Shared 9 × 12 mailer

Share one postcard with 15 other local businesses

Direct mail works, and a card this size works better than most. What stops small businesses using it is the bill for one card of their own. So sixteen businesses go on one card and split that bill sixteen ways. One business per category, so a competitor is never printed beside you.

See your ad

Put in your website and we will draft something for you to look at.

One card · both sides · sixteen ad spots

This is a first draft put together from your website, meant to show you how the space works. Nothing here is final. We rework the wording, swap the photo, and match your brand with you before anything goes to print, and you approve the artwork first.

Only one business per category runs on a card, so a trade is closed for the whole card once it is taken.

9 × 12 Inches, full color
16 Ad spots per card
1 Business per category
from $300 A spot

How it works

Four steps from a phone call to a mailbox

  1. 01

    Claim your spot

    Pick large, medium or small, and claim your category before another business in it does.

  2. 02

    Send your offer

    Email your logo and the offer you want printed. A coupon or a flat discount both pull well on a card this size.

  3. 03

    Approve the proof

    We design your ad and send a proof of the full card. Nothing goes to press until you sign off.

  4. 04

    It hits mailboxes

    The card ships on the carrier routes we select, to every address the mail carrier already walks.

Ad sizes

Three sizes, one to a category

Every size covers the same things. What changes is how much room your offer gets, and how hard the card leads with you.

Large from $900

Anchors half the card

  • Half the width of the card
  • Photo, offer, detail line, website
  • Best spot for a strong offer
Trim size
6 × 4.5 in
Spots on the card
4
See your county
Medium from $550

Full height, quarter width

  • Full height column
  • Photo, offer, detail line
  • Room for a real coupon
Trim size
3 × 4.5 in
Spots on the card
4
See your county
Small from $300

Room for a logo and one offer

  • Photo, offer, phone
  • Lowest cost per household
  • Good for a simple offer
Trim size
3 × 2.25 in
Spots on the card
8
See your county

Sizes are printed width by height and are the same in every market. What a spot costs depends on how many households the mailing covers, so the exact price is on your county's page.

Why a spot costs this little

Sixteen businesses carry a mailer none of them would send alone

Design, printing, postage and the carrier routes cost close to the same whether one business is on a 9 by 12 card or sixteen are. Splitting that bill is what turns direct mail from a project most small businesses skip into a line item you can approve in an afternoon.

The size of the card is the other half of it. A 9 by 12 does not get sorted into a stack of envelopes. It gets carried into the house on top of the mail, and your offer is on it.

What the price covers
  • The design of your ad, built from your logo and your offer
  • Full color printing on both sides of the card
  • The postage to mail it
  • Your category held against every other business in it

No competitors on your card

One business per category. Every trade we sell is closed once it is claimed for that mailing.

Where we mail

Counties with a card running

Each county has its own card, its own carrier routes and its own rates. Open yours to see the mailing size and what a spot costs.

Utah

Weber County

Households
10,000
Spots from
from $300
Per household
3¢
See the rates
Everywhere else

Not your county

We open a county once enough businesses in it want a card. Tell us where you are and what you do, and you get first look at the categories when one is scheduled.

Request your county

Request your county

Tell us where you want a card

This is not a reservation and it does not cost anything. It is how we decide which county gets a card next, and how you hear about it before the categories open up.

Email hello@mainstreetpostcards.com with your business, your trade, and the county you want mailed. We will tell you when a card is scheduled for your area, and you get first look at the categories before they open up.

Questions

Before you get in touch

Which homes get the card

Every address on the carrier routes we select, rather than a purchased list. That is what makes a card this size affordable to send, and it is why we sell by county: the routes are the product, so the county is the unit.

Can I be the only business in my trade

Yes. Categories are exclusive and go in the order they are claimed. Once a category is taken it is closed for that mailing.

Do I need artwork ready to go

No. Send your logo and the offer you want printed, we design the ad, then send a proof of the full card for your approval. Nothing goes to press until you sign off.

How does payment work

You reserve a spot at no cost. We confirm your category is open, then send an invoice you can pay by card or bank transfer. Payment is due before we start designing.

What should I put on the card

An offer, not an advertisement. A coupon, a discount or a first visit deal all pull well on a card like this, because they give someone a reason to keep it on the counter until they need you.

Who is behind this

We publish community guides and run shared mailers for local businesses. Email hello@mainstreetpostcards.com and you will reach a person.