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Direct Mail Is Not Dead

Is it worth it doing direct mail campaign in 2026? Let's find out!

What Is Direct Mail

First of all it’s an email, it’s dropping physical letter to houses.

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Is It Dead Yet?

According to Google Trends data it’s certainly dying but not dead yet. The peak for direct mail was in 2014, since then the search interest slowly declined year over year.

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Direct Mail Performance Benchmark (UK)

Campaign Batch Batch 1 Batch 2 Batch 3
Send Vol 10,671 22,973 74,314
Cost per Letter £0.4 £0.4 £0.4
CPM £430 £430 £380
Visits 222 599 696
CTR 2.1% 2.6% 0.9%
Cost per Visit £21 £16 £41
Qualified Lead 38 86 229
CVR 17% 14% 33%
Cost Per Qualified Lead £121 £115 £123