Stamps.com Software Automatically Updated With New Postage Rates
Stamps.com's Customers Avoid Crowded Post Offices
| Source: Stamps.com
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2009) - Stamps.com® (NASDAQ : STMP ), the leading
provider of online postage and shipping software
solutions to approximately 400,000 customers, announced today that all
Stamps.com PC Postage® products already include everything customers will
need to calculate and print the new USPS® rates that go into effect
today. Stamps.com solutions also include postage
discounts not available at Post Office™ locations or through
traditional meters. PC Postage customers can learn more about the postage
increase at Stamps.com's website. Stamps.com's customers can
completely avoid the Post Office -- an even greater benefit whenever the
USPS raises its rates and Post Office locations across the country become
crowded as non-PC Postage users rush to get additional postage and to
figure out the new rates.
Some of Stamps.com's PC Postage features include:
-- Automatic rate updates for free -- unlike providers of other solutions,
such as traditional postage meters, who typically charge a fee every time a
postage increase occurs.
-- Easily print 2
cent stamps with NetStamps®, Stamps.com's feature which allows
customers to print postage that functions just like ordinary postage
stamps.
-- Savings of up to 80% over traditional postage meters by eliminating the
need for proprietary ink refills, costly reset fees and expensive,
long-term contracts.
-- Postage discounts of up to 11% on Priority Mail®, up to 5% on Express
Mail®, up to 8% on International shipping, and 10% on package insurance,
versus rates at the post office. Even larger discounts are available to
qualified high volume customers (contact Stamps.com
to find out more).
-- Free delivery confirmation and free package pickup with Priority Mail
service.
-- Hidden Postage® for discrete shipping charges for eCommerce
businesses.
-- Automatic address cleansing to avoid the cost and hassle of wasted
postage.
"We are committed to delivering a seamless postage and shipping solution to
our customers, particularly during rate increases," said Stamps.com
president and CEO Ken McBride. "That is why we have worked to make this
and all upcoming rate changes as pain-free as possible for our PC Postage
customers."
Stamps.com is offering a free
webinar today, May 11th at 11 a.m. PDT to teach small business owners
everything they need to know about the new USPS rates, and about options
that are available to reduce mailing and shipping expenses.
About Stamps.com and PC Postage
Stamps.com (NASDAQ : STMP ) is a leading provider of Internet-based postage
services. Stamps.com's online postage service enables small businesses,
enterprises, advanced shippers, and consumers to print U.S. Postal
Service-approved postage with just a PC, printer and Internet connection,
right from their home or office. The Company targets its services to small
businesses and home offices, and currently has PC Postage partnerships with
Avery Dennison, Microsoft, HP, Office Depot, the U.S. Postal Service and
others.
PC Postage is a software-based service that allows customers to use their
existing PCs and printers to calculate and print valid U.S. postage for
letters, packages and international mail without having to go to the Post
Office®. PC Postage streamlines a wide range of business processes by
tracking postage spending, eliminating wasteful trips to the post office,
verifying shipment accuracy and recommending optimal delivery methods,
formats and more. Small businesses, enterprises and advance shippers can
manage their mailing and shipping operations more efficiently, reliably and
securely with PC Postage than with postage meters or other shipping
software.
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of 1995: This release includes forward-looking statements about our
anticipated results and our PhotoStamps spend that involve risks and
uncertainties. Important factors, including the Company's ability to
complete and ship its products, maintain desirable economics for its
products and obtain or maintain regulatory approval, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements, are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission made from time to time by STAMPS.COM, including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. STAMPS.COM undertakes no
obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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