PostalAnnex+ Offers Free Faxing of Resumes Sep 19-25, 2010
Part of National Build a Better Image Week
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
PostalAnnex+ Helps Families of Military Members Keep in Touch With Loved Ones
Check out the good works by our franchisees in the Palm Springs market helping keep families of military servicemen and women in touch with their heroes overseas. http://tinyurl.com/PA-082610
Monday, August 16, 2010
New! Luggage Shipping Boxes
New at AnnexBoxStore.com/OnlinePackagingSuppliesStore.com:
Luggage/Suitcase Boxes.
Thinking of traveling soon for work or pleasure? Consider a suitcase box.
Advantages:
- Trade a $50 luggage fee at many airlines with shipping fee, often less.
- Travel with less.
- No worry about lost luggage when you arrive, it's already there!
- Tracked so you always know where it is.
- Planning to buy things at your destination? Send your extra purchases home.
The small luggage shipping box is acceptable for carryon sizes and holds up to 55 lbs. The larger luggage shipping box can hold up to 85 lbs, and is perfect for lighter but bulky items such as coats and sweaters. As we roll through summer and into cooler Fall and Winter weather, these boxes will be very handy for carrying winterwear.
Each box can be shipped ahead of travel, tracked and insured up to $50,000. Get a return shipping label to enclose for the return trip. Meets FAA and TSA regulations.
Visit the AnnexBoxStore.com to purchase the luggage shipping box.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Buy a Franchise That Offers Flexibility
One of the factors that makes a PostalAnnex+ different from other opportunities is the flexibility of product offerings. When you buy a franchise from PostalAnnex+, you get to tailor some part of the business model to fit your community's needs.
Services such as wide format printing, high-speed scanning, shredding, disc duplication, slide conversion, selling packaging supplies online and more are all examples of services some, but not all, of our franchisees offer to their neighborhood.
Like a menu we've prepared in a fine restaurant, you can select those products and services you think will meet the needs of those in your community.
When you buy a franchise from us, you aren't treated like a location number, but an entrepreneur looking for the best fit of individual skills and desires for their own business.
Contact our Franchising Department today and ask for more information to help you decide if a PostalAnnex+ is a good fit for your goals and aspirations.
Services such as wide format printing, high-speed scanning, shredding, disc duplication, slide conversion, selling packaging supplies online and more are all examples of services some, but not all, of our franchisees offer to their neighborhood.
Like a menu we've prepared in a fine restaurant, you can select those products and services you think will meet the needs of those in your community.
When you buy a franchise from us, you aren't treated like a location number, but an entrepreneur looking for the best fit of individual skills and desires for their own business.
Contact our Franchising Department today and ask for more information to help you decide if a PostalAnnex+ is a good fit for your goals and aspirations.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Is a Retail Franchise Opportunity for You?
The recent rebound of the stock market has provided more self-funding opportunities for those seeking a change in direction - to own their own business.
As the market values increase in one's portfolio, including their 401(k) and equivalent retirement accounts, the amount that can be borrowed increases.
This is opening new opportunities for funding either a startup or to purchase an existing business.
And if you enjoy working with many types of people, the retail industry might be a good fit for you.
PostalAnnex+ offers a retail franchise opportunity in the pack and ship industry with a tested system. Finally, you won't have to line the boss's pockets anymore; you get a shot at determining your own future, including one you may choose to pass along to a family member.
The PostalAnnex+ retail franchise opportunity includes business services such as shipping with FedEx, UPS, the USPS and DHL. It also offers a neighborhood resource for private mailbox rental, notary public service, copying service, packaging supplies, moving supplies, key duplication, full color printing, fax sending and receiving and much more.
What's best is that you can customize your PostalAnnex+ retail franchise opportunity to meet the needs and requests of your own community. Are people asking for shredding services? You can add that. What about video duplication, high speed scanning or wide format printing? These are examples of business services that some of our owners choose to offer because of demand from their customers.
So talk to one of our franchise development specialists today and see if a PostalAnnex+ business service center is the right fit for you.
PostalAnnex+ is a member of the Annex Brands family of franchise brands. Other brands include Handle With Care Packaging Store and Sunshine Pack & Ship.
As the market values increase in one's portfolio, including their 401(k) and equivalent retirement accounts, the amount that can be borrowed increases.
This is opening new opportunities for funding either a startup or to purchase an existing business.
And if you enjoy working with many types of people, the retail industry might be a good fit for you.
PostalAnnex+ offers a retail franchise opportunity in the pack and ship industry with a tested system. Finally, you won't have to line the boss's pockets anymore; you get a shot at determining your own future, including one you may choose to pass along to a family member.
