Sponsoring.Mail: reduced postage for selected purposes

Donation letters count among the most popular options for Austrians to support charitable organisations in their fantastic work. Whether you prefer a traditional classic letter format or a creative direct mailing campaign: Sponsoring.Mail gives you plenty of options for starting a conversation with your target audience.

What are your benefits with Sponsoring.Mail?

Higher response rate thanks to direct addressing
Attention-catching format and haptic experience
Payment slips still rank among the most popular ways of donating (source: 2022 Donation Report, Fundraising Association Austria)

Who can use Sponsoring.Mail?

The following clients benefit from reduced postage for Austrian Post’s product Sponsoring.Mail:

Sponsoring.Mail N for non-profit organisations with tax-deductible status (list of organisations with tax-deductible status as defined by the Austrian Ministry of Finance)
Sponsoring.Mail S for non-profit organisations, associations, political candidates, and political parties

What rate can I use? Sponsoring.Mail N or S?

	Sponsoring.Mail N	Sponsoring.Mail S
Sender	Non-profit organisations with tax-deductible status (as defined by the Austrian Ministry of Finance)	Non-profit organisations without tax-deductible status Associations Political candidates Political parties
Format	Personally addressed items with identical content	Personally addressed items with identical content
Item type	Fundraising for non-profit, charitable or church-related purposes Information about ongoing donation projects	Fundraising for non-profit, charitable or church-related purposes Information about ongoing donation projects Information about the association’s activities, political activities, or political campaigning (min. 51 %)

Sponsoring.Mail N

Sponsoring.Mail S

Sender

Non-profit organisations with tax-deductible status (as defined by the Austrian Ministry of Finance)

Non-profit organisations without tax-deductible status

Associations

Political candidates

Political parties

Format

Personally addressed items with identical content

Item type

Fundraising for non-profit, charitable or church-related purposes

Information about ongoing donation projects

Fundraising for non-profit, charitable or church-related purposes

Information about ongoing donation projects

Information about the association’s activities, political activities, or political campaigning (min. 51 %)

What items cannot be sent as Sponsoring.Mail?

Items not published in a member state of the European Union
Commercial advertising
Items sent on behalf of commercial entities
Customer newspapers or magazines
Items asking for payment of membership duties
Any form of invoice
Third-party inserts

The perfect shipping option for your items: choose between Classic and Plus

Choose between the following two formats:

Sponsoring.Mail Classic – for items weighing up to 50 g
Sponsoring.Mail Plus – for other formats weighing up to 2,000 g

	Sponsoring.Mail Classic	Sponsoring.Mail Plus
Minimum dimensions	L 140 x W 90 mm	L 140 x W 90 mm
Maximum dimensions	L 235 x W 162 x H 5 mm	L 324 x W 229 x H 24 mm
Maximum weight	50 g	2,000 g
Processing	Machine processable, no bundling	Bundling required

Format: Rectangular or square

Minimum volume: 1,000 items (additional payment to reach minimum volume available)
Delivery time: 6 business days after posting (Monday through Friday)
Franking impression:

two lines on the outside of the item
one line above and clearly separated from the address (exclusively for window envelopes, address labels, addressed printed directly on the item)

Layout:

Österreichische Post AG
Product code SM
Contract number
Product letter: N or S
Sender address

Example N:
Österreichische Post AG
SM 04Z034567 N
Any Company, Anystreet 10, 1010 Vienna

Example S:
Österreichische Post AG
SM 04Z034567 S
Any Company, Anystreet 10, 1010 Vienna

Return information: No returns:

Retouren an Postfach 555, 1008 Wien or Nicht retournieren

Return to sender: 0.02 euro net/item

VAT: Exempt from VAT as part of universal services if posted at a postal branch

No VAT if posted at a distribution centre

Shipping documents: Posting list and bundle label as specified in the Austrian Post Posting Manager

Go to GTC

All relevant information is available under "GTC - Sponsoring.Post" and "Special conditions, machine processability".