Mail Boxes Types and Styles

Deciding which type of mail boxes you need for your office

If you do any kind of correspondence with customers, or even internally with your employees, you need to look at mail boxes types and styles. Your mailboxes need to be sturdy enough to handle heavy traffic and they also need to portray your company in a positive light.

The type of mailbox you need is dependent on where your office is and what your company does. Some businesses need more than one type. Here are three different types for you to consider:

1. Commercial mailboxes that sit in the front of the office or in the lobby of the building;

2. Residential mailboxes that sit on the side of the road;

3. Interoffice mailboxes that sit in each department or at the reception desk.

 

Look at commercial grade locking mailboxes

Commercial mail boxes are usually metal and resemble small lockers. Each box has a cluster of smaller boxes so postal workers can quickly and easily separate the mail by recipient. These mailboxes can also be customized to include a letter drop and parcel lockers so you can take care of all your postal needs in one place.
Try: Look at the mailboxes Salisbury Industries offers. It sells commercial mailboxes factory direct. You can get aluminum or brass mailboxes in a variety of sizes and orientations. Each opens easily with the included keys. Also check out Netixchange's catalog. It has a large selection of drop boxes you can add to your setup.

Check out curbside outdoor mailboxes

While curbside mailboxes are often considered home mailboxes, you can also use them for your business, especially if you own your entire building and it's not in the middle of an office park. A mailbox like this can make your business seem more personable, especially if you choose a custom design.
Try: If you're looking for custom mailboxes, Mahvelous Mailboxes is sure to have one for you. It has hundreds of different shapes, from football helmets to manatees, all decorated in bright hues. Just add your company name to the side and you've got your own curbside advertisement. If you want something a bit more serious, perhaps if your business is a bank or a law firm, check out California Mailboxes. They have the black, white and silver pedestal boxes you are more used to seeing. Some have very ornate embellishments that resemble antique mailboxes.

Consider purchasing office mailboxes for interdepartmental mail

If your company has several departments that are in frequent communication with each another, a good way to distribute paperwork is through interoffice mail boxes. The easiest way to do so is to give each department its own pocket so that people can just walk by and drop off their correspondence. You can also include separate pockets for people who get a lot of mail.
Try: NAMI Solutions sells a three-pocket cubby that easily stands on its own. You can sit several of these units next to each other to make your mail center as large as you need it to be. Office Depot also sells this type of mailbox. Its model has 15 pockets in each unit. Each has space for a name label above the pocket to prevent any confusion.

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