Certified Mail is a special service the U.S. Post Office offers that provides the sender with a mailing receipt and a record of delivery to the office of the delivery address. In order to use Certified Mail, the package or letter must be sent First-Class or priority postage. The application opportunities for Certified Mail covers a wide range of business needs and types.

You only need to enter the mailing information once and the Walz Certified Mailer does the rest.

Yes. The U.S. Postal Service has approved Walz Certified Mailers for "use in the U.S. mail."

When you need to get someone's attention, USPS Certified Mail provides the sender with proof that the mail piece was delivered and signed for. By merging Certified Mail with Return Receipt service, the sender is provided a hard copy signature and date that is recognized in virtually any legal setting as proof of service.

The reality is that "the forms provided by the USPS are free but the labor to prepare them isn't." If you've ever sent something by Certified Mail you have spent a lot of time in the preparation of the necessary forms.

1. Placed addressee's address on the mail piece.
2. Write addressee's address on the Form 3800 Receipt For Certified Mail
3. Write contents information (ex: "2001 Tax Return") on the Form 3800 to cross identify the contents to the Certified Number. Filled out the postage on the Form 3800
4. Write the sender's name or mail-stop code (or both) on the Form 3811 so that the mail center staff will know who to return the receipt to.
   
5. Write addressee's address on the "Article To" field on the Form 3811 Return Receipt.
   
6. Checked off the Certified Mail box on the Form 3811
   
7. Write the 20 digit certified number on the Form 3811
   
8. Write the sender's name or mail-stop code or both on the Form 3811 so that the mail center staff will know who and where to sort the Return Receipt to when it comes back thru the mail.
   
9. Write contents information (ex: "2001 Tax Return") on the Form 3811 to cross identify the contents to the Certified Number.
   
10. Write, stamp or place a label on the back of the Form 3811 Return Receipt with the address the Form 3811 is to be mailed to after delivery of the item.
    
11. Mail center staff: rewrite all of the above information into the USPS form 3877 "Firm Mailing Book"

Walz Certified Mailers© are used in an automated and quasi-automated environment whereby over 75% of the labor is eliminated. It is estimated that the preparation steps cost about $1.50 in labor. The cost of the Walz Certified Mailers© is significantly less then $1.50. In other words, they provide a significant return on investment and mistakes are minimized. Additionally, with the advent of the new 20 digit numbers, the return on investment is even greater.