Print, Hand Fulfilment and Direct Mail, Delivered Every Month, Without Fail
Client: Artstat
Working together since January 2025
Services: Brochure and leaflet printing, envelope printing, hand fulfilment, direct mail and postage
The Client
Artstat came to us at the start of 2025 looking for more than just a printer. They needed a partner who could take their monthly marketing mailing completely off their hands, printing it, packing it, and getting it into the post on time, every single month.
That’s exactly what we do. Today, we handle Artstat’s entire print and direct mail campaign from start to finish, sending out over 700 mailings every month to addresses across the UK and abroad.
What We Produce
Each month, we print a combination of the following for Artstat:
An A4, 8-page brochure printed on 115gsm silk — the centrepiece of the mailing
An A4 double-sided, full-colour offer leaflet on 150gsm silk
C5 envelopes, printed black on the face and individually addressed for every recipient
The campaign runs on an alternating schedule: one month, the mailing is the brochure on its own, and the following month, it’s the brochure plus the offers leaflet, with both items folded and inserted into a single envelope.
How It Works
Artstat sends us their artwork around the second week of each month. From there, our team takes care of everything:
Print – the brochure, leaflet and individually addressed envelopes are all produced in-house
Hand folding – every brochure and leaflet is folded by hand by our hand fulfilment team
Envelope stuffing – each item (or pair of items) is inserted into its pre-printed C5 envelope
Sealing and packing – every envelope is sealed and packed, ready for collection
Postage and delivery – the whole mailing goes out via Royal Mail, usually landing on the last date of the month
That two-to-three week turnaround happens like clockwork, month after month — with no chasing needed from the client.
The Challenge: Staying Under 100g
Every direct mail campaign has its own quirks, and for Artstat, the crucial detail is weight.
Artstat sends their mailings as Royal Mail Small Letter, 2nd Class — a smart way to keep postage costs down for a 700+-piece mailing. But Small Letter pricing comes with strict rules: the envelope and its contents must fit within specific dimensions and weigh under 100g.
With an 8-page brochure, an offer leaflet and a printed envelope all going into one mailing in some months, there’s very little margin for error. Our team plans for this at the quoting stage — advising on paper weights, formats and folding so that every single envelope qualifies for the Small Letter rate. It’s the kind of detail that’s easy to overlook, and getting it wrong can add hundreds of pounds to a mailing’s postage bill.
This is one of the biggest advantages of using a print and fulfilment partner under one roof: because we’re printing the items and posting them, we can design the whole job around the postage rate from day one.
The Results
700+ mailings delivered every month, to recipients across the UK and internationally
Every campaign under 100g, keeping Artstat on the most cost-effective Royal Mail Small Letter 2nd Class rate
A reliable monthly cycle, artwork in by the second week, mailing delivered by the end of the month
One supplier, one invoice, print, envelope printing, fulfilment, and postage all handled by TR2 Creative
Could Your Business Use a Fulfilment Partner?
If you’re sending regular mailings, whether that’s brochures, offers, newsletters or catalogues, handling the printing, folding, stuffing and posting in-house quickly eats up time you don’t have.
Our team handles the whole process for you, from print to postbox, and we’ll advise on formats, paper weights and postage rates at the quoting stage so your campaign costs exactly what it should.
Get a free quote today or call us on 01782 744844 to talk through your mailing.