Every week, tons of companies send out invoices to their clients for services performed. Sometimes, the bill sits for a couple days waiting for someone to take a drive to the post office to get stamps and send the bills.

With the postage meter, such as the Pitney Bowes small business postage machines, you may reduce this step completely. Easily take your bills, put them through the postage machine, and in minutes you have postage put-on to each bill. Simply give them to the mail carrier when he or she arrives and you are finished.

Getting the bills out quicker can mean you get paid faster.

In addition to making the invoicing go out faster, postage machines make daily mailing more convenient. Trips to the post office may become a thing of the past, saving the time effort and cost of mailing one to the post office. It doesn't sound like much, but with time, gas increases in our cost, a ride to the post office can easily cost $25-$35. In contrast, for $19.99 a month, you can have the postage meter in your office, saving severalrides at a average cost of $55-$95 per month.

Postage meters also save you money on postage costs. All first-class envelopes are $.44 to mail. Being able to apply the exact postage each time may save you tremendous money.

First, numerous people simply hold envelopes in their hand and assume the weight. If they think it is more than an ounce and is not, they apply to much postage. If they guess incorrectly and think that it is just 1 ounce but it actually weighs more, they assign to little postage and envelopes will be returned weeks later for insufficient postage.

Even if you assume accurately, how much postage do you need to apply? Well, as of the writing of this article, a 1 1/2 ounce letter cost $.61 to mail. If you apply stamps, at the price of $.88, you're wasting $.17 on every piece you mail out. This adds up rapidly.

What about big envelopes? Do you know the postage rates for those? The machines do and they will tell you how much postage needs to be applied. Suppose your mailing an large envelope that's 11 ounces. Did you know that costs $2.58? A postage machine can put-on exactly $2.58. With stamps, you may end up stringing six or seven stamps across the top of the envelope, guesstimating the correct postage, and making the envelope looking like a kids sticker wall.

Save everyone some time, effort and money, and look at a postage meter for your house, home based business or small business.