AnytimeMailbox vs EarthClassMail vs iPostal1 - which is right for you? | virtual mailbox review

[@ElizabethPW]

Here are the links to the three companies I evaluated in this video: www.anytimemailbox.com/ www.earthclassmail.com/ ipostal1.com/

[@joetanory7]

The descriptions of the services were very helpful and thorough. Thank you. You must be an excellent attorney.

[@kevinhickey8983]

Elizabeth, thank you so much for taking the time out to educate me on selecting a virtual mailbox. I'm on the board of a nonprofit and we are moving out of our physical office as there are no longer any paid employees.

[@MrBrianDuga]

This was very good, thank you. So many options are a bit overwhelming to navigate.

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CordAndJen]

You are doing a great job. You are raising issues and specifics that are not discussed in other videos.

[@ElizabethPW]

thanks!

[@kgrant2636]

OMG....I feel like I owe you an hourly rate...you are so helpful!

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad it was helpful!

[@EatLotsOfCurry]

That charge for picking up in person? You’re right they do nickel and dime.

[@erinmeggik391]

L😆L always a catch it seems. Any who... USPS recently charged me roughly $200 for 12 mos rental for a small POB.

[@juliefloersch8337]

Very thorough and explained well - thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Great thank you!

[@guiller2371]

That's the thing! You might not even know. When I started this journey I had no idea how critical my business address would be. I thought that just having a physical location for your business was good enough.

[@CindySouthern-cc5gd]

Which one do you recommend for a personal real address for a married couple or two people????

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm my current go-do is anytimemailbox

[@CindySouthern-cc5gd]

Thank you so much for this information I have been struggling looking for a virtual address service for Kenosha Wisconsin for private mail with a real address to receive driver's license and all private mail 💌 God bless you 🙏

[@Leobynight]

Good information, Thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Welcome!

[@shawnm5692]

what if you dont want it scanned? you just want the physical forwarded to you. that way you can keep personal and business separate. your insight is appreciated

[@ElizabethPW]

I think they always scan the front/outside of the envelope. Otherwise you can have them send it to you instead of open/scan.

[@tirthb]

When I registered my company with Northwest. It comes with scanning service. Did not pay extra.

[@ElizabethPW]

Ah thanks for sharing about that!

[@tirthb]

@@ElizabethPW I came to know it is a limited service. 10 scans.

[@tirthb]

This is from NW: Any mail from the California Secretary of State, and any legal mail, will be scanned and uploaded to your account for no additional charge. We also offer to scan and upload 10 pieces of regular business mail for free per year, such as mail from your bank or other agencies. Once that 10-piece limit is reached, there will be a $15 unlock fee applied to each additional piece of regular business mail received. The 10-piece limit will renew every service year, and we shred junk mail so that doesn't count against your free limit.

[@ElizabethPW]

Thanks for sharing that info!

[@johnathanmcginnis]

hi can i use anytime mailbox if i live in canada im planing to move to the states soon.

[@ElizabethPW]

You should be able to

[@scarlettuwu9582]

Thank you so much! Ecm’s website is low and perhaps intentionally lacking in details.

[@stephanielewis4706]

Hello, I have a virtual office with I Postal 1. Now I'm trying to get my Google Verification and it's asking me for a video in front of the virtual address location. Any advice on how I can move forward? I wasn't sent a verification code in the mail. Thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm I think they want to establish that the address is your location, but it is just your mailing address. They have all the other ways to verify that it is your business (phone, etc.) so you may just have to use those

[@DexiiSS]

Very helpful, Thank you!

[@ElizabethPW]

Glad it was helpful!

