Standard Media Mail Shipping Rates
Domestic delivery time frame is 2-8 business days.
Please Note: To use Media Mail method, you must contact your account manager to receive the shipping code.
Media Mail is limited to the items listed below:
- Books (at least 8 pages).
- Sound recordings and video recordings, such as CDs and DVDs.
- Play scripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals, and music.
- Printed music.
- Computer-readable media containing prerecorded information and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such media.
- Sixteen millimeter or narrower width films.
- Printed objective test materials and their accessories.
- Printed educational reference charts.
- Loose-leaf pages and their binders consisting of medical information for distribution to doctors, hospitals, medical schools, and medical students.
- Media – printed music, sound recordings, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, and books.
Media Mail packages may not contain advertising. Comic books do not meet this standard. Books may contain incidental announcements of other books and sound recordings may contain incidental announcements of other sound recordings. In accordance with standards in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), Section 170, Media Mail packages must have a delivery address and the sender’s return address and are subject to inspection by the Postal Service™. Upon such inspection, matter not eligible for the Media Mail rate may be assessed at the proper price and sent to the recipient postage due, or the sender may be contacted for additional postage.
There are no fuel surcharges with Media Mail.
Additional Charges & Optional Services
- Tracking and delivery confirmation are included at no additional cost.
- Insurance is available for Media Mail; fees are as follows: $1.00 – $50.00 is $2.30; $50 – $100 is $2.95; $101.00 – $200.00 is $3.60. Additional amounts can be purchased.
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| Weight Not Over (lbs) | Weight Not To Exceed (kg) | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.45 | $3.84 |
| 2 | 0.91 | $4.58 |
| 3 | 1.36 | $5.31 |
| 4 | 1.81 | $6.05 |
| 5 | 2.27 | $6.79 |
| 6 | 2.72 | $7.52 |
| 7 | 3.18 | $8.26 |
| 8 | 3.63 | $9.03 |
| 9 | 4.08 | $9.80 |
| 10 | 4.54 | $10.57 |
| 11 | 5 | $11.34 |
| 12 | 5.44 | $12.11 |
| 13 | 5.9 | $12.88 |
| 14 | 6.35 | $13.65 |
| 15 | 6.8 | $14.42 |
| 16 | 7.3 | $15.19 |
| 17 | 7.71 | $15.96 |
| 18 | 8.16 | $16.73 |
| 19 | 8.61 | $17.50 |
| 20 | 9.07 | $18.27 |
| 21 | 9.5 | $19.04 |
| 22 | 9.97 | $19.81 |
| 23 | 10.43 | $20.58 |
| 24 | 10.88 | $21.35 |
| 25 | 11.33 | $22.12 |
| 26 | 11.79 | $22.89 |
| 27 | 12.24 | $23.66 |
| 28 | 12.7 | $24.43 |
| 29 | 13.15 | $25.20 |
| 30 | 13.6 | $25.97 |
| 31 | 14.06 | $26.74 |
| 32 | 14.51 | $27.51 |
| 33 | 14.96 | $28.28 |
| 34 | 15.42 | $29.05 |
| 35 | 15.87 | $29.82 |
| 36 | 16.32 | $30.59 |
| 37 | 16.78 | $31.36 |
| 38 | 17.23 | $32.13 |
| 39 | 17.69 | $32.90 |
| 40 | 18.14 | $33.67 |
| 41 | 18.59 | $34.44 |
| 42 | 19.05 | $35.21 |
| 43 | 19.5 | $35.98 |
| 44 | 19.95 | $36.75 |
| 45 | 20.41 | $37.52 |
| 46 | 20.86 | $38.29 |
| 47 | 21.31 | $39.06 |
| 48 | 21.77 | $39.83 |
| 49 | 22.22 | $40.60 |
| 50 | 22.67 | $41.37 |
| 51 | 23.13 | $42.14 |
| 52 | 23.59 | $42.91 |
| 53 | 24.04 | $43.68 |
| 54 | 24.49 | $44.45 |
| 55 | 24.95 | $45.22 |
| 56 | 25.4 | $45.99 |
| 57 | 25.85 | $46.76 |
| 58 | 26.3 | $47.53 |
| 59 | 26.76 | $48.30 |
| 60 | 27.22 | $49.07 |
| 61 | 27.67 | $49.84 |
| 62 | 28.12 | $50.61 |
| 63 | 28.58 | $51.38 |
| 64 | 29.02 | $52.15 |
| 65 | 29.48 | $52.92 |
| 66 | 29.94 | $53.69 |
| 67 | 30.39 | $54.46 |
| 68 | 30.84 | $55.23 |
| 69 | 31.3 | $56.00 |
| 70 | 31.75 | $56.77 |