Worried About Undocumented Mail? SnailWorks Can Help!
April 26, 2021   Dave Lewis
	It is reasonable to be worried about Undocumented Mail.  In some instances, you may be charged Undocumented Fees when there is really nothing wrong with the mail – and it can be very difficult to identify assessed mail pieces and dispute them.  Tracking... Continue Reading 🠢
Upcoming SnailWorks Events Worth Keeping on the Calendar
April 26, 2021   Dave Lewis
	At SnailWorks, our relationship with the mailing community is one we treasure.  We make our company better with what we learn from our customers, and we aim to help the industry with the education we provide.  In that vein, we have a couple... Continue Reading 🠢
Why Didn’t My Mail Get Scanned? Did it Get Delivered?
March 29, 2021   Dave Lewis
	This is probably not the first time I’ve written about this, and unlikely to be the last.  Mail tracking is not a perfect science, so interpreting the results correctly is important.  Very rarely will you see 100% of mail scanned to delivery. ... Continue Reading 🠢
Our Most Important Core Value…All of Them
March 29, 2021   Dave Lewis
	I was going to send an inspirational email out to our team, reminding them of our most important core value – but I couldn’t pick the most important…because they all are the most important! Like many companies, as we have grown from being a start-up... Continue Reading 🠢
Looking for Trouble? Here’s How to Find It
February 24, 2021   Dave Lewis
	The observant among you may have notice that USPS delivery performance was, at times, um… suboptimal during the last few months.  Yeah, that’s it – suboptimal.  It is indeed getting better as spring approaches, but remains... Continue Reading 🠢
Understanding By/For as it Applies to Mail Tracking
February 24, 2021   Dave Lewis
	A really brief history of MID’s and CRID’s Before 2006, when the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) was introduced, there were no Mailer ID’s.  There were permits.  But the IMb required somebody’s MID in it, so the Postal Service decided that... Continue Reading 🠢
Seamless Acceptance and Informed Visibility
January 21, 2021   Dave Lewis
	Because 2020 was too easy a year for the mailing industry, the Postal Service has decided to up the ante in 2021 by throwing in an additional rate increase (maybe), and making Seamless Acceptance a requirement for Full-Service mail.  Whee! ... Continue Reading 🠢
USPS Earned Value Promotion – SnailWorks Gets You Pennies from Heaven!
January 21, 2021   Dave Lewis
	The Postal Service has a promotion this spring that can help you earn postage credits with almost no effort…well, at least no effort for you.  The Earned Value Promotion (EVP) rewards you for using Business Reply or Courtesy Reply envelopes in your... Continue Reading 🠢
A Secret Tour of the SnailWorks Skunk Works
December 24, 2020   Dave Lewis
	My favorite place to visit as I stroll the SnailWorks campus is the top-secret product development lab, or the Skunk Works as we like to call it.  Here you’ll find swarms of lab-coated mail scientists dreaming up new and better products for the... Continue Reading 🠢
Woo Hoo!! SnailWorks Starts Up a New MID!
December 24, 2020   Dave Lewis
	You know the problem with numbers?  There are only so many of them, and then you run out of numbers.  OK, I guess that is not technically correct – I have read there are infinite numbers available in the cosmos.  The Postal Service ain’t... Continue Reading 🠢