US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT NOVEMBER 24, 2025
November 24, 2025   Dave Lewis
PERFORMANCE DROPS IN ALL MEASURED CATEGORIES.  THE LATE GETS LATER.               Not a good week for USPS.  We saw lower on-time percentages and more days to deliver mail,...

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Moving From Mail Tracking to Mail Betterment
November 21, 2025   Dave Lewis
Inevitably, I get the question, “What do you do?”  “Oh, I run a little company.” “And what does your company do?” “We track mail for organizations that send out a ton of it.” “Oh....

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT NOVEMBER 17, 2025
November 17, 2025   Dave Lewis
SERVICE REMAINS CONSISTENT                Our no-drama Postal Service continued consistent performance, notching scores for the week a little bit better than YTD averages. ...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT NOVEMBER 10, 2025
November 10, 2025   Dave Lewis
AN OKAY WEEK TELLS A BIGGER STORY   There was very little drama with USPS service performance in the past week. We saw some recovery from election-volume delays in the prior week, which was expected and welcomed, but the bigger story is in...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT NOVEMBER 3, 2025
November 3, 2025   Dave Lewis
A GENERALLY SUB-PAR WEEK FOR USPS               Maybe it was the crush of election mail – and yes, there are elections in odd-numbered years, and they generate a LOT of mail. ...

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The 2026 USPS Promotions – Now Even Better!
October 28, 2025   Dave Lewis
November  6, 2025 2:00 PM EST Learn about next year’s Postal promotions – the SnailWorks way. The Postal Service will be rolling out promotions again next year. As usual, there are a lot of changes – One new promotion, one...

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Informed Delivery – Advanced Tricks You Don’t Know About
October 28, 2025   Dave Lewis
Everyone loves Informed Delivery, but do you love it for the right reasons? Back when you could get a 4% discount, it may have been more about lust than love. That discount drew you in, but we see strong relationships building over the years, even as...

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US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT OCTOBER 27, 2025
October 27, 2025   Dave Lewis
SOLID PERFORMANCE WHEN IT COUNTS   Mail performance in most categories stayed close to YTD averages following a holiday week that had boosted performance numbers a bit. Last year, we saw a clear decline in performance in late October as election...

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