| CASS/PAVE |
1. What is Delivery Point?
Delivery point is used to produce the “PostNet Bar Code”
(5 Digit Zip Code + 4 Digit + 2 Digit Delivery Pt + 1 Digit Check Code)
2. What is Presorting?
Presorting is Zip Code Order with divisions of the mailing for the different trays or bags. Generally we do not do this because the USPS reports change whenever you mail a different quantity, different area or the mailing piece differs in size or weight. Local mailing houses usually will take a CASS Certified list and then run it in their PAVE software for printing and presorting.
3. What does CASS/PAVE Software do?
CASS/PAVE software generally does the following:
| Zip Selects |
4. Can I select names by Zip Code, and or City?
5 and 3 (SCF) Digit Zip Code and City Selects take special time and handling to insure the accuracy of the input. Do not use ranges such as 900-905 Be sure to spell the city correctly! 5. What File Formats do you have?
The available data formats are: 6. Why is there no phone numbers in the mailing lists? Our mailing lists are obtained from state boards and federal agencies. Generally they do not release telephone numbers to the public. One exception is the state of Colorado. To add telephones to a mailing list, it must matched against a national database of addresses and telephone numbers. The process is called "phone appending". Because of the high incidence of non-matches from unlisted phone numbers, matches are approximately 20%. The price varies by the company and discounts apply on large mailing lists. There is a minimum "run-through" charge at around $200, and a matching charge is around $20 per thousand. We use Anchor Computer www.anchorcomputer.com 7. Can you give me a quotation based on a range? In order to keep our prices low, we can only give out quotations of our mailing lists based on county. The quotation can include cities within a county and/or Zip Codes within a county. Also multiple categories can be requested. Multiple Zip Codes and Zip Code range quotations are very time consuming especially when multiple categories are included. To continue this practice, we would be forced to increase our prices or to charge extra for Zip Code Selections. To deal with this problem, we have established a "self-service" website that can give you a quotation "online". This data is updated monthly.
The minimum list fee for these selects is $150.
County selects minimum fee will remain at $100.
We require the following format to prevent "input errors". For these "Selects", you will provide us a list of the "Selects" in a column, via e-mail for "auto data input". This can be in ASCII Text, Dbase, Access, Excel or an attached Word File.
Please email this list or attachment to orders@tpsnet.com
Examples:
5 Digit Zips90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 90007 90008 90009 90010
Do not use ranges such as 90001-90008
3 Digit Zips (SCF's)
901
932
955
652
555
452
021
Cities
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Burbank
Fresno
Also is a city has a prefix such as East or West , enter the city in different formats.
Examples:
E. Los Angeles
E Los Angeles
East Los Angeles
St Louis
Saint Louis
St. Louis
File Formats
Telephone Numbers
Quotations