The PostalAnnex+ retail franchise opportunity includes business services such as shipping with FedEx, UPS, the USPS and DHL. It also offers a neighborhood resource for private mailbox rental, notary public service, copying service, packaging supplies, moving supplies, key duplication, full color printing, fax sending and receiving and much more.
What's best is that you can customize your PostalAnnex+ retail franchise opportunity to meet the needs and requests of your own community. Are people asking for shredding services? You can add that. What about video duplication, high speed scanning or wide format printing? These are examples of business services that some of our owners choose to offer because of demand from their customers.
So talk to one of our franchise development specialists today and see if a PostalAnnex+ business service center is the right fit for you.
PostalAnnex+ is a member of the Annex Brands family of franchise brands. Other brands include Handle With Care Packaging Store and Sunshine Pack & Ship.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
FedEx..a Great Shipping Partner in Saving the Environment
At Annex Brands, we have a strong, long-term positive relationship with FedEx, one of the carrier choices at each of our PostalAnnex+, Handle With Care Packaging Store and Sunshine Pack & Ship franchised locations. One of the reasons why we enjoy working with FedEx is their advanced social responsbility, including the company's impact on the environment. Here's a blog posting from Mitch Jackson, vice president of FedEx Corporations Environmental Affairs and Sustainability department to recognize the company's efforts on Earth Day:
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” – Albert Einstein
When Earth Day was first recognized in 1970, FedEx had yet to ship its first package. It was not until three years later that our founder’s vision of a transportation system accommodating time-sensitive shipments became a reality. During the rest of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the focus for businesses and the government was primarily around environmental compliance, and not necessarily environmental stewardship.
Now, forty years later from that first Earth Day, we focus on integrating environmental sustainability into business objectives, making it part-and-parcel of our business. As a part of this, we have launched EarthSmart – A FedEx Commitment.
EarthSmart is our commitment to minimize our impact on the environment. It’s designed to encourage innovation that makes our business — the way we work and the services we offer — more sustainable, both economically and environmentally. Our aim is to find or create new ways not only to improve our own company’s environmental performance, but also to point the way for other companies, in our own industry and beyond. You can find out more by clicking here.
It is important to have moments of reflection, whether on Earth Day, or every day that one focuses upon making their actions more sustainable. So, to ensure that we are all living Earth Day everyday, we are focusing on being EarthSmart to empower our team members to be better stewards in the workplace, for our customers, our shareowners and in our communities.
Albert Einstein also said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Just as Earth Day has had sustaining power over the decades, so, too, the work to “stay with problems longer” and integrate environmental sustainability – to be EarthSmart – should continue to prosper by innovating, and ultimately, continuing to improve everyday practices.
Here’s to Earth Day.
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” – Albert Einstein
When Earth Day was first recognized in 1970, FedEx had yet to ship its first package. It was not until three years later that our founder’s vision of a transportation system accommodating time-sensitive shipments became a reality. During the rest of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the focus for businesses and the government was primarily around environmental compliance, and not necessarily environmental stewardship.
Now, forty years later from that first Earth Day, we focus on integrating environmental sustainability into business objectives, making it part-and-parcel of our business. As a part of this, we have launched EarthSmart – A FedEx Commitment.
EarthSmart is our commitment to minimize our impact on the environment. It’s designed to encourage innovation that makes our business — the way we work and the services we offer — more sustainable, both economically and environmentally. Our aim is to find or create new ways not only to improve our own company’s environmental performance, but also to point the way for other companies, in our own industry and beyond. You can find out more by clicking here.
It is important to have moments of reflection, whether on Earth Day, or every day that one focuses upon making their actions more sustainable. So, to ensure that we are all living Earth Day everyday, we are focusing on being EarthSmart to empower our team members to be better stewards in the workplace, for our customers, our shareowners and in our communities.
Albert Einstein also said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Just as Earth Day has had sustaining power over the decades, so, too, the work to “stay with problems longer” and integrate environmental sustainability – to be EarthSmart – should continue to prosper by innovating, and ultimately, continuing to improve everyday practices.
Here’s to Earth Day.
So when you ship FedEx at any of our franchised locations, you're choosing a company that continues to place a sizable investment in sustaining and improving our environment as a result of the company's operations.
