This calculator has been specially developed to help you identify the potential financial returns from sending out mailshots in your Direct Mail marketing campaign.

Just enter the details of your campaign and press 'Calculate' to discover the potential return on investment you could achieve.

Please bear in mind that the pre-populated response rates below are based on industry standards and are intended as guides only, not a guarantee of actual numbers.

Calculate the return on your Direct Mail campaign

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Please answer the following 6 questions to calculate your ROI

1To what audience do you want to focus your campaign?Help

Please identify whether you are targeting new or existing customers.

The 'existing customer' option allows you to further specify the types of campaign you are running. Each of these different profiles has an impact on the potential response rate for that campaign.

 
Existing customersPlease select an area that you are focusing on
 
2How quickly do you want to send your items?Help

Select whether you want to send your direct mail by First Class (1 day) or Second Class (within 2 to 3 days).

Please note for all postage prices we have assumed that the items are less than 100g. For example, they might be a postcard or small letter.

 
 
3How many items are you likely to send?Help

Are you planning a large or a more modest campaign? Please enter the number of items you plan to send.

Please enter the number of items you wish to send

Did you know?

Clear Prospects™ is an easy online tool that lets you improve the accuracy of your existing customer data.

4What is your budget?Help

Please enter the projected cost for printing and producing your campaign. These would include costs for all elements of production such as envelopes, labels, packing etc.

You will also need to enter how much it will cost you to post your campaign.

Please enter the print & production costs
Please enter the postage costs

Did you know?

Mailshots Online lets you create your own Direct Mail campaign with all production and printing costs included.

5What is the average value of a customer order?Help

How much is your average order worth? Please enter the value in £ sterling.

Please enter an average order value
6What response rate are you expecting?Help

What do you expect the response rate to your mailshot to be? Please note that response rates will vary by audience and campaign types. The figures we have provided are based on industry standards.

  • New audience campaigns : 6%
  • Existing audience – Create awareness campaign : 7%
  • Existing audience – Customer retention campaign : 8%
  • Existing audience – Customer development campaign : 5%
  • Existing audience – Customer reengagement : 3%
Please enter a response rate
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The above rate is the standard for a new customer campaign.

Did you know?

"76% of small and medium businesses say that Direct Mail gives them a good return on investment".
RM Quadrangle 'Marketing Effectiveness' Research 2009.