--- title: "Real estate marketing mailers and website inquiries" description: "Plan real estate mailers around a website destination. 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Match the postcard's promise to that page. Test the printed link and the receiving inbox before approving the mailing. Start with the question you want to answer: preparing to sell, understanding a local market, or asking about a property. Build the destination around that question. Use the method below to brief your printer, mailing provider, and website builder. The page plans and checks are recommendations. They do not predict how many people will visit, inquire, or become clients. ## Choose the website destination before the postcard design Write the promised answer before choosing artwork. Decide what the recipient should find after opening the link and what happens if they contact you. Use these proposed pairings as a starting point. Supply approved wording and evidence for your own practice. | Mailer subject | Website destination to prepare | Contact action to support | | --- | --- | --- | | Preparing a home for sale | Your preparation process and what you would discuss with the seller | Request a preparation conversation | | Local market update | A dated explanation with the geography and sources identified | Ask about the property's situation | | An approved completed-sale example | Your role, permitted facts, and the work you performed | Discuss representation for another property | | A property available for inquiry | Its approved property page and a maintained status | Ask a question or request a showing | For a seller-preparation postcard, send readers directly to the preparation answer. Keep the seller contact option beside it. For a property postcard, retain the property reference with the buyer's question. Avoid promising an instant home value when the destination only requests a conversation. If you offer a report, finish and approve it first. State whether the visitor opens it immediately or requests delivery. Before commissioning a new page, inspect your current site. Use an existing page when it answers the promise and provides the required contact route. - [Real estate newsletter templates: give each link a website destination](/articles/real-estate-newsletter-template-with-website-destinations) ## Decide between a route mailing and an addressed list USPS Every Door Direct Mail, or EDDM, lets you select neighborhood carrier routes. Its Retail workflow uses a simplified address instead of individual recipient names. [USPS's EDDM instructions](https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm). Consider that route-based approach when you want to introduce your services across a defined area. Inspect the actual route boundaries before describing the audience in your brief. Avoid treating a selected route as evidence that each recipient owns a home or intends to sell. If you want individually addressed mail, ask the list provider to explain the records you would receive. Require the source, update date, selection criteria, permitted use, and handling of duplicates and returned mail. Leave an unsupported ownership or transaction-status label out of your copy. Give the provider your exclusions and removal process before ordering. Ask who applies them and how you inspect the final mailing count. Keep recipient records in your approved business system. Have your brokerage review the audience criteria, identity details, property claims, and offer wording before printing. Obtain that review for the destination page as well. ## Get a production quote that names the mailing work Ask for separate amounts for design, printing, list work, postage, preparation, and mailing. Request the minimum order, proof process, correction charges, and cancellation deadline. Confirm who submits the pieces to USPS and what record you receive afterward. USPS specifies size and weight requirements for EDDM flats, along with an indicia, address placement, bundles, and facing slips. Its Retail option also has minimum and maximum quantities. Check the current instructions with the printer before choosing the format. [USPS's preparation requirements](https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm). Do not select a postcard size from a template name alone. Ask the printer to confirm eligibility for the chosen mail service in writing. Request a physical proof with the final artwork, address area, and printed link. Record the planned mailing date separately from the provider's actual submission date. Ask what its delivery report establishes. Keep any delivery estimate labeled as an estimate. For removals within EDDM Retail, USPS provides a “Do Not Deliver Address” field on the facing slip. Confirm how the mailing provider applies it. [USPS's facing-slip instructions](https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm). ## Put a maintained link on the printed piece Choose a short, readable path on a domain you control. Print it beside the QR code so the recipient has another way to open the page. Use the same approved destination for both. Ask the website builder to maintain that path. Specify what happens if the property sells, the report changes, or the underlying page moves. Keep the printed address usable after those changes. For a retired property, propose a page that explains its current status and offers an appropriate contact option. If you use a QR-code service, ask about account ownership, recurring charges, export, and behavior after cancellation. Record who can change the destination. Check those terms before accepting the code in final artwork. Scan the physical proof using a phone. Type the printed address separately. Confirm the page title, opening