Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM®) Printing

Name: EDDM® Postcards Printing
Brand: cheapfastprinting
Rating: 4.9 (3128 reviews)

Saturate your local market. Reach every mailbox on a route without a mailing list. The most powerful tool for local business domination.

What is EDDM® and Why is it a Game Changer?

Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM®) represents the most advanced and complete postcard mailing system by the local USA USPS® mailing services. That provides businesses and services providers to target prospect customers within a zipcode area without the need of a mailing list. The USPS® provides this list of businesses and homes around the zipcode of your chosen.

At CheapFastPrinting.com, we design and print EDDM® eligible postcards that will be eligible and qualify to be used for this Every Door Direct Mail® on any of the USPS® stores within the territorial USA land. We take into account the postcard paper thickness, the print quality, the content pre-filtering, indicia positioning and inclusion requirements so your postcard ships out to you ready to be bundled into packs of 100s and taken into USPS® for mailing (we also offer bundle services upon request).

NO MAILING LIST NEEDED

USPS® Mail carrier delivering EDDM® to a mailbox

DESIGN YOUR SUCCESS

Graphic designer working on EDDM postcard design

Free & Paid Design Services for Your EDDM Postcards

Don't be limited by not having your design ready, at CheapFastPrinting.com, we can help you build a quick design that will work just as perfect as a PAID one for your project and vision. We can also run changes and upgrades to already made designs you provide to us.

To qualify for a free EDDM® postcard design, please collect all the data possible about the purpose of the project, logo, text, slogan, contact information, and send it to us for review. We will prepare a mockup proof design for you to approve or request final changes before printing.

Hard to believe we can provide you with a completely free postcard design for your EDDM® project? try us today! We also offer the paid graphic design option for more complex builds.

You may also download our pre-built guideline templates to build your design on top of it for easy size and requirements specifications.

Massive USA Reach

Don't try to guess who and where are your customers, it could be anyone in your neighborhood! No matter if you are a pizza shop, a realtor, or a landscaper. EDDM® hits 100% of local mailboxes.

Lowest Postage Rates

USPS® allows you to do part of the job by designing, printing, adding labels and indicia, then bundle the postcards, so at the end, they can provide you with lowest price possible for mailing with postage rates as low as ~24¢ per piece.

Larger Postcard Formats

Good thing about mailing out EDDM® postcards is the fact that these flyers are "Flats", not "loose sheets". This means you get noticed easier on arrival to customers hands along from other mailing pieces. Perfect for Real Estate, Political Platforms and Restaurants.

How to Use the USPS® EDDM® Program Step-by-Step

Get the EDDM® Postcard Design Ready: Hire a designer or let us design for you, either way, the first step is to build the graphic design that meets the USPS® requirements, like size, indicia, and other requirements. Your design must includes the "EDDM® Retail Indicia."
Print with CheapFastPrinting.com: Now that the design is ready, upload these files on the EDDM® postcards product page, add to cart and proceed to place order with Pay Now or Pay Later (Logged in and Guest Checkout is also offered). From this point we will print your cards according to USPS® specifications and ship them to you. The bundle in packs of 100s can be done by us or you can do it yourself.
Choose Your Routes: Use the free USPS® EDDM® Online Tool to study and select the most convenient routes to target for this particular mailing project. This free tool will also provide you with the total amount of houses you can target per route.
Complete USPS® EDDM® Form: If you decide to do the bundle yourself, download the Slip file, print it and pack your postcards in bundles of 100s, then fill out the required USPS® EDDM® Retail Facing Slip (Form 3568) for each carrier route.
Prepare for Mailing: Secure your bundled packs of 50s or 100s in secured and tight rubber bands to assure it will not fly out during mailing processes. When you order bundle with us, we take care of this step too.
Drop Off at Post Office: All set-up already, its time to take the bundled packages to the local USPS® store, pay for the route postages directly to the USPS® desk attendant and drop the postcards for mailing.
Watch Your Business Grow: We use this service ourselves, we guarantee a good promotion will always bring a positive response out these type of campaigns. This works perfect for new leads, brand awareness and customers acquisition.

