We're open in Canada!

Send Out Cards is now open in Canada! Effective immediately, you can now sign up as a distributor or customer in Canada right through the regular sign-up process on our SendOutCards website.We also announced that cards being sent to Canada will currently mail with U.S. postage. When we get to an average of 500 pieces per day, we will be mailing from Canada with Canadian postage.

A special welcome to our friends in CANADA! May we all strive daily to help others become senders of cards!

Disruption of mail service to the Gulf Coast

We received word that effective immediately, the US Postal Service is not accepting any Standard Mail or Periodicals Mail, from any source, addressed for delivery within the following three-digit (first three digits) ZIP Code ranges: 369, 393, 394, 395, 396, 700, 701 and 704.
This emergency action has been taken as a result of severe facility damage, evacuations, and other issues resulting from Hurricane Katrina.

The Postal Service is formulating plans to address the handling of Standard and Periodicals Mail already in the mail stream and addressed for delivery to these eight ZIP Code areas. Please feel free to go to http://www.usps.com/ for more information and updates or directly to:
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm .

We suggest that if you plan to mail or ship via another carrier that you check the appropriate website to validate service status before sending things out.
UPS: http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/service_updates/Katrina.html
FedEx: http://www.fedex.com/us/update2.html?link=4 .

Seven Rules for Sending Greeting Cards

1) Send the real thing! e-Cards are entirely too common and rarely show the attention to detail that sending a real card demonstrates.
2) Personalize it! Never limit yourself to the message that came in the card. Always add your own personal touch or flair.
3) Never use address labels for the recipient or metered postage. Use a stamp and handwrite or type the envelope.
4) When complimenting someone in your card, be specific with them about what it is you like about them. Don't just say you're a good person, be more specific (example: 'I like having you as a friend because you take a sincere interest in the things that matter to me!').
5) Make sending cards a habit instead of an occasional afterthought. You'll find your relationships will grow as you express yourself to the people that matter to you.
6) Don't wait for special occasions to send a card. Holidays and birthdays are great, but an unexpected card for no particular reason can have a great impact too!
7) Don't print it, stuff and send it yourself. Let us do that for you!

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