Our goal at Adelante Mailing Services is to help you send cost-effective and successful mailings. Please look over some of the tips we've learned over the years to help in that effort.

• To mail Presorted Standard, you need a minimum of 200 pieces. The mail piece must weigh less than 16 ounces.
• To mail Presorted First Class, you need a minimum of 500 pieces, and each mail piece must weigh less than 13 ounces.  
• To avoid non-machineable surcharges, the mail piece must have a minimum thickness of .009 inches. Postcard and postcard style mailers need to be printed on 80-pound card stock, and flyers must be tri-folded.
• To receive automated rates for a folded mail piece, a tab must be applied. If the return address and the mailing indicia are at the opening of the mail piece we will only have to tab the piece once, which will save you money.
• The color and texture of your mail piece can affect the price. Some astrobright and dark colors can’t be automated. Similarly, textured or marbled paper might not be automation compatible. Also, some red and oranges cannot be metered.
• Databases should be formatted in ASCII, comma or tab delimited, Excel or Access. We will require either a disk or e-mail of your database. Lists should be emailed to WeKnowMail@GoAdelante.org.
• Self-mailers are cheaper to produce, but they rarely produce the same results of envelope-enclosed letter mailings.
• Colored mailers get higher response rates than black and white.