EASY EDDM® STEPS

Technical Specifications & Product Details

STAND OUT SIZES

Paper Stocks That Command Attention

There is only 1 way to make the EDDM® postcards right, by following the USPS® instructions. They already specify what paper thickness is recommended, and its on us to select the best quality paperstock possible for this particular requirement:

14pt Gloss Cover: We use the 14pt as our standard "sturdy and heavy" stock. This paper plus the UV coating gets a perfect shine that will pop up your art and colors. This works perfect for color-loaded designs and photo-high-resolution images like food and others.
16pt Ultra-Thick Matte: If you are looking to stand out from the norm, and look for a more sophisticated, tactile feel. We can level up the paper to the 16pt stock for more rigid, durable, and luxury.

PREMIUM THICKNESS

The "Indicia" and "Bundling"

We can take care of adding the EDDM® Retail" indicia logos, completely free of charge, but you need to allow an empty space on the back of the postcard for this to be added on. If you want to add it yourself, you can also download the indicia template file here (EDDM® indicia logo). Also, another requirement is the bundle slips to pack postcards on sets of 50s and 100s, if you wish to print them yourself you can download it here (Bundle Slips).

Price Comparison | Cost Per 1,000 EDDM® Postcards

This price comparison is based on the following specs EDDM® postcards (6.25" x 9", 14pt paper stock, 2 Sides)

UNBEATABLE PRICING

Competitive EDDM® postcard pricing graph

These postcards represent a significant cost to produce and to service to the customers, our goal is to deliver the top-quality possible product for the lowest price possible to make this service accessible to smaller businesses and start-ups.

Thanks to our gang-run printing, we can save huge amount of time and resources, that ends up drastically reducing the price of production and turning into a cheaper EDDM® postcard for you. Quality and speed is always preserved during this gang-run-print method implementation.

How We Outperform Competitors on Price and Value

While other providers are focusing in investing millions promoting their EDDM® postcard printing services, and over-inflating the cost of production by this extra-marketing expense, we rather invest in equipment, technology, intuitive workflows to keep our product lower cost and let the customers to be our main word-of-mouth promoters.

Unmatched Value Against Vistaprint EDDM® Postcards

While Vistaprint is a well-known name, definitely one of the top printers in the market, its no surprise that their EDDM® postcard pricing will often come with a premium for their brand recognition and reputation. Their brand recognition marketing invests millions of dollars a year, maybe a month, to keep the business trend, and we all know who will pay for these promotions.

We are still far from being as popular as they are, and far of spending millions in brand recognition. These savings are passed on to the customer.

Superior Savings Over NextDayFlyers® Postcards

NextDayFlyers is currently offering very good pricing for fast shipping EDDM® postcards, but their focus is the fastest speed possible (Next Day Printing) and that costs an extra buck or two. We rather provide customers with the option of slower print speeds and much affordable postcards.

Outmaneuvering Staples & Office Depot EDDM® Services

Well known local print stores like Staples and Office Depot are also in the game to offer EDDM® postcards along with many other products. These providers can print 50 to 500 postcards and cut it, pack it within the same day, for a much higher prime. Usually color copier machines are used to produce these postcards, quality is good, but we all know offset processes are other level entirely.

Our focus is to provide the same service, a bit slower but HIGHER QUALITY and MUCH cheaper, advantage comes when you need bulk printing, instead of just 50 to 100 units. Their pricing reflects a regular commercial color copy printed in thick paper, full color both sides, while CheapFastPrinting focus on bulk, higher quantity, and perfect finished EDDM® postcards that will pop up over all other marketing flyers in the customer mailbox.

Who Benefits Most from EDDM®?

LOCAL BIZ HERO

🍽️ Restaurants & Pizza

Among top customers, we always get orders from pizza shops and restaurants with Hunger Solving offers. We all love good tasting food!

🏡 Real Estate Agents

New Listings and open houses are among top of our printing lists. Realtors also love to build local awareness about their offerings and ways to sell houses.

🛠️ Home Services

Many essential daily use businesses like Landscaping, HVAC, Roofing also leverage from this tool.

