- Access a range of postal discounts by sorting mailing files into pre-defined order
- Options include – Royal Mail Mailsort, Presstream and TNT Premier
- Savings dependant on a range of criteria, including the pre-sortation of mail items to approved delivery standards
- Pre-sorted compliant items are quicker and cheaper for Royal Mail and TNT to deliver, so benefit from reduced postage costs
- Improves cost per response for campaigns
The UKChanges Mail Sortation service includes the following options to sort address records:
Mailsort ® is a portfolio of services from Royal Mail that enables licensed users to access a range of postal discounts. Savings depend on the volume, weight, delivery time-scales, address quality, presentation and the pre-sortation of mail to meet Royal Mail standards. To achieve Mailsort discounts, Royal Mail require that at least 90 per cent of the mailing must have accurate postcodes.
Pre-sorted mailings with accurate addresses are cheaper for Royal Mail to handle and deliver, reducing the resource required to meet the postal operator’s delivery targets. The savings achieved by Royal Mail are handed on to licensed end-users in the form of Mailsort discounts. By undertaking some of the sorting, Mailsort licensed companies can reduce postage costs by over 30 per cent. The Mailsort service has been updated to incorporate changes introduced under the Pricing In Proportion (PIP) scheme from Royal Mail.
TNT Premier ® is an alternative to the Mailsort 1 and 2 services for all sortation outputs: 120, 700 and 1400. The service aims to deliver all sorted post on the second working day after the mail items have been collected from the customer with the aim of providing a faster, more reliable and more cost effective bulk mail delivery service for large volume mailers.
Utilising the size, scale, resources, delivery and logistics expertise of TNT's UK operations, mail processed using the Premier file is collected by TNT and delivered to Royal Mail sorting offices within agreed time slots.
The service is based on a simple principle: the more work that is done to sort mail items before they are handed to TNT Post, the greater the savings and efficiency gains. TNT Premier offers 100% UK coverage with optional additional tacking options and late / flexible collection times to suit the user’s needs.
Address standardisation using the Royal Mail PAF database is advised as a pre-process to ensure maximum discounts are achieved. In addition to reduced postage costs, Mailsort and TNT Premier will help companies to achieve improved campaign ROI; minimising undeliverable items and enhancing address quality for future communications.
