What is Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM)?

Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM) is a USPS® service that lets businesses deliver marketing pieces to every home or business within selected mail routes—without the need to purchase a mailing list. It's an affordable way to reach local customers and increase brand awareness.

What's the difference between EDDM and direct mail?

EDDM delivers your message to every address within a selected postal route, while traditional direct mail targets a specific audience using a mailing list. Our team can help determine which option best supports your marketing goals and budget.

Can AlphaGraphics help with my direct mail campaign?

Yes. AlphaGraphics can manage every stage of your direct mail campaign, including design, printing, mailing list support, addressing, postage, and USPS® mailing. We make it easy to create campaigns that reach the right audience.

Is direct mail still an effective marketing tool?

Direct mail remains an effective way to reach customers, promote products and services, announce events, and build brand awareness. When combined with digital marketing, it can help improve response rates and drive meaningful customer engagement.

Direct Mail & EDDM

Email inboxes are crowded. Social feeds move fast. Direct mail creates a different kind of attention. Whether you're targeting a carefully selected mailing list or every household in a neighborhood, direct mail helps put your message directly into the hands of potential customers. From strategy and design to printing, mailing, and delivery, we can help you build campaigns that get noticed.

Reach the right mailbox with the right message.

Target specific audiences or entire neighborhoods with direct mail campaigns.

Direct mail earns attention.

When done well, direct mail creates a physical touchpoint that digital channels can't replicate. A well-designed postcard, letter, or mail piece gives people something they can hold, reference, and respond to on their own time.

Whether you're promoting an event, introducing a new service, generating leads, or reconnecting with past customers, direct mail offers flexible ways to reach the people most likely to engage with your business.

From list acquisition and variable data personalization to Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM) and campaign tracking, we help simplify the entire process.

Reach a specific audience

Direct mail targets households or businesses using carefully selected mailing lists based on geography, demographics, customer data, or other audience criteria.

Reach an entire neighborhood

Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM) delivers your message to every household within selected postal carrier routes without purchasing a mailing list.

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Rush services are available within 24-48 business hours. Call us to expedite your order.

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Target specific households, or entire neighborhoods.

Choose Direct Mail When...

You want to reach specific people or households. Build a mailing list based on location, demographics, customer history, or other criteria, then tailor your message to that audience. You can even personalize pieces with names, offers, images, and messaging for individual recipients.

Choose EDDM When...

You want to reach an entire neighborhood. EDDM uses USPS® carrier routes to deliver your message to every household in a defined area, without the need for a mailing list. It’s a strong fit when broad local visibility matters more than targeting individual recipients.

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Madelyn's Fund

Madelyn's Fund needed increased donations and awareness for their gala. See the signage, banners, and QR codes AlphaGraphics created to make it happen.

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Every Door Direct Mail® (EDDM) is a USPS® service that lets businesses deliver marketing pieces to every home or business within selected mail routes—without the need to purchase a mailing list. It's an affordable way to reach local customers and increase brand awareness.
EDDM delivers your message to every address within a selected postal route, while traditional direct mail targets a specific audience using a mailing list. Our team can help determine which option best supports your marketing goals and budget.
Yes. AlphaGraphics can manage every stage of your direct mail campaign, including design, printing, mailing list support, addressing, postage, and USPS® mailing. We make it easy to create campaigns that reach the right audience.
Direct mail remains an effective way to reach customers, promote products and services, announce events, and build brand awareness. When combined with digital marketing, it can help improve response rates and drive meaningful customer engagement.

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