🦷 Dentists & Medical

For dental cover plans and or services deals, this service has the entire dentist clinic's neighborhood completely covered!

🗳️ Political Campaigns

Protect donors money by running marketing with low-budget, but effective political marketing campaigns. No other most affordable way to get into your future voters hands.

🏋️ Gyms & Fitness

By default, January is the best date to run Gym and fitness promotions to the entire local neighborhood with 'come-back' promotions!

Comprehensive FAQ

Everything you need to know about Every Door Direct Mail®.

Do I need a mailing list for EDDM®?

No! The huge benefit out of the EDDM® program, consists in being able to access UP-TO-DATE real time home owners and businesses addresses by just requesting "Carrier Route" with a zipcode request. No mailing lists required for this product. Pick zipcodes you want to send your postcards to, and your card is delivered to every mailbox on that route.

What is the minimum quantity postcards we can mail out?

Every city, and neighborhood varies in the amount of houses or businesses within every single mailing route, we have seen routes from 300 to 600 in the lower side of our searches. We recommend running a route search before deciding how many EDDM® postcards to print.

Can I use a 4x6 postcard?

No. EDDM® requires specific postcard dimensions to be EDDM® eligible. One side must be > 6.125" OR length > 10.5". Use our 6.25x9 size.

Do you mail them for me?

After the pandemic in 2020, we only offer the printing and bundle services for the EDDM® postcards, you need to drop them off at the post office to save money.

What is the postage cost?

Approx $0.24 per piece (based on our research in 2025), this is paid directly to the USPS® at the time of dropping off the postcards.

What is bundling?

One of the USPS® requirements for this program, is to get the flyers in stacks of 50 or 100 units shrink-wrapped and tight with needed route information in it. We provide this service for an extra fee, and you can also download the facing slip shrink-wrapped paper here (Bundle Shrink Wrap Paper).

Can I print on both sides?

Yes! USPS® allows you to use postcards printed front and back, full color and UV protected.

Is the paper approved for mail?

Yes, we have studied the requirements, and our standard 14pt and 16pt stocks exceed the USPS® minimum thickness requirement of 0.007" for sturdiness and paper handling durability.

How do I pick routes?

While on the phone or computer, you can access the USPS® free EDDM® Online Tool to search routes by zipcode, study them and figure out how many targeted mailing are possible within your area.

Can I use QR codes?

We do recommend using QR-Codes as part of the design strategy of the postcards, people love them as an easy way to access your website or phone number! We can help you get a QR-code for every need, completely free of charge too.

WE HELP YOU

What is the turnaround time?

Our printing speed turnaround (from art approval to print, pack and ship out) usually between 2-4 business days. Rush options are available.

Glossy or Matte?

Both are effective, Glossy usually good for food/retail (colors will pop more). Matte finish will often be used by real estate/professional (easier to read).

Do EDDM® cards expire?

No. Since the USPS® started offering the EDDM® services, they have been providing it non-stop. So we don't see possibility of them stopping offering these services.

What is the Indicia?

There is a 'Permit Stamp' logo image graphic that you can download here (Indicia File), we can place it on your design for free too. This should be added to one of the 2 sides of the postcards, required.

Can I mail to businesses only?

Usually no. You are only able to select routes containing homes and businesses all together.

What is the 'Local Postal Customer' text?

Next to the Indicia inclusion, it is required to also add this image as a generic address used instead of a person's name and addresses.

Why are you cheaper?

Thanks to our EDDM® bulk gang-run printing technique (printing a bunch of customers print products at the same time) we are able to save huge amount of time and money and pass on these savings to you.

Do you check my files?

Yes, we offer free design proofing, this will enable us to double check borders, bleed, safezone, EDDM® indicia position and size, along with Local Postal Customer inclusion, along many other crucial points for your art to print correctly. our pre-press team checks for bleed, resolution, and safety zones.

Can I use Canva?

Yes, Canva is a great tool to design anything you need, just keep in mind to save/export your design in JPG (or PDF Print) and include the print bleed area into the exported files.

What if I made a mistake?

Contact us immediately to see if we are able to stop production on time before setup happens, we can stop the order in many stages and avoid extra spendings.