Cost savings achieved on one direct mail campaign by Publishers Direct

Previous in-house direct mail campaign (80,000 items)
Publishers Direct direct mail campaign (74,000) 1
Copy Free 2 Copy £750
Design £1,250 Design £950
Print - salesletter £1,944 Print - salesletter £1,798
Print - brochure £3,760 Print - brochure £3,178
Print - order form £1,056 Print - order form £977
Print - envelopes (inner & outer) £2,111 Print - envelopes (inner & outer) £1,853
Mailing Lists £13,066 Mailing Lists £11,396
List cleaning & deduplication   List cleaning & deduplication £1,480
Lettershop £1,520 Lettershop £1,017
Postage £13,605 Postage 3 £11,246
Mailing management   Mailing management £1,600
Total cost £38,312 Total cost £36,245
       
Response rate 0.196% Response rate 0.233%
Order value £62,015 Order value £67,940
Return on Investment 1.62 Return on Investment 1.87

1 80,000 names were ordered but Listcleaning reduced the total to 74,000. The unmailable 6,000 records were not paid for.

2 Copywriting and other tasks previously done in-house were recorded by the client as "free" - even though there was obviously an overhead and salary cost for the staff involved.

3 Lettershopping and postage handled in by Publishers Direct in Eastern Europe.