EDDM Alternative: Door-to-Door Saturation
If you are weighing Every Door Direct Mail against hand delivery, this is the comparison — and the reason most home-service advertisers run both.
How eddm alternative works with DoorBlitz
EDDM buys postal carrier routes and puts your piece into a mail stack with a dozen other advertisers, bound by postal size, weight, and indicia rules. Hand delivery puts a single piece alone on the front door, at eye level, with no other advertiser attached to it and no postal design constraints.
The trade-offs are real in both directions. Mail reaches every deliverable address including PO boxes and gated addresses we cannot walk. Hand delivery reaches street-accessible homes only, but supports odd shapes, door-hanger die cuts, tear-off coupons, sample bags, and route-level proof of delivery that mail cannot provide.
Cost comparisons should be run on cost per response, not cost per piece. Postage is a fixed floor on mail; hand delivery cost moves with route density, which means dense neighborhoods often beat mail outright while rural routes do not.
What's included
- No postal size, weight, or indicia restrictions
- One advertiser per door — no shared mail stack
- Die cuts, tear-offs, sample bags, and odd shapes allowed
- Route-level GPS proof of delivery available as an upgrade
- Density-based pricing that often beats postage in urban routes
Best fit for
- Home services comparing mail budgets
- Franchise marketing teams
- Agencies buying media on behalf of clients
- Seasonal saturation pushes
EDDM Alternative: Door-to-Door Saturation FAQs
Is hand delivery cheaper than EDDM?
Often in dense neighborhoods, since there is no postage floor. In sparse rural routes mail can win. We quote your specific geography so you can compare directly.
Can you put my piece in the mailbox?
No. Placing material in or on a mailbox is federally restricted. Every piece goes on the door knob or handle.
Popular markets for this service
- EDDM Alternative in New York, NY
- EDDM Alternative in Los Angeles, CA
- EDDM Alternative in Chicago, IL
- EDDM Alternative in Houston, TX
- EDDM Alternative in Phoenix, AZ
- EDDM Alternative in Philadelphia, PA
- EDDM Alternative in San Antonio, TX
- EDDM Alternative in San Diego, CA
- EDDM Alternative in Dallas, TX
- EDDM Alternative in Jacksonville, FL
- EDDM Alternative in Austin, TX
- EDDM Alternative in Fort Worth, TX
We run this service in all 175 city markets.
Other distribution services
- Door Hanger Delivery ServiceOur core service: printed door hangers placed by hand on the knob or handle of every qualified home on your route, street by street, with reporting you can hand to a franchisor or a client.
- Flyer Distribution ServiceFlyers, brochures, menus, and sample bags delivered door to door across whole neighborhoods or narrowly targeted route selections — priced per campaign, not per guess.
- Apartment & Multifamily DistributionHigh-density delivery built for apartment communities, condos, and townhome developments — hundreds of doors within a few hundred feet of walking.
- Business-to-Business DistributionCommercial corridors, office parks, industrial suites, and retail strips walked storefront to storefront so your offer reaches an owner or manager, not a mail room.
- Political Campaign Literature DropsPrecinct-level literature drops for candidates, ballot measures, and advocacy groups — walked on a deadline that does not move.
- Restaurant Menu DeliveryMenus, coupon sheets, and grand-opening offers delivered inside your actual delivery radius so every impression is a customer who can actually order.
- Door Hanger Printing & DesignPresses and designers under the same roof as the crews, so the piece that gets printed is the piece the route was built for.