Heads-up: USPS is raising postage prices on July 13, 2025, and yes—this affects your mail spend.
Starting July 13, 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is raising its rates again. And while we’re not here to gripe about it (okay, maybe a little), it’s important that anyone sending business-critical mail knows exactly what this means—and what it doesn’t.
Because while USPS postage rates are going up, we’ve got one important update on our end: we’re not increasing our prices at LetterStream. But we will be adjusting the postage portion of your job to match the new USPS rates.
So let’s break it down in plain English.
What’s Changing with USPS Postage in July 2025?
USPS has announced a postage rate hike effective July 13, 2025. This includes increases to:
- Forever stamps (1‑oz letters, retail): 73¢ → 78¢ (+5¢)
- Metered letters (1‑oz): 69¢ → 74¢ (+5¢)
- Domestic postcards: 56¢ → 62¢ (+6¢)
- International letters/postcards (1‑oz): $1.65 → $1.70 (+5¢)
- Additional ounce (letters): 28¢ → 29¢ (+1¢)
Everyone keeps asking why? Why does the USPS keep raising prices and the truth is, USPS cites inflation, transportation costs, and their Delivering for America 10-year plan, which is essentially their roadmap for becoming more self-sustaining and less reliant on congressional funding. (It’s ambitious. We’ll give them that.) The good news in all this, Certified Mail did NOT get a price increase, at least this time around.
📌 Source: U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July – Newsroom – About.usps.com
How Will This Impact Your Business Mail?
If you’re a business owner, HOA board, attorney, property manager, or anyone who relies on sending physical mail—this change affects you. Whether you send 50 invoices a week or 5,000 statements a month, higher postage means higher mailing costs… that’s why it’s important to plan for it.
LetterStream’s software automatically reflects the most current USPS rates, so you’ll always be working with accurate numbers. No guesswork. No surprises. But the important part is this: our print and processing prices aren’t changing.
The only increase you’ll see is the actual postage cost passed through from USPS.
Wait, You’re Not Raising Prices?
Correct. We’re keeping our service prices exactly the same.
We’re not in the business of sneaking in price hikes every time USPS makes a move. This doesn’t mean we won’t ever raise our prices in the future, but it would be because it makes sense for our business, not because the USPS upped their prices again. The only thing you’ll see go up on your invoice is the postage itself—because that’s the part we don’t control. We print it, we add postage, and we mail it, but we don’t drive the mail trucks to get it to its destination.
In other words, you still get the same streamlined, secure, high-quality print and mail service without paying more for it—even when the postage does its thing.
Why Postage Still Matters (Even in 2025)
You might be thinking, “Why does postage even matter in the digital age?”
Here’s the truth: physical mail still drives results when it comes to things like:
- Legal and compliance notices
- Certified Mail® tracking
- HOA violation letters and annual meeting announcements
- Invoices, checks, and account statements
- Election mail, ballots, and secure communication
Digital can get lost in spam folders or unread inboxes. Mail gets opened, signed for, and taken seriously. But yes, you do need to keep up with postage changes—and know who’s actually handling your mail behind the scenes.
Preparing for the USPS July Price Increase
Here’s what we recommend:
- Double-check your mailing budget – If you’re running recurring mailings or compliance letters, bake in the new postage rate starting mid-July.
- Audit your mailings – Are you still sending return envelopes? Duplicating statements? Mailing to outdated addresses? This is a great time to streamline.
- Use a platform like ours – If you’re still printing and stamping in-house, you’re not just absorbing postage increases—you’re paying in time, labor, and headaches.
Now’s the time to automate your print and mail process, make sure you’re sending the right pieces, and stop manually adjusting for rate changes.
Let’s Keep This Simple
To recap:
- USPS postage is going up on July 13, 2025
- LetterStream is not raising its prices
- Your postage cost will reflect the new USPS rates automatically
- Your mail will still go out fast, accurate, and tracked—without you lifting a finger
If you’ve never tried sending mail online with LetterStream, now’s a good time to make the switch.
We’ll keep printing, you stay focused on what matters because LetterStream makes print and mail a breeze!
LetterStream offers bulk printing and mailing services, allowing companies to send physical mail online. Whether it’s online Certified Mail, First-Class Mail, FedEx 2Day, or postcards, we give both small businesses and large corporations that time and freedom back to work on tasks that better serve the company. If you’re interested in creating a free account, you can do so here.
