Earth Class Mail vs. The Alternatives

Stamping out the competition

Our savvy customers usually became our customers after comparing Earth Class Mail online postal mail to traditional alternatives that were invented in the late 18th and (mostly) early 20th centuries (mail couriers, p.o. boxes, mail forwarding services, mailboxes, secretaries, file boxes, shredders, scanners, servers, and much, much more). Below, we help you compare Earth Class Mail to the alternatives on just about all the criteria we could think of.

Residential, Home Office, Expat or Traveler, and Small Business Alternatives

Enterprise Organization Alternatives

Residential, Home Office, Expat or Traveler, and Small Business Alternatives

And The Best All-Around Postal Methodology Is . . .

Feature Earth Class Mail P.O. Box Private Mail Box (PMB) Rental Other Online Postal Mail Efforts Mail Forwarding Services Bill Services Secretary, Admin, Spouse
View & manage mail from anywhere yes no noMust travel to mall location yesLimited features no Bills only no
See mail before deciding to travel for pick-up yes no no yes n/a n/a no
Save time, money, fuel, environment by scanning or recycling instead of delivery or forward yes no no yes no n/a no
Scan documents yes no no $$$Yes; often expensive no Bills only $$$Very expensive or inconvenient
Forward-ship contents yes no no yes yes no $$$Very expensive or inconvenient
Automatic rules-based management of selected mail Coming soon no no no no Bills only no
Recipient filters unwanted mail w/o guesswork before forwarding yes no no yesSome no n/a no
Varying Box sizes yes no no yesSome Some Varies yes
Security and confidentiality
(what to look for)		 yesVery High yesVery High yesMedium noAnd lack of storage/retrieval capability means risk of lost mail noAnd lack of storage/retrieval capability means risk of lost mail yesVery High Low
Remittance (check) processing Coming soon no no no no no no
Sign & forward documents entirely online Coming soon no no no no no no

1Note that there are a few web programmers out there who have sincerely flattered us with efforts at imitation, quickly putting up websites after our launch (see Other Online Postal Mail Efforts), but they lack, in a nutshell, secure and trained employees, security (see what to look for in mail confidentiality and security), reliability, scalability, a plan for growth to multiple cities, and many critical features and capabilities.

Enterprise Organization Alternatives

The Best Solution for Enterprise Users Is . . .

Feature Earth Class Mail Your Mailroom Executive Office Suites P.O. Box Mail Forwarding Services Bill Services Secretary, Admin, Spouse
Employees more productively view & manage mail from anywhere yes no no no no Bills only no
Employees cull 75% of mail not wanted in physical form; prevent sortation, delivery, cartage expense yes no no no n/a n/a no
Slash 75% of lifetime document management costs by scanning wanted documents immediately into business workflow & ECM yes no no no no Bills only $$$Very expensive or inconvenient
Re-route or forward digital copies as easily as email yes no no no no no $$$Very expensive or inconvenient
Forward-ship or re-route physical copies yes $$$ $$$ no yes no $$$Very expensive or inconvenient
Efficient automatic rules-based management of selected mail Coming soon no no no no Bills only no
Recipient filters unwanted mail w/o guesswork before forwarding yes no no no no n/a no
Security and confidentiality
(what to look for)		 yesVery High Medium Low-Medium yesVery High noAnd lack of storage/retrieval capability means risk of lost mail yesVery High Low
Remittance (check) processing Coming soon $$$ no no no no no
Sign & forward documents entirely online Coming soon Varies no no no no no
Can be used by enterprise customers in software-as-a-service format Coming soon no no no no no no