Cleanmail Advance – Franking Machine Feature

Cleanmail Advance is a Royal Mail service that prepares your franked mail so every address can be read by Royal Mail’s automated sorting machines. When your mail meets the requirements, you earn a Royal Mail discount on each qualifying letter in return for helping speed up sorting. It is available on many higher-volume franking machines.

How Cleanmail Advance works

One of the perks of a franking machine is the features it includes, which simplify the franking process. Many users are not aware of the Cleanmail Advance feature found on most higher-volume franking machines.

Cleanmail Advance is an efficient, cost-effective way of preparing mail so every address can be read easily by Royal Mail’s sorting machines. To use it, you typically need to send larger volumes of mail (around 1,000 items), meet defined letter dimensions including address location and zones, complete a sales order online, and present the letters in trays.

Royal Mail discounts

If your mail complies with Royal Mail’s Cleanmail Advance guidelines, you qualify for a Royal Mail discount based on letter machine-readability and address accuracy (automatic sortation). Because you save Royal Mail time, the discount is applied to every qualifying franked letter; letters that cannot be sorted automatically do not receive the discount. The exact discount rate is set by Royal Mail and can change, so check the current Royal Mail rates for the latest figure.

Cleanmail Advance compatible franking machines

Many Mailcoms franking machines can use Cleanmail Advance. View our range of franking machines and get in touch to find out which models support Cleanmail Advance for your mail volumes.

Cleanmail Advance FAQs

What is Cleanmail Advance?

A Royal Mail service that prepares franked mail so it can be read and sorted automatically by Royal Mail’s machines, earning a discount on qualifying letters.

How do I qualify for the Cleanmail Advance discount?

Your mail must meet Royal Mail’s requirements – typically larger volumes (around 1,000 items), defined letter dimensions and address zones, an online sales order, and letters presented in trays.

How much is the Cleanmail Advance discount?

It is a Royal Mail discount based on machine-readability and address accuracy. The exact rate is set by Royal Mail and can change, so check the current Royal Mail rates.