Sponsoring.Mail

Donation letters are the most popular way for Austrians to support aid organizations financially in their great work. Whether in the classic letter format or as a creative self-mailer - with Sponsoring.Mail you have many design options for the personal dialogue with your recipients.

With Sponsoring.Mail, Österreichische Post offers reduced shipping rates for the following customer groups:

Sponsoring.Mail N for non-profit organizations with preferential donations (list of beneficiaries of donations)
Sponsoring.Mail S for non-profit organizations, associations, campaigners and political parties

Your benefits:

Higher response rate thanks to direct addressing
Attention-catching format and haptic experience
Paying-in slips are the most popular way of donating¹⁾

_{1) Source: 2018 Donation Report (Fundraising Verband Austria)}

Requirements How it works Facts and figures

What is considered Sponsoring.Mail rate class N?

Personally addressed items with identical content
The sender is a non-profit organisation with tax-deductible status (as defined by the Austrian Ministry of Finance)
Donations raised for a non-profit purpose, for charity, or for a church

What is considered Sponsoring.Mail rate class S?

Personally addressed items with identical content
Donations raised for a non-profit purpose, for charity or for a church or
Information about ongoing donation campaigns
Information about the association, policitics or political campaigning (min. 51%)

What is not considered Sponsoring.Mail?

Items not published in a member state of the European Union
Commercial advertising
Items sent on behalf of companies
Customer newspapers or magazines
Items asking recipients to pay membership duties
Submissions from Third Parties
Any form of invoice

To send Sponsoring Post items, you need to sign a registration agreement (Rate N or S). The application can be made online via the electronic business client portal ELLA at ella.post.at/zeitungszulassung. There is no need to sign up for the business client portal ELLA!

Items may only be posted at the contractually agreed location during pre-determined hours (see download regarding posting).

Preparing for shipping

Shipping documents: Create your posting lists and bundle labels using the Österreichische Post Posting Manager
Pre-notification of posting: If you plan to post 50,000 units or up, you need to notify us at least 5 business days in advance (Monday through Friday) before posting by e-mailing us at infomail.streuplan@post.at
Prepare a sample for every variation for posting
Posting your items:

Sponsoring.Mail Plus
- Bundling in local and routing area bundles and remaining amount (ascending by postal code, tied crosswise)
Sponsoring.Mail Classic
- in letter containers or envelope boxes, standing, all addresses pointing in the same direction

Click here to go to the Österreichische Post Posting Manager.

	Sponsoring.Mail Classic	Sponsoring.Mail Plus
Minimum dimensions	L 140 x B 90 mm	L 140 x B 90 mm
Maximum dimensions	L 235 x B 162 x H 5 mm	L 324 x B 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	1000 items (additional payment to reach minimum volume is available)
Delivery time	E + 5 (5 business days except Saturdays after posting)
Franking impression	- in two lines on the outside of the shipment - one line above and clearly separated from the address (exclusively for window envelopes, address labels, direct printing of the address on the item) Construction: Österreichische Post AG Produktkürzel SM Vertragsnummer Produktbuchstabe: N oder S Absender*innenadresse Example N: Österreichische Post AG SM 04Z034567 N Musterfirma AG, Mustergasse 10, 1010 Wien Example S: Österreichische Post AG SM 04Z034567 S Musterfirma AG, Mustergasse 10, 1010 Wien
Return information	No returns: Retouren an Postfach 555, 1008 Wien or Nicht retournieren Returns to sender: EUR 0.02 net/item
VAT	Exempt from VAT as part of universal services if posted at a postal branch Subject to VAT if posted at a distribution centre
Shipping documents	Posting list and bundle lable as specified in the Österreichische Post Posting Manager

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

Price List - Sponsoring.Post for non-profit organizations, associations, political candidates/parties (available in German only)

pdf, 532 kb (valid from 01.01.2022)

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Price List - Sponsoring.Post for non-profit organizations that offer tax-deductible donations (available in German only)

pdf, 531 kb (valid from 01.01.2022)

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Product information, Sponsoring.Mail N for non-profit organisations with tax-deductible status (available in German only)

pdf, 406 kb (valid from 01.01.2023)

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Product information, Sponsoring.Mail S for non-profit organisations, associations, political candidates and political parties (available in German only)

pdf, 294 kb (valid from 01.01.2023)

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