STMP is making a nice move. Good call. This tidbit from their recent press release looks very appealing longer term. I followed you in and may sit on this for a while. If we can easily customize things with digital photos on calendars, T shirts, and PC desktop backgrounds, wouldn't the market to put your business logo, hobby, or even family photos on stamps be huge?
How many times have I looked at stamp designs and thought they were all just so lame? What about the market for creative people or small businesses who want to get a "free" ad in a corner of an envelope? Imagine if it was so simple you could do a one time stamp for your family renunion, wedding, or Christmas mailings?
Just thinking out loud....
Stamps.com recently announced the return of PhotoStamps(TM), the popular form of postage that allows consumers to turn digital photos, designs or images into valid U.S. postage. PhotoStamps is expected to be available under authorization of the U.S. Postal Service for a year-long market test beginning May 17, 2005. On April 26, Stamps.com began taking pre-orders for the second market test of PhotoStamps at its web site www.photostamps.com .
PhotoStamps is a patented Stamps.com product that couples the technology of PC Postage with the simplicity of a web-based image upload and order process. PhotoStamps was extremely popular during the initial market test which was announced on Aug. 10, and ran through Sept. 30, 2004. During that 7 1/2 week period, more than 2.75 million individual PhotoStamps were ordered. PhotoStamps is expected to be available under authorization of the U.S. Postal Service for a second, year-long market test beginning May 17, 2005. |
