Boston, Massachusetts · Boston–Cambridge–Newton metro
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and print in Boston, MA
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and mailing lists for Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Newton, the North Shore, the South Shore and MetroWest, printed and mailed for up to 60% less than the big online printers.
- 650,000 residents in the city
- ZIP codes 021–022
- Entered through the Boston Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
What it costs in Boston
The same price in Boston as in every other city
USPS postage is the same per piece to a Boston address as to any other. EDDM row shown with $0.26 EDDM Retail postage; the others with $0.395 Marketing Mail. Every size and quantity is on the pricing page.
Boston is a city of about 650,000 people at the center of a metro of 4.9 million, with ZIP codes 021 and 022 covering the city and 017 through 024 the surrounding towns. The city's housing is triple-deckers and rowhouses in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, South Boston, Charlestown and East Boston on dense residential routes; brownstones and apartments in Back Bay, Beacon Hill and the South End; and single-family neighborhoods in West Roxbury, Roslindale and Hyde Park. Beyond the city, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and Newton mail as dense inner suburbs, and the towns of MetroWest, the North Shore and the South Shore as suburbs with high home values.
Boston businesses mail through the region's universities, hospitals, financial firms and biotech companies, which mail donors, patients and businesses nationally; through real estate agents farming Brookline, Newton, Wellesley and the South Shore; through home services companies serving one of the oldest housing stocks in the country; and through the restaurants, dental practices, private schools and nonprofits that mail every town in the metro.
Who mails in Boston?
Universities, hospitals and the region's enormous nonprofit sector; financial services and insurance firms; real estate agents and brokerages; heating oil and HVAC companies, roofing, window, insulation and plumbing businesses serving 100-year-old houses; restaurants and pizza shops mailing EDDM in the triple-decker neighborhoods; dental, orthodontic and medical practices; private schools and tutoring; auto dealers along Route 1 and Route 9; and political campaigns for every office.
City neighborhoods and the towns
Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury and Hyde Park are dense residential routes where EDDM is efficient and agents farm. Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End and the Seaport are apartment and condominium markets for targeted lists. Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline are dense inner suburbs. Newton, Wellesley, Lexington, Needham and the South Shore towns are farmed from homeowner lists by value. One mailing can cover the city and any set of towns.
Seasons and delivery
Heating oil, boiler and insulation offers mail in September; snow removal and roofing in October; tax and financial mail in January; landscaping and air conditioning in April; and moving season runs to the September 1 lease turnover, when new mover programs peak. Mail for the region is processed at the Boston facility, and Marketing Mail entered there typically reaches local mailboxes in three to five business days.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Boston
Carrier routes and homeowner lists are available for every part of the metro. The areas below come up most often in Boston campaigns:
- Back Bay
- Beacon Hill
- South End
- Jamaica Plain
- Dorchester
- South Boston
- West Roxbury
- Charlestown
- Cambridge
- Brookline
- Newton
- Somerville
- Quincy
- Wellesley
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Answers
Direct mail in Boston: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in Boston?
A 6×9 postcard printed and mailed as USPS Marketing Mail costs about $0.58 per piece at 5,000 pieces, an EDDM postcard about $0.40, and a Boston-area homeowner list about $0.08 to $0.15 per record. Postage is the same in Boston as everywhere in the country.
Does EDDM work in Boston triple-decker neighborhoods?
Yes. Every unit on the carrier route receives the piece, including each apartment in a triple-decker, and routes in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain and South Boston are dense and residential, so a 5,000-piece drop covers a compact neighborhood.
Can you mail Cambridge, Brookline and Newton with Boston?
Yes. Routes and lists across Suffolk, Middlesex and Norfolk Counties, and any town in the metro, can be included in one mailing and entered together.
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