Send bulk letters free to start, with no monthly fee

Can you send bulk letters for free? Not completely. Royal Mail postage, paper and envelopes cost money whoever posts them. What can be free is everything around that. With LetterAPI there is no monthly fee, you pay only for the letters you send, and you see the full price per letter before you commit.
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UK print shops
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What it costs

Royal Mail postage from the rates below. Your total adds the print shop's printing and envelope charge and a small platform fee, shown before you pay.
2nd Class postage from£0.91
1st Class postage from£1.80

What bulk letters really cost

Most bulk mailing sites hide their prices or leave postage out. These are the all-in figures: postage, printing, envelope and our platform fee, for a single-page letter in a standard envelope.
Batch size2nd Class, per letter2nd Class, batch total1st Class, per letter1st Class, batch total
50 letters£2.16£108.00£3.14£157.00
100 letters£1.72£172.00£2.70£270.00
500 letters£1.72£860.00£2.70£1,350.00
1,000 letters£1.72£1,720.00£2.70£2,700.00
Estimates use the platform-average print and envelope charge, the same maths as the pricing calculator. The print shop you pick sets its own printing and envelope costs, so your final price can be higher or lower. Printing and envelope charges drop at 100 letters or more.

When this is the right option

Small business mailouts

Announce a price change, chase unpaid accounts or invite customers back. A posted letter gets read when an email gets skipped.

Landlords and managing agents

Send the same notice to every household in a block or portfolio, each with its own address, without a day of printing and stuffing.

Charities, clubs and campaigns

Reach members and supporters who do not read email, and send only as many letters as your budget allows.

How it works

Step 1

Create a free account

Sign up, start a bulk order and your draft is saved as you go, so you can come back and finish it.
Step 2

Write your letter and add recipients

Write it in the editor or upload a PDF, add your return address, then add every recipient's address.
Step 3

Compare shops and check the price

See per-letter prices and ratings for UK print shops, preview the A4 pages and review the total.
Step 4

Send and track

Confirm the order. Each letter is printed, enveloped and handed to Royal Mail, and you follow it from your dashboard.
Example scenario

Sam needs 300 letters posted before Friday

This is an illustrative scenario to show how the platform works. It is not a customer testimonial.
Sam runs a small gym and is raising membership prices next month. Sam wants members to hear about it in writing, and wants all 300 of them to get a proper letter, ideally without paying a monthly fee for a mailing service.

The problem

Sam has no print room. Printing 300 letters, folding them, finding envelopes and stamping each one would take most of a day, and the gym still has to open.Sam feels uneasy about the price rise and worries members will feel blindsided. A sloppy, hand-stuffed mailout would make that worse.Customers deserve to hear about changes that affect their wallet properly and on time, and a small business should not need a big budget to do that well.

How LetterAPI helps

We know that sending one batch of letters should not mean signing up to a contract. That is why there is no monthly fee: you pay for the letters you send and nothing else.LetterAPI hands your letters to UK print shops, who print them, put them in envelopes and pass them to Royal Mail. You see the full price, including postage, before you pay. For 300 letters on second class that is about £1.72 per letter.

The plan, step by step

Step 1

Write once, add your members

Sam writes the letter in the editor, adds a return address and adds each member's address to a bulk order. The draft saves as Sam goes.
Step 2

Compare shops and check the price

The shop comparison shows prices and ratings for UK print shops. Sam previews the A4 pages and sees the total before paying.
Step 3

Send and follow along

Sam confirms the order. Each letter is printed, enveloped and handed to Royal Mail, and the dashboard shows progress.

What success looks like

Every member gets an addressed letter on time.
Sam gets the day back and only pays for the letters sent.
Questions come from informed members, not surprised ones.

What it costs to wait

A day lost to printing and stuffing envelopes.
Members hear about the rise from someone else first.
Paying a monthly fee for a service used once.
Start your bulk orderSee what it costs

Ways to send bulk letters, compared

Which route is cheapest depends on how many letters you send and how often.
OptionCost shapeYour effortBest for
Print and post it yourselfPaper, ink and envelopes plus postage per letterHigh: print, fold, stuff, stamp and queueFewer than about 20 letters
Royal Mail Business MailDiscounted postage for sorted, barcoded volume, with minimum volumesHigh: you print, envelope and prepare mail to Royal Mail's rulesLarge, regular runs with your own print setup
Online mailing service with a monthly planMonthly fee plus per-letter charges, postage often extraLowSteady, predictable volume every month
LetterAPINo monthly fee, one all-in price per letterLow: upload, preview, sendOne-off and irregular batches from a handful to thousands

What is free, and what is not

Nobody can post bulk letters at no cost. Royal Mail charges for every item, and someone has to pay for paper, toner and envelopes. Be wary of any page that promises otherwise.Here is the honest split with LetterAPI:
Free: creating an account, the letter editor and the page preview.
Free: no monthly fee, no subscription and no contract.
You pay per letter: Royal Mail postage (from £0.91 second class, £1.80 first class), the print shop's printing and envelope, and a small platform fee.
You see the total before you pay, so there are no surprises.

