Columbus, Ohio · Columbus metro
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and print in Columbus, OH
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and mailing lists for Columbus, Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, New Albany and Franklin County, printed and mailed for up to 60% less than the big online printers.
- 910,000 residents in the city
- ZIP codes 432
- Entered through the Columbus Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
What it costs in Columbus
The same price in Columbus as in every other city
USPS postage is the same per piece to a Columbus 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.
Columbus is the largest city in Ohio and the fourteenth-largest in the country, about 910,000 people in a metro of 2.2 million that has grown while the rest of the state held steady. ZIP codes 432 cover Franklin County. The housing is single-family across most of the city and all of the suburbs, with dense apartment districts around Ohio State and the Short North, and carrier routes in the suburbs run 500 to 800 homes. Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, New Albany and Upper Arlington are the affluent farming and home services markets; Grove City, Reynoldsburg and the south side are strong EDDM territory.
Columbus is a test-market city, and its businesses mail like it: retail chains and restaurants headquartered here run mail programs across the metro, the insurance and banking employers mail consumers nationally from Columbus, Ohio State and the hospital systems mail donors and patients, and the home services, real estate and dental businesses mail the suburbs the way they do everywhere.
Who mails in Columbus?
Home services companies (heating and cooling, roofing, gutters, windows, basement waterproofing, plumbing, lawn care), real estate agents farming the northwest suburbs, restaurants and pizza shops mailing EDDM, dental and medical practices, the region's car dealers, private schools and churches, and the national brands headquartered here that use Columbus as a test market for mail offers before rolling them out.
Neighborhoods and suburbs
Clintonville, Upper Arlington, Grandview and Bexley inside the outerbelt are farmed by agents and mailed by remodelers. Dublin, Powell, Westerville, New Albany and Hilliard outside it carry the highest home values and the most new construction. The Short North, the University District and downtown are apartment markets for targeted lists. Grove City, Reynoldsburg, Whitehall and the west side are dense residential EDDM routes.
Seasons and delivery
Heating offers mail in September, snow and gutter services in October, tax preparers in January, lawn and landscaping in March, air conditioning and roofing in April and May, and new mover programs peak in summer. Mail for central Ohio is processed at the Columbus facility, and Marketing Mail entered there typically reaches local mailboxes in three to five business days.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Columbus
Carrier routes and homeowner lists are available for every part of the metro. The areas below come up most often in Columbus campaigns:
- Short North
- German Village
- Clintonville
- Upper Arlington
- Bexley
- Grandview Heights
- Dublin
- Westerville
- Hilliard
- Gahanna
- New Albany
- Worthington
- Grove City
- Reynoldsburg
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Direct mail in Columbus: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in Columbus, Ohio?
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 Franklin County homeowner list about $0.08 to $0.15 per record. Postage is identical in every US city.
Can you mail Dublin, Westerville and New Albany?
Yes. Routes and lists in the Columbus suburbs across Franklin, Delaware, Union and Licking Counties can be included in one mailing and entered together.
Do you run test-market mailings in Columbus?
Yes. Split mailings with different offers, sizes or lists to matched groups, tracked by code, are a standard service, and Columbus is a common test market for national brands.
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