The Cheapest Way to Mail a Letter Online
A couple of advertised prices are lower than $2.99, but each has a catch: one needs a free account (about $1.27) to send anything, the other's under-$1 price grows to about $1.50 once postage and per-page charges are added at checkout. Send My Letter Online is $2.99 flat, no account, nothing added later.
TL;DR
- A couple of advertised prices are lower than $2.99, but each comes with a catch
- One catch: creating a free account (about $1.27) before you can send anything at all
- Another catch: an advertised price under $1 that grows to about $1.50 once required per-page and postage charges are added at checkout
- Send My Letter Online is $2.99 flat: no account, nothing added at checkout, submitted for printing by the next business day
Upload your document
Upload a PDF of your letter. (Typing your text directly, with no PDF needed, is coming soon.)
Enter the address
Add the recipient's address and your return address.
Pay and we mail it
Your letter is submitted for printing by the next business day; after production, it is handed to USPS.
What a lower price can cost you
A headline price is easy to compare; a checkout total is what you actually pay. Of the pricing we checked for mailing a single black & white letter, a couple of options came in lower than $2.99, and each had a catch: one is about $1.27 but requires creating a free account before you can send anything, and another advertises a price under $1 that grows to about $1.50 once required per-page and postage charges are added at checkout.
- Send My Letter Online: $2.99 flat, no account, nothing added at checkout
- One lower price we found is about $1.27, but requires creating a free account before you can send anything
- Another lower price we found advertises under $1, but climbs to about $1.50 once required per-page and postage charges are added
The trade-off: a lower price vs. no account, no surprise charges
A required account is an extra step for something most people only do once. A checkout total that's higher than the advertised price is a surprise you don't find out about until you're already committed. Neither is a dealbreaker on its own, but together they're why the lowest number isn't always the best deal for a one-off letter.
Our price: $2.99 flat, nothing added later
$2.99 is the full price, not a starting point, and it isn't gated behind an account. It covers black & white printing, an envelope, and USPS First Class postage, and it doesn't change at checkout. Your letter is submitted for printing by the next business day; after production, it is handed to USPS. The checkout itself is three simple steps: upload, enter the address, and pay, with no extra screens or account setup along the way. What you see is what you pay.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way to mail a letter online? +
It depends on whether you're willing to accept a catch. A couple of advertised prices are lower than $2.99 (about $1.27 and about $1.50), but one requires creating an account before you can send anything, and the other only reaches that price after per-page and postage charges are added at checkout. Send My Letter Online is $2.99 flat, no account, nothing added later: the cheapest price with no catch.
Are other letter-mailing services actually cheaper than Send My Letter Online? +
A couple are, on paper, at about $1.27 and about $1.50. One only offers its lower price after you create a free account; the other's advertised price grows once required per-page and postage charges are added at checkout. If you want a flat price with nothing added and no account required, $2.99 is it.
Why might an advertised price be under $1? +
A price under $1 can be a starting or per-unit number, not the full checkout total. In the pricing we checked, once required postage and per-page charges were added, the real cost came to about $1.50, not the advertised price.
Do I need to create an account to use Send My Letter Online? +
No. Upload your document, enter the address, and pay. No account or sign-up required, and we'll email you a private link to view your order status.
Does the $2.99 price include postage and printing? +
Yes. $2.99 covers black & white printing, an envelope, and USPS First Class postage. Your letter is submitted for printing by the next business day, and nothing else is added at checkout.
Is a flat $2.99 price actually the cheapest option overall? +
So are we the absolute cheapest? No, and we're okay with that. A couple of prices we checked, about $1.27 and $1.50, are lower than $2.99. What we're offering instead is a no-account way to mail a letter online where you know the full price before you pay, not necessarily the single lowest number out there.
Why choose Send My Letter Online if it's not the cheapest option? +
For the simplicity as much as the price: upload your document, enter the address, and pay. No account to set up, no per-page or postage line items to calculate, and no confusing multi-step checkout. For a one-off letter, that's worth more to most people than shaving off a dollar.