Use cases — how usage changes true 12‑month cost
Different mail habits shift the variable fees. Explore modeled totals for common patterns.
- Light scan (rare content opens) — Mostly envelope scans; contents rarely opened. Forwarding baseline.
- Heavy open (frequent content scans) — Envelope contents opened and scanned frequently; postage/forwarding baseline.
- Forward-heavy (frequent shipments) — Frequent forwarding of letters and packages drives handling and postage.
- Traveler (on-the-road mail handling) — Packages and consolidation more common; postage/handling elevated.
- Small business (steady monthly activity) — Slightly higher activity across the board than base scenario.
Choose a starting point for your annual budget
The stored base model ranges from $299.76 for PhysicalAddress.com to $939.00 for Earth Class Mail, a spread of $639.24. Each includes the same $168.00 postage estimate. Choose a provider to inspect the plan and fees, or choose a usage pattern to see which cost lines change. Scenario totals scale the existing annual charges; they do not reselect plans or recalculate included quotas.