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Upload your own image or choose from an online gallery to send quality greeting cards, with the option of including a retail gift card, to your customers.

What Are Personal Connect and Business Connect?
Personal Connect and Business Connect are the two kinds of accounts available at NetPost CardStore. Personal Connect is for individuals and their mailing needs, and Business Connect offers one centrally controlled business account that can be accessed by multiple users.

Both Personal Connect and Business Connect let you choose from a selection of images designed for every occasion or upload your photo or other artwork. Both let you upload your address lists and store them in a private address book.

Business Connect customers can take advantage of some specialized features including a central gallery of their images and logos. Full-color logos and handwritten signatures can be included on greetings. Unlimited numbers of people in your company can access your corporate account, and everyone will have their own account history, handwritten signatures, and profile information. You can even set up automatic mailing schedules for future mailings.

Find Personal Connect and Business Connect online at www.usps.com/cardstore.

How Does It Work?
With NetPost CardStore, you can create and send greeting cards or postcards. Both options let you choose an image for the front of your mailpiece from an extensive online gallery or upload your own images in JPEG format. You can save your images to a personal account to use with future mailings. A variety of fonts and ink colors complete your design choices.

You can either enter your addresses manually or upload your address list, which you can store in a private address book. Salutation merging lets you personalize your message to each of your recipients with a custom salutation, such as “Dear Jim.”

After you upload your documents, you preview and submit them. They are then transmitted securely, printed, assembled, and mailed the next business day if ordered by 8 p.m. EST.

You have the option to schedule mailings up to a year in advance.

An e-mail confirmation that your order has been accepted and mailed will be sent to you.

Which Mailing Services Are Available?
All cards are sent using First-Class Mail and can be sent to both domestic and international addresses.

If you’d like to have your printed cards returned to you, with or without addresses and postage, they can be shipped to you using Priority Mail or Express Mail.

What Are the Accepted File Formats for Address Lists?
Comma separated value (.csv) formatted files from most word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.

How Much Does It Cost?
Prices vary according to the type of greeting you select and the added postage. The more you purchase, the more the production cost drops.

How Do I Pay?
Payment can be made using a credit card or invoicing through a corporate billing account.

 

WHAT TYPES OF MAILPIECES CAN I CREATE AND SEND?

Upload Your Image
You can upload your image to create a greeting and choose from the following three options:

5" x 7" Folded Card with Envelope

This is a picture of a 5 inch by 7 inch folded card with envelope.

100-pound cardstock with a matte finish sent in an envelope of 80-pound stock.

* Gift cards can be included with this option.

5" x 7" Oversize Postcard This is a picture of a 5 inch by 7 inch oversized postcard. 100-pound cardstock, UV-coated with a glossy finish. Must be sent at First-Class Mail letter prices because of the dimensions.
4-1/4" x 6" Postcard This is a picture of a 4-1/4 inch by 6 inch postcard. 100-pound cardstock, UV-coated with a glossy finish.

Choose from the Image Gallery
If you choose an image from either the Personal Connect or Business Connect galleries, you can choose from the following two options:

5" x 7" Folded Card with Envelope This picture shows a 5" x 7" folded card with envelope.

100-pound paper stock with a matte finish sent in an envelope made of 80-pound stock.

* Gift cards can be included with this option.

5" x 7" Oversize Postcard This picture shows a 5" x 7" oversized postcard. 100-pound cardstock, UV-coated with a glossy finish. Must be sent at First-Class Mail letter prices because of the dimensions.
*Gift Cards With NetPost Gift Cards, you can send gifts and greetings together allowing friends, colleagues, or clients to purchase exactly what they want. Gift cards are available from many popular retailer’s in denominations from $25-$200.

 

 

 

 

 

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