Pitney Bowes Announces Internet Postage Program Helping Small Businesses Beat the Postage Rate Increase and Grow Their Bottom Line

Business Wire, Dec 5, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000

Program Saves Small Business Owners One Penny on First-Class Letters

Mailed in 2001

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today announced that its small business Internet division, PitneyWorks.com, is providing a special 1-cent discount off the new single-piece postage rate to ClickStamp(R) Online Internet postage customers. The offer is good for up to 5,000 pieces of mail in 2001 and is open to current customers and those who sign up prior to January 31, 2001 at the PitneyWorks(sm) website, www.pitneyworks.com. This promotion is in response to today's United States Postal Service announcement that it has scheduled the price of first-class postage to be raised to 34 cents on January 7, 2001.

This program reinforces the company's commitment to help small business owners manage their everyday transactions. "We know that every penny counts when you're running your own small business," said Lisa DeBois, president of PitneyWorks. "That's why we're offering small business customers the opportunity to avoid next year's postage rate increase and minimize the blow to their wallets as they pursue their top priority -- getting and keeping customers."

PitneyWorks offers the only Internet postage service that allows small business owners to import customized graphics and logos onto an envelope, turning that envelope into a professional marketing piece and the only Internet postage provider to offer their customers a way to beat the postage rate hike in 2001.

Also available at www.pitneyworks.com is a direct marketing service that enables small business owners to design a professional looking direct mail piece that PitneyWorks will print, collate, meter and mail. In addition a free shipping and tracking tool allows small business owners to look-up zip codes, track packages and compare shipping rates, giving them the most cost-effective way to send a package. The PitneyWorks(sm) Business Rewards(TM) Visa(R) allows small business owners to manage cash flow and an online store gives small business a 10% discount on supplies.

About PitneyWorks

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a $4.4 billion global provider of informed mail and messaging management. PitneyWorks is the company's division dedicated to providing Internet product and service offerings to small businesses.