How to bring the cost down

The biggest savings come from a few choices you make before sending.
Choose second class when the letter is not urgent. Postage is roughly half the first class price.
Reach 100 letters in one batch. Printing and envelope charges are lower from 100 letters, so one batch of 100 costs less per letter than two of 50.
Keep the letter to a single page. Every extra page adds printing cost.
Compare print shops. Shops set their own prices, and the shop comparison shows who is cheapest for your run.
Clean your address list first. Duplicates and wrong postcodes waste a letter each.
Only add Signed For when you need proof of delivery. It adds to the postage on every letter.

Prepare your address list

A clean list saves money and gets more letters delivered. Use one row per recipient with a name, first line of address, town and postcode. Check postcodes and remove duplicates before you upload.If the letters are marketing, check the rules before you send. UK data protection law and the Mailing Preference Service apply, and you should not mail people who have opted out. This is general information, not legal advice.Put a return address on the letter so an undeliverable one can find its way back to you.

What happens after you press send

The print shop you chose prints each letter, puts it in an envelope and hands the batch to Royal Mail. You follow each order from print to mailing to delivery in your dashboard. Delivery times follow the Royal Mail class you picked, and a shop's posting cut-off time decides which day the batch goes out.
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Daisy CoxSample review, Thamesmead Printers
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Convenient and easy to deal with. The document was printed neatly and ready when expected.
Nathan BaileySample review, Thamesmead Printers
Good local option. The printing was as requested and collection was simple.
Edward JamesSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
Friendly team, clear printing and no hassle. I will keep them in mind for future jobs.
Daisy CoxSample review, Thamesmead Printers
Easy, friendly and convenient. Exactly the kind of service I needed.
Ava RichardsonSample review, Cornet shop in oxford
Helpful team and a good-quality print. It was a pleasant experience.
Yusuf BegumSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
Convenient place to print documents in the area. Good service and an easy collection.
Holly MorganSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
Convenient and easy to deal with. The document was printed neatly and ready when expected.
Nathan BaileySample review, Thamesmead Printers
Good local option. The printing was as requested and collection was simple.
Edward JamesSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
Friendly team, clear printing and no hassle. I will keep them in mind for future jobs.
Daisy CoxSample review, Thamesmead Printers
Easy, friendly and convenient. Exactly the kind of service I needed.
Ava RichardsonSample review, Cornet shop in oxford
Helpful team and a good-quality print. It was a pleasant experience.
Yusuf BegumSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
Convenient place to print documents in the area. Good service and an easy collection.
Nadia MalikSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
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Nadia MalikSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
A smooth experience from start to finish. Helpful staff and clean, readable prints.
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A positive experience. The printing was as requested and collection was simple.
Hannah PriceSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
I appreciated how helpful the team were. They made sure the document was set up properly before printing.
Hassan KhanSample review, Cornet shop in oxford
I needed a few pages printed and they made it quick and easy. Thank you.
Charlotte GreenSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
I appreciated the friendly service and attention to detail. Everything was printed as requested.
Ibrahim MahmoodSample review, Thamesmead Printers
Staff were polite and made sure the job was right. I would recommend them for basic document printing.
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Quick and convenient. The text was crisp and the pages were clean, with no issues.
Aaliyah KhanSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
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The staff were welcoming and made the process easy. Exactly what I needed for a small printing job.
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Good quality and a quick turnaround for my small job. I would use them again.
Ravi PatelSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
Good local printing service. Clear prints, friendly communication and an easy experience from start to finish.
Adam ClarkeSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
Quick and convenient. The text was crisp and the pages were clean, with no issues.
Aaliyah KhanSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
Really pleased with the service and the quality of the printed pages. Would recommend trying them.
Megan LewisSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
The staff were welcoming and made the process easy. Exactly what I needed for a small printing job.
Poppy AdamsSample review, Cornet shop in oxford
A convenient option in Oxford. Friendly service and the pages were printed neatly.
Leo WalkerSample review, Woolwich Printing Shop
Good quality and a quick turnaround for my small job. I would use them again.
Ravi PatelSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
Good local printing service. Clear prints, friendly communication and an easy experience from start to finish.
Adam ClarkeSample review, Altgate Printing Shop
Quick and convenient. The text was crisp and the pages were clean, with no issues.
Aaliyah KhanSample review, Oxford Printing Shop
Really pleased with the service and the quality of the printed pages. Would recommend trying them.
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The staff were welcoming and made the process easy. Exactly what I needed for a small printing job.

Frequently asked questions

Not entirely. Postage, printing and envelopes always cost money. What is free is the account, the editor and the preview, and there is no monthly fee. You pay only per letter sent, and you see the total before you pay.
As an estimate, about £1,720.00 on second class (£1.72 per letter) or about £2,700.00 on first class (£2.70 per letter) for a single-page letter. The print shop you choose sets its own printing and envelope charge, so check the price in your order.
Second class postage, a single-page letter and a batch of at least 100 letters keep the cost per letter lowest. Comparing print shops helps too.
You can send a handful or thousands. Printing and envelope charges fall once a batch reaches 100 letters. For more than 5,000 letters a month, contact us for custom pricing.
Yes, each recipient gets a letter addressed to them. For fully merged letters where the content changes per person, use the API to generate each one from your own data.
It depends on the print shop's posting cut-off and the Royal Mail class you pick. First class targets the next working day for most addresses and second class two to three working days.
Yes, but marketing mail has rules on data protection and opt-outs, including the Mailing Preference Service. Check them before you send. This is general information, not legal advice.

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