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Pricing in Proportion
You can save on postage costs by following the Royal Mail’s Pricing in Proportion system (PiP) and using our PiP boxes, postal cartons and other packaging. The 3 classes of mail are Letter, Large Letter as well as Small and Medium Parcels.
Did you know... You can now send a Small Parcel with Royal Mail for just £2.85 (up to 2kg).Take a look at our even wider range of packaging below that falls within Royal Mail's Small Parcel sizing
and save money sending out your products. Or click here to view our
complete range of Small Parcel Packaging.
Our PiP Boxes
We have a range of PiP boxes, padded envelopes and postal cartons that are ideal to use as Pricing in Proportion packaging. They are all supplied flat-packed for convenient use and easy storage.
There are 6 sizes of our padded envelopes and 7 of our bubble lined envelopes that fit in the Large Letter category, as well as one white postal carton while the larger sizes go into the Small Parcel class. For other Small Parcel postal solutions we have white postal boxes (4 sizes), foam-lined postage boxes (3 sizes) and 10 sizes of our convenient standard single wall cardboard box including our L96 single wall postal carton which is to Royal Mail's maximum small parcel size.
Our PiP boxes and packaging for the Medium Parcel category includes our bubble-lined or padded envelopes, our book mailing boxes and of course a choice of differently sized single wall cardboard boxes and strong double wall boxes.
Our wide range of cardboard boxes is perfect for posting bulkier items in the Medium Parcel category while conforming to the Royal Mail Pricing in proportion boxes specifications.
Pricing in Proportion (PiP) Postal Guide
Products from our Postal Packaging range
|
Pip Size
|
Letter
|
Large Letter
|
Small Parcel
|
Medium Parcel
|
| Single Wall Boxes |
none | none | L2 L4 L5 L6 L12 L16 L19 L23 L25 L41 |
Our complete range of |
| White Postal Boxes |
none | none | ||
| Brown Self Seal Boxes |
none | none | none | |
| Foam Lined Boxes | none | none | FOAM-SMALL FOAM-MEDIUM FOAM-LARGE |
none |
| Book Mailers |
none | none | TT-A4 TT-A5 |
none |
| Board Backed Envelopes |
HBE-A5 | HBE-A4 | none | none |
| Polystyrene Mug Packs |
none | none | MUGPACK | none |
| Postal Tubes |
none | none | CTLA (A3) CTLB (A2) CTLE (A2) |
|
| Coloured Bubble Bags |
none | A5 - all colours A4 - all colours |
none | none |
| Bubble Lined Envelopes |
none | Size/000 Size/00 Size/0 Size/1 Size/2 Size/3 Size/4 |
Size/5 |
Size/6 Size/7 |
| Padded Envelopes |
none | Size/00 Size/0 Size/1 Size/2 Size/3 Size/4 |
Size/5 |
Size/6 Size/7 |
Tips for using the PiP system
For instance, you could save money on a direct mail marketing shot by posting it in a postal product conforming to the Large Letter requirement – one of our padded envelopes – rather than the Small Parcel. It is also cheaper to post an A4 document by folding it into an A5 rather than A4 size envelope (Letter as opposed to Large Letter).
Why Royal Mail have changed to PiP
Before the introduction of the PiP system, Royal Mail realised there were often discrepancies in the cost of mailing goods. It was thought that the amount of postage paid – based on weight – did not necessarily reflect the cost of handling and sorting items such as large letters and different sizes of postal carton. Postage was low on light, large items but high on heavy, smaller ones.
