Sending holiday photo postcards to a list of people from your phone

You can, if everyone on your list lives in the US. Pick a photo in Postie and choose your people, then write one note. Each card can show their first name or nickname. Postie prints a real 4×6 postcard for each person and mails it by USPS First-Class Mail. Postie is an iPhone app, coming soon to the App Store.

How to send holiday postcards to your list

1. Pick the photo. Choose the one from this year that tells the story.
2. Choose your people. Add them from your contacts or enter each address. If someone's address is missing, Postie can email them a link to confirm it.
3. Write the note. A few lines in a handwriting-style font. One note can name each person. Tap Insert to add First name or Nickname. Your note shows #firstname or #nickname. Each person's postcard prints with their own name in its place. If Mom is saved as a nickname in your iPhone contacts, Nickname prints Mom. Someone with no nickname gets their first name. For a different note per person, make a separate Postie for each one.
4. Send. Postie prints and mails one postcard for each recipient.

Plan around delivery time

Postcards usually arrive in 5 to 10 business days. That is an estimate. USPS controls transit time once it has the postcard, so leave a couple of weeks in the busy season.

What to know first

• Postie is for iPhone for now. The app is coming soon to the App Store. You can join the waitlist on trypostie.com.
• Postcards go to addresses in the United States only. Friends overseas need a different service.
• A Postie is a postcard with no envelope. Your photo is on the front and your note is on the back.
• Your first 3 Posties are free. If you claim them in the app, you have 1 hour to send them. Any you haven't sent by then expire. The pricing page covers the plans for a longer list.