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.

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.

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.

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