answer, contact option, and property reference. Repeat the check on the final proof after any artwork or destination change. ## Identify the mailing without identifying the recipient in analytics If your site uses Google Analytics, campaign parameters can identify the source, medium, campaign, and creative variation. Google describes viewing those values in the Traffic acquisition report. [Google's campaign-URL guidance](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10917952?hl=en). Ask your builder to apply consistent campaign names to the QR destination and typed-link route. Use a mailing batch or creative label that you can match to the approved proof. Keep the naming sheet with your campaign records. Use `utm_source`, `utm_medium`, and `utm_campaign` according to their documented purposes. Consider `utm_content` when distinguishing approved designs. Google's parameter values are case sensitive. [Google's parameter definitions](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10917952?hl=en). Keep recipient names, personal contact details, and individual-recipient identifiers out of those labels. Google prohibits sending personally identifiable information to Analytics, including through URL parameters and campaign dimensions. [Google's privacy guidance](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6366371?hl=en). Ask the builder to demonstrate the final route in your actual setup. Check whether its campaign information survives each redirect and reaches the intended report. Require a separate check that the received inquiry retains the agreed campaign context. Offer an optional source question for someone who contacts you by another route. Record an unknown source as unknown. Avoid assigning every inquiry received after a mailing to that campaign. ## Make the seller or buyer inquiry usable Put your identity, service explanation, and contact action on the destination page. Explain what the visitor requests and who receives it. State a response target only after the responsible person accepts it. For an initial seller inquiry, propose a name, preferred reply method, and question. Make the property address optional unless you need it for the promised task. For a buyer question, preserve the relevant property URL. W3C recommends labels that describe each form control's purpose and are associated with that control. Include label checks in the website brief. [W3C's form-label guidance](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/). Keep identity documents and financial records out of the introductory form. The FTC advises avoiding unnecessary personal-information collection and retaining information only while a legitimate business need remains. [FTC's Start with Security guide, section 1](https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/920a_start_with_security_en_aug2023_508_final_0.pdf). Name the receiving inbox or contact system and the person responsible for replies. MDN explains that a form sends data to a server for processing. Confirm the subsequent route to your agreed destination. [MDN's form-data explanation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Forms/Sending_and_retrieving_form_data). Submit a clearly labeled test using contact details you control. Inspect the received question, contact method, property reference, and campaign context. Check the reply path. Review the phone layout with the keyboard open and the failure message when submission cannot complete. - [Build a real estate landing page around a clear next step.](/articles/real-estate-landing-page) - [Test the seller inquiry path on your real estate website](/articles/seller-inquiry-path-agent-website) - [Real estate CRM and website: map forms to contact records](/articles/real-estate-crm-and-website) ## Compare the mailing record with received inquiries Define the outcomes before the mailing. Use separate records for the print batch, observed visits, received inquiries, and later conversations. | Record | Proposed evidence to retain | | --- | --- | | Production and mailing | Approved proof, final count, itemized costs, and provider submission record | | Website activity | Campaign labels, reporting period, and observed visits under the selected measurement method | | Received inquiry | Matching contact record, question, source evidence, and receiving time | | Conversation or appointment | Its status and the business record supporting it | Choose the comparison period in advance. Remove your own tests from business-result counts. Apply a defined duplicate rule when the same person submits repeatedly. Keep scans, page visits, and inquiries as distinct outcomes. For a received-inquiry rate, define the numerator as qualifying received inquiries under your stated rules. Name the denominator: mailed pieces or confirmed delivered pieces. Use only the count your evidence supports. Mark the rate unresolved when that count is unavailable. For cost per received inquiry, divide the agreed campaign costs by qualifying received inquiries. Identify which costs you included. If you received none, report the cost and zero inquiries without inventing a rate or a return forecast. Use missing results to choose the next inspection. If the link fails, repair it. If the answer differs from the postcard, revise the destination. If the test inquiry never arrives, resolve delivery before ordering another batch. ## Bring the mailer destination into the whole website fix The mailer proof identifies the printed path, destination content, and receiving inbox. Specify the mailer's destination through [whole website fix: printed mailer paths](/for/real-estate). The whole website fix excludes paid advertising. 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