[@loudnoises4627]

Thanks for the detailed review. I travel frequently. If I wanted my business address and personal mailing address to be through anytime mail, would I need to select a plan that includes at least 2 recipients? It’s a one person operated business. I like the privacy and reduction of junk mail. I’d like to have that offered to both my personal and business mailbox. I just finished setting the mailing address with my name and the business name as only one recipient. I still havent gone through the notary process though

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm so the paperwork for the business accounts will have the name of the business and also a person who can sign for the business ... but yes to make sure you get all of your mail, you'd want to have yourself as a second recipient in your own capacity. You'd probably have to fill out two of the forms, one for you and one for the business

[@NailWarz]

This video is very helpful. I have my LLC incorporated in Delaware but I live in MD. Do you use this service in that regard? For out of state businesses?

[@ElizabethPW]

Yes that can make sense

[@hotfeva9843]

Are you a resident of Delaware or just receiving benefits. I ask because I have my business in MD but I wanted to incorporate in Delaware for certain benefits

[@tyrahoytt7264]

Thank you for sharing!

[@ElizabethPW]

Welcome!

[@BennettMinchen]

Hi Elizabeth - Great video! Thanks very much for the information! Question: Perhaps you already addressed this in a different comment but I get a fair amount of junk mail associated with my small business and I don’t want to get charged for each of these mail pieces as I don’t have control to prevent these mail items being sent to me. With Anytime Mailbox or iPostal1, do I get charged for mail I don’t want? Thanks very much!

[@ElizabethPW]

It depends on the exact level of mailbox you get. Sometimes they don't charge for mail unless you have it scanned. Other plans will charge for anything over a certain number of pieces. So you have to look at each address and each plan. Really, AM and iP1 do not control all the pricing -- the local mailbox places decide the plans

[@mastiffhomebuyers]

Can you share why you left UPS service? We have a mailbox for our business but much of our business mail still comes to our home like bank statements. We are about to sell our home and move into RV so I will need both business and personal services

[@ElizabethPW]

I don't have UPS Store because they didn't scan my mail and I can't go in person all the time.

[@HoustonRideshare]

Thank you! Your videos are excellent. If i already have an LLC. Do i register the mailbox under my name or the business name?

[@ElizabethPW]

Put it under the business name so you can get mail addressed to the business at that address

[@pt5820]

Hello Elizabeth, I have a lot of interest in this video and it is very interesting the options you gave. Concerning having a mailbox while I'm out of the country, would you recommend anytime mailbox for just 2 people with just 3-5 pieces of mail per month? If you have time to get back to me I would appreciate it Thank you very much

[@ElizabethPW]

Probably would work well, many of the addresses have a low-mail level

[@focalcontortion]

I see that some people are using UPS boxes to register businesses. how does that work with PMB listed in the address?

[@ElizabethPW]

Some government entities are looking up address and not allowing it, but not all of them are yet.

[@Paul-cg1bn]

Hi Elizabeth, Thank you for all the information you gave. Great video! I have a problem. I was scheduled to travel at a certain date and rushed into using ipostal1. Now I want to get out of it. I used to use traveling mailbox about a year and a half ago and it was hard as ever to get out of it and get my mail sent to my regular US address. I had to be on the phone with a postal agent or higher up to finally make it work. Now I'm thinking I'm going to get the same grief with ipostal1. But here I see you've changed your virtual mailbox and am hoping to get some help with doing that. I'm still out of the country, so first off, I want to know if it is possible to do this while still traveling. Is it as simple as just sending in a change of address online to the USPS? It sure wasn't with traveling mailbox, but maybe things have changed. Thanks so much for any advice!

[@ElizabethPW]

My understanding is that you can't use change of address to move from a virtual mailbox (PMB mailbox) -- there is some USPS rule about that. But the company is supposed to forward mail for 6 months. faq.usps.com/s/article/Commercial-Mail-Receiving-Agency-CMRA#termination

[@Paul-cg1bn]

Hi Elizabeth. Thanks for your answer. I read the linked article you sent. It sounds to me like I'm SOL with this CMRA service. Who knows what will happen to my mail after 6 months. It sounds like in the end that I will have to get a new address for USPS to start sending me mail to. Maybe getting a POB is an alternative. I'll have to have a conversation with USPS and find out what my alternatives are, if any. If you have any other suggestions, I'm all ears. Thanks again!

