Business Mail Advanced | Volume-related franking machine tariff
Business Mail Advanced overview
Business Mail Advanced is a postal service available to Mailmark franking machines that enables you to make volume-related savings on larger mailings.
Business Mail Advanced has the following criteria:
- Mailings of 250 Standard Letter items or more of either 1st or 2nd Class;
- Sent to addresses within UK (addresses must match Royal Mail PAF);
- Letters must be presented in mail trays, supplied by Royal Mail;
What are the savings available on Business Mail Advanced?
New Business Mail Advanced prices effective 2nd October 2023
From October 2nd 2023, mail will be franked on your franking machine at £1.02 for 1st Class or 65p for 2nd Class but the table below shows the prices you will achieve for qualifying mail.
How is the discount assessed?
Firstly, you need to frank your mail through your franking machine using the discounted Business Mail Advanced rates contained within your franking machine.
As Royal Mail process your mail, sorting machines read the meter license number information within the Mailmark barcode and check the letter for size, weight and address accuracy. They then verify the discount on an item by item basis for every piece of your mail that is automatically sorted. Items failing to be automatically sorted are priced at Franked Meter Standard Tariff.
How do I claim the discount?
The difference between the sum franked per item and the sum of items qualifying and not qualifying will be credited or debited automatically to your postage account with your franking machine supplier.
What criteria must be met to receive the discounts?
As well as sending a minimum of 250 letters your business needs to meet the following criteria:
Appropriate letter dimensions:
- Minimum size is 145mm x 110mm. Maximum size is 240mm x 165mm
- Minimum thickness is 0.25mm. Maximum thickness is 5mm
- Address must be located within UK (Rep. Ireland is not included)
Appropriate address location and format:
- Addresses must be machine printed in a defined area of the letter
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) address specification is recommended
- Appropriate clear zones
Royal Mail requires certain areas of the mail piece to have no markings. These are called clear zones. Royal Mail print barcodes on each item in these areas to assist the sorting process.
