9.95/mo.) $215.40
($17.95/mo.) $431.40
($35.95/mo.)
Included Per Month:
Named Recipients 1 5 20
# of Remote Addresses 1 1 5
# of Mail Pieces Received 35 150 300
# of Pages Scanned
(we never open your mail until you tell us to!)
35 100 300
Mail Recycled Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Mail Shredded 10 ounces 25 ounces 50 ounces
Storage Days 70 200 400
One-Time Activation Fee Residential: $25
Business: $50 Same as Bronze Same as Bronze
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2011.11
This avoids the physical mail open/scan by grabbing the physical print stream at the source.  This can go worldwide.
"Zumbox provides the world’s first platform for digital postal systems. It connects large transactional, financial and government mailers to consumer households for the delivery and storage of digital postal mail via the Internet. Digital postal mail is an exact facsimile of paper mail created from a redirection of the print stream delivered to a secure, centralized digital mailbox and including convenient, powerful interactive features."
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2012.02
UPS sells PO Boxes with physical address.  An interesting feature is they will bundle the mail and forward it.  Another interesting feature is the ability to intercept UPS packages in-flight - make the delivery physical address in a non-sales tax state and intercept everything to home residence that charges sales tax.

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