[@agthomas176]

Hello Elizabeth. I am from Dubai. I'm in the process of starting an LLC in Wyoming as a foreigner. My question is, one of the services in iPostal1 is the "virtual business address" plan. Can I use this address for bank account verification? It's my understanding that banks do not allow mailing address for verification. Is the virtual mailing address and the virtual business address legally the same? The prices are the same, how would one choose? Could you make a video on that. Thanks

[@ElizabethPW]

I'd bet that the bank would need a real address. Most US banks require someone to be in person and/or be a US resident. Check out mercury.com/ - they can set up bank accounts for non-US residents

[@Rick-gv7uk]

Thanks for the video! Do you know if the City of San Francisco and the California Secretary of State will accept an iPostal1 or AnytimeMailbox address as a physical business address for foreign state qualification and city registration? In theory they are physical addresses with a # number at the end correct? Thanks!

[@ElizabethPW]

It seems that their systems do not yet filter out virtual mailboxes, however they do require actual locations and could add such a filter at any time

[@juliequinn9706]

Thank you for this video! Will a virtual mailbox work for vehicle registration? We have homes in California and Canada, with our vehicles registered in Calif. Will the DMV accept the virtual mailbox address as our residence address?

[@ElizabethPW]

That’s a good question that I have not tried. My exodus that CA does not yet interface with the usps database so they don’t know what address is virtual or not. But that could change ofc

[@smallstart7744]

Hi Elizabeth, thanks for information! If i request to scan my mail, what they do for the document after open? Do they destroy the document or just leave the doc in the office?

[@ElizabethPW]

You tell them what to do - trash, shred, mail to you, etc.

[@williamkingsley118]

Hello Elizabeth -- informative and very helpful. Just moved to Panama from Montana. Would it be better to use a forwarding service based in Miami, FL for deliveries to Panama or get a Montana address and have them forward my bank, credit card, and social security mail to me. While the latter may cost more; all of my current information is currently addressed to my old address in Montana. Thx

[@ElizabethPW]

I don't see a difference, since it is just a forwarding service. The difference would be if you are trying to use the address for other purposes (like driver's license or taxes or residency)

[@minns01]

Being a renter in a house of two other people, would you know if Virtual Mailboxes are setup by (NAME + ADDRESS), or ADDRESS only. Trying to figure out if my room-mates mail would be included in my Virtual Mail Set-up? Many thanks.

[@ElizabethPW]

Virtual mailboxes are for your name (or the name of a business).

[@chrisotero-hx8qe]

Hi I want to have to set up an account on Wells Fargo and Chase Bank But the problem is I want to use a Virtual Business Address. what could be the best site I should use?

[@ElizabethPW]

They will want a location address.

[@damianlaroche2994]

excellent video

[@8sun52]

Thanks Elizabeth. In message chatting with iPostal1, they said I can't use my business name for my virtual address at their "Personal" tier level at $9.99/month. I'd have to use my real name. I have to choose their "Business" tier level for my business name at $14.99/month. I need my business name virtual address in the event of any returns of up to two of my T-shirt designs. And if any customers need to correspond to me by paper mail. Does this sound true? Thanks...

[@ElizabethPW]

Yeah that makes sense, not surprised that they charge more for business accounts

[@8sun52]

@@ElizabethPW OK. Thank you very much for your reply!

[@user-up9vb6uc4x]

when you file a personal tax return with the I.R.S., are you allowed to use a virtual mailbox address on the 1040 form as your address?

[@ElizabethPW]

They want a real address and only a virtual or PO Box if you can't get mail to your house

[@scottkerr6562]

Thank you. Is it possible to get an address that does NOT have a suite/apt. or unit number requirement?

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm even a co-working place or a office building would have a suite address, so I don't know of one

[@asusb7577]

If I sign up for a virtual mail box to use with my business, with the primary goal of not having buyers see all of my personal information if they decide to ship returns to me, should the mailbox only contain my business name as a recipient, or do I need to have two recipients, one with my personal name, and one with my business name for legal reasons?

