San Francisco, California · San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont metro
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and print in San Francisco, CA
Direct mail postcards, EDDM and mailing lists for San Francisco, Oakland, the Peninsula and Marin: dense apartment routes, high-value single-family neighborhoods and the Bay Area suburbs, printed and mailed for up to 60% less.
- 810,000 residents in the city
- ZIP codes 941
- Entered through the San Francisco Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
San Francisco is a compact city of about 810,000 people on 47 square miles, with ZIP codes 941 covering the city, at the center of a Bay Area of 7.7 million. The housing is unlike any other American city: attached single-family homes and flats in the Sunset, the Richmond and the southern neighborhoods on dense residential routes; apartment buildings downtown, in the Marina, Nob Hill and the Tenderloin; and Victorian and Edwardian flats in the Mission, the Haight and the Castro. Across the bay and down the Peninsula, Oakland, Berkeley, San Mateo and Marin mail as suburbs with some of the highest home values in the country.
Bay Area businesses use mail because digital costs here are the highest anywhere. Real estate agents farm neighborhoods where the median home is seven figures; the technology companies use triggered mail and retargeting from their San Francisco offices; restaurants mail EDDM to the Sunset and the Richmond; medical, dental and dermatology practices mail by income; the universities, museums and nonprofits mail donors; and financial services firms mail the region by net worth.
Who mails in San Francisco?
Real estate agents and brokerages, first; technology and e-commerce companies running automated mail programs; restaurants and delivery businesses in the residential west side; dental, medical and cosmetic practices; private schools and tutoring; the region's cultural institutions and nonprofits; wealth managers and financial advisors; and the solar, remodeling and seismic retrofit companies that serve the East Bay and Peninsula housing stock.
Routes, buildings and the bay
The Sunset, the Richmond, the Excelsior and the southern neighborhoods have dense residential routes where EDDM is efficient; downtown, SoMa and the northern waterfront are apartment markets for targeted lists by building and income. Oakland, Berkeley and the East Bay suburbs mail like suburbs. Marin and the Peninsula are farmed from homeowner lists by value. A single mailing can cover the city and any combination of Bay Area counties.
Delivery around the bay
Mail for the city is processed at the San Francisco facility, with Oakland and San Jose serving the East Bay and the South Bay. Marketing Mail entered locally typically reaches Bay Area mailboxes in three to five business days. Chinese, Spanish and Tagalog versions of a piece are routine for the Richmond, the Sunset, the Mission and Daly City.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around San Francisco
Carrier routes and homeowner lists are available for every part of the metro. The areas below come up most often in San Francisco campaigns:
- Pacific Heights
- Noe Valley
- the Sunset
- the Richmond
- the Marina
- Bernal Heights
- the Mission
- Oakland Hills
- Rockridge
- Berkeley
- Marin County
- Daly City
- San Mateo
- Walnut Creek
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Direct mail in San Francisco: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in San Francisco?
Direct mail in San Francisco is quoted for the city and the job rather than from a national price list, because how a San Francisco list sorts, where the mail is entered and how many pieces you send all move the number. A quote covers printing on a 5×8.25 or 6×11 postcard, mail processing and USPS postage, stated separately. Send the size, the quantity and the ZIP codes or neighborhoods through the quote form and a written San Francisco quote comes back, usually within a business hour, at up to 60% less than the big online printers.
Does EDDM work in San Francisco?
Yes, particularly in the Sunset, the Richmond, the Excelsior and the southern neighborhoods, where carrier routes are dense and residential. In apartment-heavy districts a targeted list by building type and income is usually the better tool.
Can you mail Oakland, Marin and the Peninsula with San Francisco?
Yes. Routes and lists across San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo Counties can be included in one mailing and entered together.
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