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Ground Mail Fever

by Daniel Tsang - April 26/2006

We are pretty excited here about our upcoming release, especially, with the new ground mail feature. Sign up for our special Beta release, and get a sneak peek a few weeks before our official release.

So what’s so exciting about sending invoice by ground mail?

2ndSite will:

  1. Print the invoice.
  2. Put the invoice into an envelope.
  3. Include a return envelope.
  4. Seal the envelope.
  5. Add the proper postage.
  6. Send it out first class via the United States Postal Service (USPS).

What does that mean for you?

  • Peace of Mind. With just a few clicks, your invoicing will be taken care of and you can relax.
  • Avoid the pain of printer problems such as paper jams and out of ink scenarios.
  • Buy less envelops, stamps, printer paper, expensive ink cartridges, and even avoid some paper cuts.
  • Avoid the trip to the post office or the local mailbox and save time. You might even save some gas.
  • Your clients can quickly access the online version of the invoice where they can review their account history and if you permit, pay by credit card.
  • You save time and get paid faster.

Ground Mail Specs:

  • Invoices are sent via first class business mail.
  • Each invoice will be into the mail stream within one business day.
  • Invoices are SENT in a double paned #10 window envelop showing both you and your client’s address.
  • Invoices are printed on perforated paper, so your clients can easily tear away the payment stub and include it in the return envelope.
  • Invoices will also include a secure URL where your clients can access their account online and view, print and pay their invoices (if you let them use these features).
  • Each invoice includes a return envelope so it’s easy for your client to mail you their payment (including the envelope is proven to speed up the payment process).

More information on our ground release can be found at an earlier blog post, and what say we leave it at that for now.

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6 Comments (add comment)

Apr 27/06
9:18 am
Mike says:

“Right.

Just so we are clear, you can mail to anywhere using the service. :)

Thanks Anon.”

Apr 27/06
9:04 am
Anon says:

“This came up in a comment on the earlier post, but you should mention it each time: apparently the service will mail anywhere around the world. This is a serious selling point, or rather a serious non-selling point that you're avoiding. (If you couldn't mail anywhere, I would never even consider your service, although being able to mail anywhere isn't enough to make me use your service. :) So you should mention this attribute in all your publicity for the service.”

Jun 6/06
2:07 pm

[...] Right now we are running a little behind with the delivery of our upcoming ground mail invoicing service at FreshBooks. In software it is common that things arrive late. At FreshBooks it is UNcommon. Why? We are in 100% control of our development process. I get calls to off-shore our software development all the time. “No thanks”, I say. I like being on time, and I like great design (the downfall of off shore development in my humble opinion, but that is another story), so I’ll pass on the “cheaper” labour that WILL COST ME more time and energy. [...]

Jul 5/06
4:45 pm
wes says:

Any update on the ground mail upgrade? It has been a while since there was any news….

Jul 5/06
5:03 pm
Daniel Tsang says:

Hi Wes,

We posted an update on ground mail at the following blog post:
http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/06/06/small-businesses-control-their-destiny-a-ground-mail-update/

Thanks for your patience.

Jul 13/06
8:39 am

[...] Now as many of you know, you will soon be able to send your invoices by traditional ground mail post (i.e. not just by email) to anywhere in the world from the comfort of your FreshBooks account.  We are really excited to release this new service and we have received tremendous feedback from our testers already.  [...]


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