[@ElizabethPW]

You'd have a business account so the business name would be used

[@varun25p]

Using these Virtual Addresses, can we open Business bank accounts after LLC is created?

[@ElizabethPW]

The bank will likely want the business owner's actual address, or the person(s) who are the signors on the account

[@djc9883]

which one would you recomend for personal use?

[@ElizabethPW]

Look at what addresses and expenses are in your area -- it is a location-specific issue

[@HangOutWithConnie]

Do they charge you for junk mail? I get so much junk mail, but need a virtual biz address and don't want to pay them to scan my junk mail. Just curious. Thank you

[@ElizabethPW]

Most of them yes have junk mail count as mail.

[@HangOutWithConnie]

@@ElizabethPW okay, gotcha. thank you

[@TeedyASMR]

do you know if there's any place that lets you not use your first and last name on your address, and just use a business name? part of not wanting to use my home address is also not wanting to use my full government name!

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm well I think they always make you disclose the name of the human person who is going to sign the forms, because they have to give those to the USPS (and those get notarized).

[@WorldWatchDaily24]

Is ipostal 1 is recommended for online store like Shopify?

[@ElizabethPW]

If you get returns, you need to make sure that the particular ipostal you select will not charge you a lot for those boxes

[@A1Bokeh]

what do you think would be best for someone just using it for an address for a business?

[@ElizabethPW]

I typically use either anytimemail or ipostal1, whichever one is a better location/price

[@A1Bokeh]

@@ElizabethPW I ended up going with anytime 😊 thanks for the info and video

[@903dada4]

I need somewhwre i can get packaged delivered not just mail and pick up. Is there any like that?

[@ElizabethPW]

Then I'd look at UPS Store, AnytimeMailbox, and iPostal1. UPS Store will be more expensive but if you are going to need to pick up a lot of boxes from shippers (not just usps) then usually best bet

[@mrdivinelightning]

@@ElizabethPWso ipostal1 wouldn’t be good for packages ? Because I got the same issue I will get boxes from shippers and I’m looking for a way to have a mailing address that receives my packages and shipped them to me

[@ambrag2cute358]

@@ElizabethPW Hello, Is UPS addresses acceptable for D&B?

[@jcv71]

Can this virtual address serve as an LLC-registered-agent address?

[@ElizabethPW]

People may do that but you are supposed to use a street address where someone is authorized to accept legal documents on the business's behalf

[@sohunghundal]

Can you use these address to open a bank account??

[@ElizabethPW]

Hm most banks want a physical address but it does depend on the bank

[@lydiavasquez1844]

Can Use for D.M.V. mail

[@ElizabethPW]

You can get DMV mail to a PO box or other virtual mailbox, but typically you also have to give them a residence address

[@nima686]

I have your video about LLC. i am dreaming to open my LLC in california but But I'm afraid to start it. I started that business for a short period of 6 years. I hope to start a food shop. My fear is that if I close my LLC in six years, my customers will sue me. Do they have the right to do so or is it irrelevant to them since I am closing my LLC?

[@ElizabethPW]

So if you start/run/close the LLC correctly, then no one could sue you personally -- that's really the big idea of the limited liability company

[@jcv71]

Don't forget in California you have to pay $800 annually whether you sell or not.

[@mohammad.Du93]

Any recommendations for service that I'm sending green card

[@ElizabethPW]

Not sure I understand your question about a green card?

[@mohammad.Du93]

@@ElizabethPW thank you Elizabeth for wonderful content. I was in the process of moving to the states and I was filling the form I was asked about US address so they can send so the green card and SSN card .

[@CPoppaB1tch]

My question is I need an address for a small cleaning business not sure if I'll even receive mail what should I be looking for in a service

[@ElizabethPW]

The most basic level that has a minimal fee. Probably anytimemailbox or ipostal1

[@CPoppaB1tch]

@@ElizabethPW sounds fitting