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Buy Custom Postage Stamps Online at Stamps.com

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 at 12:12 am  
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Throughout this website, my top pick for a company for buying your custom postage online is stamps.com.

Why? Several reasons…

  • They were the first company to offer custom postage. In fact, from my reading of the history of this niche, it appears that the CEO of stamps.com was the person who tackled the necessary bureaucracy to make this happen.
  • They are the market leaders and have produced millions of high quality items.
  • I really like the ease of use of their website. They walk you through the steps of designing your postage, and their order process is clear too.
  • Their regular delivery times are very good but if you are in a rush, they offer even faster methods, for additional fees.
  • Their range of business services includes PhotoStamps and also some very good deals on printing your own postage from your computer. This can save over 80% from using a postage meter.

When Stamps.com ISN’T the Best Choice

If you want to put an image on mugs, tshirts, posters, or other items, then I suggest you sign up for an account at Cafepress (where the postage goes through stamps.com anyway) or Zazzle. There is a lot more to learn at these sites, though, so if you are only doing custom postage, I recommend stamps.com.

For all these reasons, I chose to make stamps.com my top pick for buying custom postage online. Do take a look at what they offer!

Cafepress: Much More than Buying Stamps Online

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 at 12:08 am  
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Cafepress really shines when it comes to putting one design on a wide variety of items: t-shirts of many descriptions, mugs, posters, caps, and so on. They don’t do custom postage there but work in conjunction with stamps.com.

If your interest is purely in buying your own custom postage online, then stamps.com is a much simpler way to go.

But if you want to put a design on a variety of items and perhaps offer it to the public for sale, Cafepress is for you! It’s also nice if you want to buy stamps online that other people have created,

I’ve been using Cafepress in this way myself for several years and I love it. I might be my own best customer, as my husband and I are always wearing t-shirts and sweats made from our own photos, and when I get going with an order, it tends to include quite a few items!

Seven Ways to Buy Postage Online

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 at 7:54 pm  
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Would you like to buy postage online and skip standing in line at the post office? Here are seven ways to do it:

  1. If you just want some regular stamps, go to the US Postal Service website at usps.gov and click on the box that says “Buy stamps and shop.”
  2. If you are makingPhotoStamps, go to Stamps.com… you can get there from any page on this site by clicking on the image to the left of this text.
  3. Stamps.com also offers a variety of useful services to help businesses buy postage easily or print it out with their own printers.
  4. If you are creating stamps from your digital photos (as this website is all about), then you might also get interested in making tshirts, mugs, or other items from the same image. Cafepress.com works in conjunction with stamps.com on the postage, while Cafepress itself manufactures other items.
  5. Zazzle is another company that does both custom postage and other items, though they do all of the manufacturing themselves.
  6. If you are in Canada, Canadapost.ca has information in English and French on how to buy stamps online, including customized ones, there.