# 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

## How It Works

1. **Upload your document**: Upload a PDF of your letter. (Typing your text directly, with no PDF needed, is coming soon.)
2. **Enter the address**: Add the recipient's address and your return address.
3. **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.