Credits & Billing

The Postal Company uses a prepaid credit system. You top up your balance, then each letter sent deducts from it.

Pricing

Item	Cost
Standard letter (The Postal Company branding, black and white) via Checkout	€2.50
Standard letter (The Postal Company branding, black and white) via API credits	€2.25

More letter options and configurations will be added soon.

Top up your balance from the Balance page in the dashboard. Payments are processed securely via Stripe.

When you send a standard letter (The Postal Company branding, black and white), the flow is:

Your balance is checked
If sufficient, €2.25 is deducted atomically for API sends
The letter is queued for printing and delivery
If insufficient balance, the API returns a 402 error with your current balance

Your current balance is shown on the Balance page. The API also returns your remaining balance_cents in every successful send response.

All top-ups and letter sends are logged in your transaction history, visible on the Balance page in the dashboard.