At PostalAnnex+, Handle With Care Packaging Store and Sunshine Pack & Ship, we offer customers the ability to compare shipping rates, including FedEx, along with offering packaging supplies in-store and online, private mailbox rental, notary public service, office supplies, copy services, shipping of FLAV items (Fragile, Large, Awkward or Valuable), and more. For franchising information, visit AnnexBrands.com or PostalAnnexFranchising.com
Monday, March 22, 2010
Now Buy Packaging Supplies in Bulk Online!
New from PostalAnnex+....need many boxes, not just a couple? Try our new online store for pacakging supplies, AnnexBoxStore.com.
You'll find over 1,500 box sizes plus an assortment of bubble wrap, package loosefill (aka peanuts), tape, tape dispensers and more.
This service is currently only available in Southern California while other markets are in the pipeline for service.
Order by 3pm and you'll get your order next day!
You'll find over 1,500 box sizes plus an assortment of bubble wrap, package loosefill (aka peanuts), tape, tape dispensers and more.
This service is currently only available in Southern California while other markets are in the pipeline for service.
Order by 3pm and you'll get your order next day!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Watch out for Dimensional Weight When Shipping
Dimensional Weight? What's that?
It's a little known rule that the Post Office, UPS, FedEx and other carriers use when determining the shipping charges for a package. And not knowing when dimensional (DIM) weight applies can result in a surprising increase in what you pay.
Here's an illustration to show you why the carriers use DIM weight....let's say you're shipping a wicker chair from California to Florida (an actual occurence in a PostalAnnex+ transaction once).
While wicker is very light, a chair is very large in dimensions. Thus, a 48" tall box that is 36" x 36" at its base may only weigh 20 pounds.
The carriers are essentially saying, "That box will take up a lot of room in my truck. But because I charge by weight, I'm not getting very much for your 20-pound chair. And I could've put another package or two in the space your lightweight chair took in my truck, so I'm going to charge you more for your big, but light, box."
Imagine a more extreme example of a refrigerator-sized box of feathers. If the carriers charged purely by weight, you'd have a low shipping bill. And the carrier loses because he could have put more boxes from other people in the space your refrigerator-sized box took. That adjustment of the actual weight because the of the size is dimensional weight.
How is DIM weight calculated?
For UPS and FedEx, if the volume (space) of a shipping box is greater than 3 cubic feet, dimensional weight may apply.
1. To figure the volume, multiply the length x width x height.
2. To calculated the dimensional weight, divide the above result by 194. The denominator of 194 is an industry standard number.
3. If the dimensional weight exceeds the actual weight, the customer will be billed the dimensional weight. Otherwise, the actual weight is what is billed.
Here's an example:
1. Let's take a box 30" x 15" x 15" which is 6.750 cubic inches....divided by 194 = 34.79 lbs DIM weight.
2. Let's say that box has an actual weight (including the box) of 18 pounds.
3. The customer will pay for 35 pounds because dimensional weight exceeds actual weight. That's almost double the actual weight!
Other factoids:
1. DIM weight is calculated differently for air shipments. The above information is for packages shipping via ground service only.
2. The Post Office has different DIM rules than UPS and FedEx.
3. International shipments have different DIM rules as well.
What can you do to avoid DIM weight?
1. Make sure your shipping carton is sized right for your shipment. You should have at least 2" clear space between any interior edge of the box and the object(s) being shipped. More than 2" might mean your box is too large, and you might be paying more shipping charges than you need .
2. Remember, the dimensions printed on any shipping carton are the interior dimensions. The carriers measure exterior dimensions. So be sure to measure exterior dimensions when calculating shipping rates.
3. Carriers round up dimensions to the next whole inch. A side that measures 12-1/2" is considered to be 13 " by the carriers.
4. Carriers round up ounces to the next whole pound. So one more sheet of bubble wrap that pushes a 15lb package to 15lbs, 1 oz, is now a 16-lb packages.
In summary, pay attention to the size of your shipping carton. You need adequate protection for your contents, but not too much that your shipping charges increase as a result of unneeded space.
Don't want to fret over packaging your shipment so that you avoid DIM weight while packaging correctly for the rules of insurability? Let any one of our PostalAnnex+ packaging experts help you with your shipment. There may be a PostalAnnex+ location in your neighborhood.
If you're looking to become a small business owner yourself in your community, consider PostalAnnex+ in your future.
It's a little known rule that the Post Office, UPS, FedEx and other carriers use when determining the shipping charges for a package. And not knowing when dimensional (DIM) weight applies can result in a surprising increase in what you pay.
Here's an illustration to show you why the carriers use DIM weight....let's say you're shipping a wicker chair from California to Florida (an actual occurence in a PostalAnnex+ transaction once).
