PremierSort (3 Day)
Overview
The Service
- Unsorted mail only
- Injected into Royal Mail UK network 3 days after collection
Who’s it for?
- Well suited for businesses who do not want to sort their mail
- Ideal for organisations with less time sensitive mail
What are the benefits to you – the customer?
- We have state of the art sortation equipment that reduces the time to sort by up to 30%
- Cost effectiveness – Our machines also reduce the amount of unreadable or rejected mail which in turn lowers your costs and administration time
- Greater degree of flexibility – We can sort a wide range of envelopes, manual and CBC
- Convenient collection times
- Provides all round value for money
- State of the art Management Information reporting enabling a full track and trace system
Product Details
What Happens to my mail?
Day 0
- Unsorted mail collected from you
- Mail delivered to TNT Post sortation centres
Day 1
- Mail machine sorted
Day 2
- Bags of sorted mail delivered to Royal Mail
- Bags are signed fro by Royal Mail
- Royal Mail local sortation
Day 3
- Delivered by Royal Mail
What can I send?
| Service | Format Weight Bands |
||||||
| PremierSort 3 Day | Letters (DL/C5) | Large Letter (C4) | Packets | 0-100g | 101-250g | 251-500g | 501-750g |
| Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | |
Are there minimum volumes?
To ensure we offer the most efficient and effective service for all of our customers we ask that customers who want to utilise our PremierSort 3 day service handover a minimum of 10,000 items per collection.
Addressing Standards
The addressing standards for PremierSort 3 day are laid out in the PremierSort Customer Guide.
View PremierSort Customer Guide
You can use electronic copies of our PremierSort Mail Piece Templates as a reference to ensure that your mailings meet our requirements
View the PremierSort Mail Piece Template
Specifications
Our requirements give you greater flexibility but we do ask that your mail meets certain criteria so we can process it quickly and accurately. You can see the criteria by clicking here
Indicia
Mailing items need to carry approved TNT Post indicia. PremierSort customers can choose from 3 variations of our indicia, available in one of two sizes – small or large.
Standard Design
Standard Design Reversed*
Wave Design
* Please note: Reversed indicia can only be used on 120, 700 CBC or manual mailings
The TNT Post indicia ideally should be printed in black on white or light coloured paper. Other coloured indicia’s are possible, as long as they are in contrast by at least 50% in tone with the envelope. This should always be checked with TNT Post prior to printing.
Mail Pieces
Format Details
| All millimetres | Min Length | Max Length | Min Height | Max Height | Min Thickness | Max Thickness | Max Weight (g) |
| Letter (DL/C5) | 140 | 240 | 90 | 165 | 0.25 | 5 | 100 |
| Letter (C4) | 241 | 330 | 166 | 240 | 1 | 4 | 100 |
How do I lay out my envelope?
We have created a specifically designed Mail Piece Template for PremierSort.
Electronic Support
Current PremierSort Customer Guide
Click here to view the PremierSort Customer Guide
Updates will appear here
Product card
Click here to view the PremierSort 3 Day Product Card
PremierSort Mail Piece Template
Click here to view the PremierSort Mail Piece Template
PremierSort Specification Card
Click here to view the PremierSort Specification Card
How to Present Your Mail Guide
Click here to view the How to Present Your Mail Guide