Unfortunately there is no bulk mail rate. Third class mail is lower cost because it is either: presorted (so it should ostensibly save the postal service on the labor to sort it), discounted for non-profit companies, or is “Every Door Direct Mail” (EDDM) which requires no sorting because it isn’t addressed. EDDM is also often if not usually sent straight to a post office via a third party so it never goes to a sorting plant. Third class mail also doesn’t receive the return service which all first class mail does.
The rate on it should be increased, but they do receive a lower level of service and sometimes save the postal service on the labor to deliver it.
Unfortunately there is no bulk mail rate. Third class mail is lower cost because it is either: presorted (so it should ostensibly save the postal service on the labor to sort it), discounted for non-profit companies, or is “Every Door Direct Mail” (EDDM) which requires no sorting because it isn’t addressed. EDDM is also often if not usually sent straight to a post office via a third party so it never goes to a sorting plant. Third class mail also doesn’t receive the return service which all first class mail does.
The rate on it should be increased, but they do receive a lower level of service and sometimes save the postal service on the labor to deliver it.