Email averages ~20% open rates on a good day. A postcard sitting on someone's kitchen counter for two weeks is hard to compete with. I've been building out the programmatic side. API, Zapier, and native integrations with Jobber and Zoho so you can trigger physical mail from the same workflows you already use for email.

Shopify integration is almost out the door too, which opens up a lot of interesting abandoned cart and win-back use cases for stores whose customers have opted out of email.

No bulk minimums, no design software needed. If anyone here wants to give it a try, reply or email me and I'll set you up with some free credits to get started.

Upload a CSV or circle neighborhoods on Google Maps to build your address list (consumers or businesses). Printing and postage included in one price.

In the last 30 days I've added integrations for Zapier and Jobber (after adding Pipedrive, Zoho, and Follow Up Boss last month).

If anyone wants to help test these new integrations, I'll set you up on a special plan and let you send mail at my cost (roughly the price of a stamp)

Upload a CSV or circle neighborhoods on Google Maps to build your address list (consumers or businesses). Printing and postage included in one price.

In the last 30 days I've added an API plus integrations for Pipedrive, Zoho, and Follow Up Boss. If anyone wants to help test these new integrations, I'll set you up on a special plan and let you send mail at my cost (roughly the price of a stamp).

I immediately wiped it and installed Ubuntu Server. I chose Coolify to manage Docker and local domains, and that took a bit of work to get going, but now I can spin up local services and containers on local domains and play with random stuff

https://postalagent.com

I'm currently adding support for letters in addition to Postcards

It also can be used for Marketing because you can circle areas on a Google Map to send mailings to, and then filter by Household income, home value, etc

Ping me if you want to chat

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: PHP, Laravel, JS, MySQL, AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS), Serverless Architecture, AI enhancements, Automated Testing, REST API Design

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/HNresumee

Email: see resume link

Sr Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in SaaS and e-commerce. I have been working with Laravel since v3 and really enjoy the ecosystem. See linked resume for more details. Open to part time as well

I run a few side projects using Laravel:

https://PostalAgent.com - Send Postcards Online

https://CheckAnyVin.com - Vehicle history reports

Thanks for noticing the broken link, I fixed it

https://checkanyvin.com is a slightly older project that lets you run vehicle history reports cheaper than other services

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: PHP, Laravel, JS, MySQL, AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS), Serverless Architecture, AI enhancements, Automated Testing, REST API Design

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/HNresumee

Email: see resume link

Sr Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in SaaS and e-commerce. I have been working with Laravel since v3 and really enjoy the ecosystem. See linked resume for more details

Direct Mail is never going away, so a service like this that lets you target your delivery using multiple consumer demographics allows you to send significantly less mail than other services that deliver mail to every single house.

This isn't a product used for "saturation" type mailings, it's used to refine and target your ideal customer and send less mail but with a bigger impact

Additionally, every postcard is made from responsibly sourced and recycled paper

I'm glad you understand and support the vision