ALG Connect: Seamless Acceptance Incentive Proposal



 

October 21, 2020

 

Seamless Acceptance Incentive Proposal

 

As mentioned in the previously held 2021 Price Change webinars, the USPS is proposing an incentive for mailings that are submitted under the Seamless Acceptance program. If approved, the incentive would begin on January 24, 2021 and would be ongoing.

 

A rate incentive is “a discount that is not a workshare discount and is designed to increase or retain volume, improve the value of mail for mailers, or improve the operations of the Postal Service.” 39 C.F.R. § 3030.523(a)(3).

 

Seamless Acceptance enables the Postal Service to perform automated verifications of Seamless mailings by reconciling eDocs with barcode scans recorded on mail processing equipment and via handheld scanners, thereby improving operational efficiency when compared to the verification of mail inducted manually. The Postal Service also benefits from the enhanced visibility, which allows for more accurate postage calculation and for the Postal Service to more easily identify and correct issues with mailings.

 

How It Works:

 

This proposal provides an incentive to the Electronic Documentation (eDoc) submitters (with a qualified Seamless CRID and an Enterprise Payment System Account) for adoption of the Seamless Acceptance program.

 

The incentive would be based on the eDoc submitter’s Customer Registration ID (CRID).  A Seamless Mailer is defined by their CRID’s status in PostalOne! as “Seamless Acceptance.” Note: Seamless Parallel does not qualify for the discount.

 

The proposal is to allow Electronic Documentation (eDoc) submitters to receive a Seamless Acceptance incentive of $.001 for the pieces that qualify for Full-Service prices in the mailing, provided the eDoc submitter has an Enterprise Payment account that is used for the incentive and the mailing is paid for using an Enterprise Payment account.

 

  • The incentive is available to all eDoc submitters with a Seamless Acceptance CRID and an Enterprise Payment account who register in PostalOne!

 

  • The incentive is applied to the Enterprise Payment account that corresponds with the permit selected during registration to receive the incentive.

 

  • A permit that corresponds with an Enterprise Payment trust or ACH debit account must be selected to receive the incentive. Trust accounts will receive the incentive upon postage statement finalization and ACH debit accounts will receive the incentive as a daily aggregate.

 

  • To receive the incentive using Mail.dat: use existing Segment Record’s (.seg) “eDoc Sender CRID” field to identify the CRID of the eDoc submitter.   To receive the discount using Mail.XML: use existing OpenMailingGroupRequest > MailingGroupData > MailingFacility field to identify the CRID of the eDoc submitter.

 

Frequently Asked Questions regarding this incentive may be reviewed at:https://postalpro.usps.com/seamless-incentive/faqs

 

For questions please contact Mike Filipski at Michael.V.Filipski@usps.gov

 

 

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