Postcardly Launches a Service That Lets You Use Your Email to Send Physical Postcards via U.S. Mail
Seattle, WA, June 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Postcardly today announced its official launch.
Postcardly is a new service that lets you send postcards using your email. When you send an email, Postcardly turn your message and attached photo into a real, hold-in-your-hand postcard, sent by U.S. Mail. You can send postcards from your phone, your computer, or anywhere you have email.
“We wanted to find an easier way to get pictures to our relatives that aren’t on email or Facebook,” says Tom Marshall, co-founder of the Seattle start-up. “People love getting the pictures they can hold in their hands, but printing and mailing pictures is a pain. But email is easy, and using Postcardly is just like using your email.”
While other services can turn digital photos into postcards, Postcardly has simplified the process by letting you send a postcard with a quick email - no app, no uploads. Just email. In fact, the only time you ever have to go to the Postcardly web site is to set up your account.
When people sign up, they create Postcardly email addresses that correspond to physical mailing addresses. It’s a one-time set up. After that, when you email grandma at, for example, grandma@postcardly.com, your grandma gets a postcard mailed to her house. You attach a photo to an email the way you normally would—then we print and mail your postcard with your attached photo on the front, and your words on the back.
The company, which has been beta testing since February, has received rave reviews from Postcardly testers. People have sent postcards of their kid’s first ski lift ride in Vail, their new puppy’s stick-chasing adventures on the Washington coast, and a family’s spring break in Finland. The company even got some unexpected feedback from college students, who love the idea of a "retro" paper postcard delivered by mail - but it's even more fun because the postcard has a personal snapshot.
To learn more about Postcardly or to sign up, go to www.postcardly.com.
Key Points:
-- Create and send a postcard from a single email.
-- Send postcards from your phone, computer, or anywhere you have email.
-- No app, nothing to download.
-- 3-postcard Free Trial available
-- Reasonable monthly rate options to choose from:
- 5 postcards for $4.99/month, or 15 postcards for $9.99/month
- additional postcards for 99 cents each
About Postcardly
Founded in 2010 in Seattle by three family guys—Paul Hughes (freelance writer, loyal grandson), Tom Marshall (internet advertising guru, baker), and Eric Frederickson (business whiz, daddy)—Postcardly is a monthly service that uses PHP and some database wizardry to turn email into postcards, delivered by U.S. Mail.
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Postcardly is a new service that lets you send postcards using your email. When you send an email, Postcardly turn your message and attached photo into a real, hold-in-your-hand postcard, sent by U.S. Mail. You can send postcards from your phone, your computer, or anywhere you have email.
“We wanted to find an easier way to get pictures to our relatives that aren’t on email or Facebook,” says Tom Marshall, co-founder of the Seattle start-up. “People love getting the pictures they can hold in their hands, but printing and mailing pictures is a pain. But email is easy, and using Postcardly is just like using your email.”
While other services can turn digital photos into postcards, Postcardly has simplified the process by letting you send a postcard with a quick email - no app, no uploads. Just email. In fact, the only time you ever have to go to the Postcardly web site is to set up your account.
When people sign up, they create Postcardly email addresses that correspond to physical mailing addresses. It’s a one-time set up. After that, when you email grandma at, for example, grandma@postcardly.com, your grandma gets a postcard mailed to her house. You attach a photo to an email the way you normally would—then we print and mail your postcard with your attached photo on the front, and your words on the back.
The company, which has been beta testing since February, has received rave reviews from Postcardly testers. People have sent postcards of their kid’s first ski lift ride in Vail, their new puppy’s stick-chasing adventures on the Washington coast, and a family’s spring break in Finland. The company even got some unexpected feedback from college students, who love the idea of a "retro" paper postcard delivered by mail - but it's even more fun because the postcard has a personal snapshot.
To learn more about Postcardly or to sign up, go to www.postcardly.com.
Key Points:
-- Create and send a postcard from a single email.
-- Send postcards from your phone, computer, or anywhere you have email.
-- No app, nothing to download.
-- 3-postcard Free Trial available
-- Reasonable monthly rate options to choose from:
- 5 postcards for $4.99/month, or 15 postcards for $9.99/month
- additional postcards for 99 cents each
About Postcardly
Founded in 2010 in Seattle by three family guys—Paul Hughes (freelance writer, loyal grandson), Tom Marshall (internet advertising guru, baker), and Eric Frederickson (business whiz, daddy)—Postcardly is a monthly service that uses PHP and some database wizardry to turn email into postcards, delivered by U.S. Mail.
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