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Direct Mail Services

• Mailing Quantities
• List Subdivisions
  
• Terms and Conditions
• Contact Details

The Direct Mail Service allows advertisers to reach all members of the Society with an exclusive mailing of their own material whenever extra impact is required. Rates stay the same for 2009 at just £200 per 1,000 plus postage.

The Society's list of members is updated daily. Members receive postings on a regular basis and returned copies cause the record to be 'flagged' to prevent wasted mailings. Changes are notified quickly, and it is a dynamic, current list without duplication.

The Society is not permitted to divulge members' addresses to a third party, so it may not sell or broker its list. It can, however, handle mailing requirements on your behalf.

You supply the material, the Society addresses and mails it.

Mailing Quantities

These figures were correct in October 2008 when the total membership was 45,493.

Mailings can have three simple exclusions:

1. Members currently living overseas: 4,116
2. Student Subscribers (all studying psychology with an institution recognised by the Society): 6,057 (including 129 overseas)
3. Affiliates (not qualified psychologists but interested in the subject): 598 (including 29 overseas)

The remaining 34,772 addresses are for qualified psychologists living in the UK.

Subdivisions of the List

The Direct Mail Service is recommended for targeting specific groups within the Society.

These groups focus on many different areas of psychology, and about half the Society's membership belongs to one or more of them.

Mailing can also be sent selectively by geographical area or to members of specific Divisions, Special Groups or Sections of the Society.

Terms and Conditions

1. The Society reserves the right to refuse any material it considers unsuitable or irrelevant. Members have been advised that all mailings are approved.
2. The service is provided on demand but to avoid conflict in the mailing department precise mailing dates can only be agreed with adequate notice and preparation time. Adequate notice is normally taken to be two months' warning and two weeks' possession of material.
3. The Direct Mail service cannot be used to advertise job vacancies.
4. Cancellation charges are applicable for mailings that are cancelled within one week of commencement of mailing.
5. Charges:
   
   • £200 per 1,000 if the insert is a single sheet of A4 or A5 booklets and can be mailed using our automated machine. Please contact to discuss your mailing requirements as extra charges might be incurred.
6. VAT will be added to all rates quoted.
7. Payment: Postage, plus the VAT chargable on total postage, will be shown on the final invoice. Payment within 30 days on receipt of invoice.
8. Joint mailings only to be undertaken on receipt of matching instructions from both parties.
9. Inserts to be supplied folded to fit 323 mm x 229 mm (A4), 241 mm x 165 mm (A5) or 218 mm x 110 mm (DL) envelopes.

The Society reserves the right to refuse any material it considers unsuitable or irrelevant. Members have been advised that all mailings are approved.

Contact Details

How to contact Direct Mail Services:

Phone (direct line): +44 (0)116 252 9551
Fax: +44 (0)116 227 1314
E-mail: directmail@bps.org.uk