Window Envelopes

Despite our fast-paced world where we often get our news, our bills, and even our daily information via a computer feed of some sort rather than via the “old fashioned” postal system, we still have a great need for mailing envelopes. The postal system has not gone away yet and it’s likely to continue to be with us for many years to come. Since this is the case, we will certainly continue to have a need for envelopes of all sorts.

Window envelopesWindow envelopes serve a very specific purpose. They are most often used by folks sending out bills. Computer programs are set so that billing information is fed into the system and the system knows to print the addressee details in just the right spot so that, when stuffed into window envelopes, the addressee is automatically visible; there is no need for a hand-written repeat of those details. The window envelopes will immediately give space for the recipient’s information to show through. When sending letters, invoices or statements, save the time and expense of separately addressing all those envelopes. Simply position the addressee to show through the window—already having purchased either left-side or right-side window envelopes based on your needs.

Double window envelopes are designed for invoice mailings where your company name will show through the top left-side window, and the addressee shows through the bottom window. These come in a variety of sizes, as most window envelopes do. The double window envelopes are an excellent choice in the standard check size—allowing the sender to forego the need to address the envelope or worry about including a return address, since the window envelopes will take care of both of these issues by fitting the information from the check directly into the windows.

There are window envelopes which are printed with an eco-friendly logo to show everyone that you care enough to use window envelopes made from recycled paper. If this is important to you, make sure you look for the eco-friendly logo when purchasing your window envelopes, or any other sort of envelopes or business paper products, for that matter.

You have any number of choices in how you want your window envelopes to seal. There is of course the traditional gummed seal, which requires moisture to close. There is also what is most often called “peel and seal” window envelopes. These come with a sticky surface covered with a protective strip. All you need to do is pull off that strip—peel it away—and adhere the flap to the backside of the window envelopes. No mess, no moistening. Then it’s off to the post office for that piece of mail. The peel and seal window envelopes makes the process all that much easier for you and may be a great choice if you have an assembly line sort of mail effort and must get everything out with speed and efficiency.

What other purposes will window envelopes serve? Window envelopes are used for both business and personal correspondence needs, such as invoices, already mentioned, and even letterhead. You can save time by not having to print or adhere an address label on the envelope since the address on your document will appear through the window. There are even what is called “full face” window envelopes. These have the window material on the entire front of the envelope, making everything on the open page of the inside mail piece visible to the eye. You might want to use these window envelopes if you are sending out a sales, or marketing, letter. To have the contents of that letter readable to the general public, no matter who sees it, could be of benefit to a company trying to get the information out on their products and/or services on a large-scale basiss.

What about colors? Do you need window envelopes in colors? What will work best for your business purposes? What about an eggshell? A hue which is just barely different than the standard envelope color will stand out from the crowd while maintaining a businesslike grace and, as is expected from all of your mail, it will continue to convey a friendly appeal. On the other hand, an intense color for your window envelopes will really capture anyone’s attention in even the busiest and most harried mail center. If you use a paper for your window envelopes with a smooth, polished finish, the combination of bright and eye-catching color, and classy paper, will give your mail a polished look of true professionalism, showing everyone that you know just how to work the system and yet stay within the lines of smart business propriety.

You can run the gamut of sizes for your window envelopes, from the standard window envelope to a larger pamphlet-sized window envelope, and anything in between. No matter what you may need to send out, if you use window envelopes to do it, you will find just the right size, color, paper—in weight and type, and sealing options. If you would like to have your company, or personal, return address information printed on your window envelopes, that is also available to you through most any competent, reliable, and well-referred print company, whether in your neighborhood, on the other side of town, or a company you have located online. Keep in mind that if you use an online print company, you will probably save yourself money, as well as crucial business time. Online printers have less overhead and added costs to their business efforts, a savings which can easily, and most often does, translate to you, the customer. As long as you are using an online printer with a proven track record—and you can learn all you need to know either via referrals or online feedback or better business bureau records—you will almost always get your window envelopes made and sent to you in better time, and for a better price.

Do your research carefully. Decide exactly what it is you, and your company, need in regards to your window envelopes supply. Make sure you know your budget, where you want the window to be on the envelopes, how many windows you need, what sort of envelope paper you want, colors for both the window envelopes and any printing you have added to them, and any and all other details which must come together to give you just what it is that you require to make your business run smooth and effortlessly. That is the bottom line, after all, isn’t it?