Free postcards to family!
It's been a while since I reminded you about free postcards!
Hippopost! Here's what it is. You create a postcard from your computer, then hippopost mails an actual postcard to your friend or family. It is free - of course. We use this about once a week so the kids can create mail for grandparents and cousins. You can send 2 per day. (This does take a while to get to the person..... but hey.... it's free! and the grandparents love it!)
Here's how you do it...
- Go to http://www.hippopost.com/
- Bottom right corner of screen - click on hippopost online- try hippo
- You will need to login at top of right corner
- If this is your first time, click on login - then it will give you a place to register
- Now is the fun part - you can upload a picture or use a set picture they already have (We always like to upload a pic of the kids)
- Click next at bottom right
- Fill in the address and note you want on the postcard
- click next
- you can preview your post here
- click mail
- You then get to choose from at least one advertiser who will pay the postage (usually it's a hotel chain or resort)
- Occasionally there will be no free postcards available. This happens when they have all been sent for that day. If that happens, I just wait and send the card the next day.
- You will get a confirmation email but no junk mail from them.
- It usually takes at least a week (sometimes a few days more) for the people to get their postcard but it's worth it when the kids go see grandparents and see the postcards on the refrigerator!
Comments
I love the concept of HippoPost and can't wait until someone in my family receives one!!
Have a great week!