Beta.Zumbox.com - The Alternative Postal Service

This new solution is described by the team behind it as “The alternative postal service.” This is a quite accurate way of putting the concept across once you learn about the basic premise: what used to be sent as paper mail can be sent without the paper. That is, the company has come up with a paperless postal service that takes into account every street address in the United States.

This is achieved by having a private and secure web page for each and every postal service address. In order to access it, all you have to do is type the street address on the home page, and your mails will be displayed as envelopes for you to click about.

On the other hand, mailing somebody through Zumbox is also a supple task. All you have to do is upload a Word document or a PDF and specify the street address of the recipient. The mail will then be sent electronically.

From the previous paragraph, you can see where the main difference with e-mail lies. To send someone an e-mail, you must know his e-mail address. When it comes to Zumbox, a street address will suffice. If we bear in mind that businesses always have the street addresses of their customers, but not necessarily their e-mail addresses, the uses of this new solution become evident.

“Zumbox is a paperless postal service, offering a practical alternative to traditional postal systems. We have created more than 150 million mailboxes – one for every street address in the United States – including yours. Using Zumbox, any person or business can send an electronic message to any street address in the country. Mail recipients go to Zumbox.com and type-in their street address to view their mail safely and securely.”

Using Zumbox, it is very easy to reach anybody over the Internet, and without even needing that person’s e-mail address. In that sense, it stands as a viable alternative to other forms of communication, and it brings the best from many services together.

What information must you furnish in order to sign up?