EDDM Tool: Find Routes, Counts & Pricing

What Is the EDDM Tool?

The Accurate Mailing Service EDDM tool is a free Every Door Direct Mail planner that maps USPS carrier routes, counts the residents on each route, and prices your whole mailing in about 60 seconds — no account, no sales call, no commitment. Enter a ZIP code above, pick the neighborhoods you want, and the tool handles the rest: route maps, resident counts, postcard sizes, live pricing, mail dates, and checkout, all in one place.

If you are not ready to order, email yourself the estimate and come back when you are.

How the EDDM Mapping Tool Works

The tool walks you through five quick steps — the same process a mailing professional would run for you, minus the wait:

1. Map your routes. Type a ZIP code and the EDDM route map draws every USPS carrier route in that area, with resident counts and median household income for each. Add multiple ZIP codes to build a bigger campaign, and sort routes to target the neighborhoods that fit your customer.
2. Pick a target delivery date. The calendar shows realistic dates based on print and mail processing time — not wishful thinking.
3. Choose your postcard size. Three EDDM Retail sizes, each priced live for your exact route selection.
4. Upload your artwork (or send it later). Files get a free automated preflight check and an on-screen proof with bleed, trim, and safe-area guides, plus the USPS permit indicia placed where it will print.
5. Check out securely. Your card is authorized but not charged — we review every order (routes, artwork, schedule) before finalizing, so a real person checks your campaign before a single piece prints.

What Does EDDM Cost?

Every Door Direct Mail is one of the lowest-cost ways to reach an entire neighborhood because there is no mailing list to buy. USPS EDDM postage ranges from $0.242 to $0.291 per piece depending on how your mail enters the postal system — and mailings through our EDDM tool qualify for the lowest rate, $0.242, because we deliver your mailing directly to the destination Post Office. (Do-it-yourself EDDM Retail at the counter runs $0.247.)

Postage is a pass-through: you pay exactly what USPS charges, itemized in the tool before you pay anything. Your total cost depends on the postcard size, quantity, and routes you choose, which is exactly what the tool calculates — select your routes above and see your complete printing-and-mailing price plus postage in about a minute. No call required, and you can email the estimate to yourself to compare options.

EDDM Postcard Sizes

The tool prices three popular EDDM Retail postcard sizes:

• 6.5″ × 9″ — the classic EDDM postcard: big enough to stand out in the mailbox, economical to print.
• 4.5″ × 12″ — a long, narrow format that dominates the mail stack.
• 8.5″ × 11″ — full-page impact for menus, event announcements, and offers with lots to say.

Every size meets USPS EDDM dimensional requirements, and the artwork step shows your design inside the exact trim, bleed, and safe-area guides for the size you pick.

How Is This Different From the USPS EDDM Tool?

The official USPS EDDM tool is great for exploring routes, but it stops at mapping: you still have to find a printer, prepare bundles and paperwork, and deliver trays to the right Post Office. Our EDDM mapping tool uses the same USPS carrier-route data, then finishes the job — printing, paperwork, postage, and delivery to the Post Office are all handled for you. One price, one checkout, zero trips to the post office. That is the difference between a map and a mailing.

EDDM Tool FAQs

What is EDDM?

EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) is a USPS program that delivers your postcard to every address on the carrier routes you choose — whole neighborhoods at a time — without buying a mailing list. You pick the routes; USPS letter carriers deliver your piece to every door on them.

What does EDDM stand for?

EDDM stands for Every Door Direct Mail, the U.S. Postal Service program for saturation mail delivered by carrier route rather than by name and address.

How much does EDDM cost?

USPS EDDM postage runs $0.242 to $0.291 per piece depending on how the mail is entered; full-service mailings through this tool get the lowest rate, $0.242. Printing costs vary with size and quantity, so the honest answer is: run your routes through the tool above and you will have your exact all-in price — printing, mailing services, and postage — in about a minute, free.

How does EDDM work?

You choose USPS carrier routes instead of individual addresses. Your postcards are printed, bundled to USPS specifications with the required paperwork, and delivered to the Post Office that serves each route. Letter carriers then deliver one piece to every address on the route. With our full-service tool, all of the preparation happens for you.

Is EDDM worth it?

For businesses that serve a geographic area — restaurants, home services, dental and medical practices, retail, real estate — EDDM is one of the most cost-effective ways to reach every household nearby, because there is no list cost. The route data in the tool (resident counts and median income) helps you target the neighborhoods most likely to respond, which is what makes the difference between mail that pays for itself and mail that does not.

What are the EDDM size requirements?

USPS requires EDDM pieces to qualify as “flats” — in practice, oversized postcards. The three sizes in our tool (6.5″ × 9″, 4.5″ × 12″, and 8.5″ × 11″) all meet the requirements, so you never have to check a spec sheet.

Does EDDM need a return address?

EDDM pieces are addressed to “Local Postal Customer,” so no recipient addresses or mailing list are needed. USPS does not require a return address on EDDM Retail pieces, but we recommend including your business name and address — it builds trust and makes it easy for customers to find you.

How long does EDDM take to deliver?

Once your mailing arrives at the local Post Office, carriers typically deliver it with their regular routes within a few days. The calendar in the tool builds in realistic print and processing time, so the target date you pick is one you can actually plan a promotion around.