Mail forwarding has two different cost layers: the handling work required to prepare a shipment, and the postage or carrier charges required to move it. Understanding that distinction makes it easier to compare plans and anticipate what you will actually pay.
Mail forwarding is available to all Address Quickly customers. Customers can request forwarding as needed, and an approved recurring forwarding schedule can also be established so eligible mail is sent on a regular cadence rather than through individual manual requests.
The important pricing point is that forwarding is not one single charge. Depending on the customer’s plan and usage, there can be a forwarding-handling charge for preparing the shipment, plus the actual postage or carrier cost required to send it.
What does a forwarding-handling event cover?
A forwarding-handling event is the operational work of preparing eligible mail for shipment. Standard letters may be consolidated into one forwarding shipment to reduce unnecessary separate shipments when consolidation is appropriate.
Address Quickly’s current plan allowances are straightforward: Basic does not include a monthly forwarding-handling event. Essentials includes 1 forwarding-handling event per month. Plus includes 2 forwarding-handling events per month.
After the plan’s included forwarding-handling allowance is exhausted, the current standard forwarding-handling charge is $1.50 per shipment.
The included allowance resets with each billing cycle and does not roll over.
Postage is separate from handling
Postage and carrier charges are not included in the monthly subscription. Customers pay the actual applicable postage or carrier cost for the shipment.
That means an included forwarding-handling event does not make the shipment itself postage-free. If an Essentials or Plus customer uses an included handling event, the handling component may be covered by the plan allowance, while the actual postage or carrier cost remains payable.
Address Quickly charges the actual applicable postage or carrier cost rather than using postage itself as the profit center. Other requested services, materials, or labor remain separately priced where applicable.
A useful way to think about forwarding costs
For a standard forwarding request, the total amount can be understood as:
- 1. Forwarding handling — covered by the customer’s included monthly allowance when available, or $1.50 per shipment after the allowance is used.
- 2. Postage or carrier cost — charged separately at the actual applicable cost.
- 3. Additional destination or shipment-related costs — applicable when the destination, carrier, insurance, customs, or other circumstances create additional charges.
Why consolidation can matter
When several standard letters are eligible to be forwarded together, consolidation can reduce unnecessary separate shipments. Instead of paying carrier costs for multiple individual shipments, eligible letters can be combined into one forwarding shipment.
Consolidation does not eliminate postage or handling rules, but it can make forwarding more efficient when several items are ready to move to the same destination.
What about automatic forwarding?
Customers can establish an approved recurring forwarding schedule. That can be useful for customers who want their mail sent on a regular cadence instead of reviewing and requesting each forwarding shipment manually.
The same plan allowances and forwarding-cost rules still apply. A recurring schedule does not create unlimited free forwarding; it changes the workflow for submitting the request.
What changes for out-of-state or international forwarding?
Forwarding can be arranged using available carriers and destinations. For shipments outside Florida or internationally, the customer remains responsible for applicable postage, carrier charges, customs, duties, taxes, insurance, and other destination-related costs.
International shipments can therefore cost more than a domestic forwarding shipment even when the forwarding-handling component is covered by a plan allowance. Those additional costs come from the carrier, destination, customs, insurance, or other shipment requirements rather than from the monthly subscription itself.
Does every customer pay the same forwarding-handling amount?
No. The customer’s plan determines how many forwarding-handling events are included each month.
Basic includes none. Essentials includes 1. Plus includes 2. Once the included allowance is exhausted, the standard handling charge is $1.50 per shipment.
That structure lets customers choose between a lower monthly subscription with more pay-as-needed forwarding handling, or a plan that includes one or more handling events each billing cycle.
The practical takeaway
When evaluating forwarding costs, separate the service into two questions: Is the handling work included in the plan, and what will the carrier charge to move the shipment?
Address Quickly’s plan allowances apply to the handling event. Actual postage and carrier charges remain separate. For international or special-destination forwarding, customs, duties, taxes, insurance, and other destination-related charges may also apply.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Mail forwarding is available to all Address Quickly customers.
– Basic includes 0 forwarding-handling events per month; Essentials includes 1; Plus includes 2.
– After the included allowance is exhausted, standard forwarding handling is $1.50 per shipment.
– Forwarding-handling allowances reset each billing cycle and do not roll over.
– Postage and carrier charges are separate from the subscription and are charged at the actual applicable cost.
– Standard letters may be consolidated when appropriate to reduce unnecessary separate forwarding shipments.
– Recurring forwarding schedules are available but do not change the underlying plan allowances or postage rules.
– International forwarding may include customs, duties, taxes, insurance, and other destination-related costs.