Flanagin’s Bulk Mail Service strives to provide its customers with the best prices for bulk mailing services possible. In 2023, Flanagin’s saved its customers almost $2 million; the exact amount is $1,812,326.
Flanagin’s is able to save customers so much money because it has software that allows it to do some of the work for the post office and because of this, Flanagin’s gets better rates from the post office. Those discounted rates are then directly passed onto the customer.
“We are a bulk mail service, and our job is to provide businesses with postage discounts and more accurate delivery of their mail. If you believe in direct mail, we are going to get you the best postage rates, and we are going to get more of the mail pieces delivered to the people you hope they go to,” Donna Flanagin, owner of Flanagin’s Bulk Mail Service, said.
For something to be considered bulk mail, it must be 200 or more identical pieces with at least 200 valid addresses across the United States. When sending bulk mail, there are permits and additional fees required unless going through a service. Flanagin’s will eliminate those fees, and save their customers money on top of that.
“When you do it yourself, you do not get the same rates that we can get because you don't have the software that's going to do the work for the post office and barcode it and get you the cheaper rates. You can do the work yourself, but you are going to pay more money in postage.”
In addition to money, time is saved when working with Flanagin’s. A lot of the work that goes into bulk mailing Flanagin’s does for its customers, so there is very little hassle.
“It is not overly complicated when you work with us because we've boiled it down to the easy way to make it happen and then we give them that information up front,” Flanagin said. “Our value is saving them money and removing the hassle. They can call us and we usually will have the answer, so it removes a lot of hassle. It's much easier and saves you money.”
Flanagin’s favorite part of her job is being able to meet so many different types of people and interact with different businesses. Nonprofit organizations use their services for newsletters and fundraising; organizations use their services to send magazines, newsletters, and postcards. Many other things including county tourism guides are mailed through Flanagin’s.
“We're not just mailing for churches and we're not just mailing for civic organizations; we mail for everybody. Anybody can take advantage of any kind of business and can do this if they need to,” Flanagin said. “They can mail all over the United States. We end up meeting a lot of interesting people doing a lot of interesting types of business.”
Flanagin’s Bulk Mail Service has saved customers $1,812,326 in 2023 and will continue to save customers money for years to come.
To learn more about Flanagin’s Bulk Mail Service, visit its website mybulkmail.com.