While wicker is very light, a chair is very large in dimensions. Thus, a 48" tall box that is 36" x 36" at its base may only weigh 20 pounds.
The carriers are essentially saying, "That box will take up a lot of room in my truck. But because I charge by weight, I'm not getting very much for your 20-pound chair. And I could've put another package or two in the space your lightweight chair took in my truck, so I'm going to charge you more for your big, but light, box."
Imagine a more extreme example of a refrigerator-sized box of feathers. If the carriers charged purely by weight, you'd have a low shipping bill. And the carrier loses because he could have put more boxes from other people in the space your refrigerator-sized box took. That adjustment of the actual weight because the of the size is dimensional weight.
How is DIM weight calculated?
For UPS and FedEx, if the volume (space) of a shipping box is greater than 3 cubic feet, dimensional weight may apply.
1. To figure the volume, multiply the length x width x height.
2. To calculated the dimensional weight, divide the above result by 194. The denominator of 194 is an industry standard number.
3. If the dimensional weight exceeds the actual weight, the customer will be billed the dimensional weight. Otherwise, the actual weight is what is billed.
Here's an example:
1. Let's take a box 30" x 15" x 15" which is 6.750 cubic inches....divided by 194 = 34.79 lbs DIM weight.
2. Let's say that box has an actual weight (including the box) of 18 pounds.
3. The customer will pay for 35 pounds because dimensional weight exceeds actual weight. That's almost double the actual weight!
Other factoids:
1. DIM weight is calculated differently for air shipments. The above information is for packages shipping via ground service only.
2. The Post Office has different DIM rules than UPS and FedEx.
3. International shipments have different DIM rules as well.
What can you do to avoid DIM weight?
1. Make sure your shipping carton is sized right for your shipment. You should have at least 2" clear space between any interior edge of the box and the object(s) being shipped. More than 2" might mean your box is too large, and you might be paying more shipping charges than you need .
2. Remember, the dimensions printed on any shipping carton are the interior dimensions. The carriers measure exterior dimensions. So be sure to measure exterior dimensions when calculating shipping rates.
3. Carriers round up dimensions to the next whole inch. A side that measures 12-1/2" is considered to be 13 " by the carriers.
4. Carriers round up ounces to the next whole pound. So one more sheet of bubble wrap that pushes a 15lb package to 15lbs, 1 oz, is now a 16-lb packages.
In summary, pay attention to the size of your shipping carton. You need adequate protection for your contents, but not too much that your shipping charges increase as a result of unneeded space.
Don't want to fret over packaging your shipment so that you avoid DIM weight while packaging correctly for the rules of insurability? Let any one of our PostalAnnex+ packaging experts help you with your shipment. There may be a PostalAnnex+ location in your neighborhood.
If you're looking to become a small business owner yourself in your community, consider PostalAnnex+ in your future.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Take Charge in 2010 - Buy A Shipping Franchise
Many pundits are saying we've hit bottom in the national economic challenges, but the road to recovery may take longer than originally forecasted.
As a result, many people are looking to secure their future by taking more control over their destiny. And starting their own business is one way of taking control.
One option is to buy a shipping franchise from PostalAnnex+. Here are some benefits a PostalAnnex+ offers prospects:
As a result, many people are looking to secure their future by taking more control over their destiny. And starting their own business is one way of taking control.
One option is to buy a shipping franchise from PostalAnnex+. Here are some benefits a PostalAnnex+ offers prospects:
- Low labor requirements--you need less than six employees to run a PostalAnnex+ shipping franchise.
- Work Environment--no going home smelling like grease or food.
- Normal Business Hours--traditional retail hours, not late nights.
- Flexibility--you can tailor some product and service offerings to meet your community's needs.
When you buy a shipping franchise from PostalAnnex+, you are in business for yourself, but not by yourself.
Before you open, you'll get comprehensive training to give you the skills you need on day one. And you'll have the support you wouldn't get if you were opening up an indendepent business. Like many things in life, you get what you pay for, and while a franchise has royalties and marketing fees, you get invaluable support in:
- National Contract Pricing--with vendors on terms leveraging your group buying power that you might not get on your own.
- Technical Support--on computers and equipment, potentially saving you time and money
- Skills Training--for you and your employees, keeping up to date with the latest practices and requirements in the industry.
- Marketing Support--customized artwork, experience in various media to guide you in your marketing decision-making.
Maybe 2010 is the year for you to take more control over your future. We'd like to at least send you more information to help arm you with the information on whatever path you decide to take. If it's to buy a shipping franchise, we hope you'll consider PostalAnnex+.
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