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I love the concept of Lob, especially the CDN for mail. I do wish the processing time was much lower. 2-3 days is quite a lot of time to wait on-top of the alr
by generj 13y ago
I love the concept of Lob, especially the CDN for mail.
I do wish the processing time was much lower. 2-3 days is quite a lot of time to wait on-top of the already slow USPS delivery.
"All printing is processed typically within 2-3 business days then mailed right after." https://www.lob.com/docs https://www.lob.com/docs
Is there a reason the processing time is so long? I understand Lob relies on other parties to print and send the mail.
Ideally there would be same-day printing - I submit a job at 9am and it is printed and in USPS's system by 5pm. Combined with the CDN printing & mailing close to the destination, the mail should then arrive within 2 days of the job submission.
EDIT: And congrats to the Lob team! You guys are solving a real pain-point, and it won't be long until you've moved from $1 million in checks to $1 billion.
- rebel 13y agoFrom my experience they have processed same-day or next day, although YMMV.
- generj 13y agoWhich is great, but I can't build an app on that. What I'd really like is a delivery estimate API, so I could stagger job submission to ensure an entire batch ended up in my user's hands on the same day.
- rebel 13y agoAgreed, if your use case requires precise delivery times then it won't work. I also would love a delivery estimate API, I wonder if they could make that happen.
- waterside81 13y agoThey should be able to. All major shipping companies' API provides an estimate for delivery. So it's a matter of adding up the estimate days with the printing lead time and returning that (along with a disclaimer!)