Business mailbox

A business address in Modesto, without renting an office.

Use our Downey Ave address for your business mail. We take in your mail and packages, send you a photo, and hold them for pickup.

✓Local office, real people ✓Letters and packages ✓A photo of every item ✓Free for EBS merchants
Price

One plan. No setup fee.

Letters and packages from every carrier, a photo of each one, and scans when you ask.

Monthly

$50 a month

Charged to your card each month until you cancel.

Yearly

$600 a year

Paid up front, once a year. Same price, one charge.

EBS merchants

Free

One mailbox for a business that processes an average of $5,000 a month or more in card sales with EBS.

Included

  • Your business address: 401 Downey Ave #your number, Modesto, CA 95354
  • Unlimited letters and packages from USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon, and others
  • A photo of each envelope or package label in your Portal, with an email
  • Up to 25 pages a month opened and scanned when you ask
  • Shredding of mail you don't need
  • 14 days of free storage, then pickup at our office

Other fees

Package over 20 lb, or a side over 24 inches$5
Package over 50 lb, or over 108 inches in length plus girth$15 plus $0.50 a pound over 50 lb or $0.25 an inch over 108 inches, whichever is more
Package storage after 14 days$1 a day
Scans over 25 pages in a month$0.25 a page
Legal papers served on you, mailed to your home as the law requires$25 plus postage

Fees are added up and charged to your card on file on the first of each month. We don't accept freight or pallets.

How it works

Your address in three steps

1

Apply online

Two minutes. Tell us the business name and who will pick up mail.

2

Come to our office

Bring two IDs. You sign USPS Form 1583 and our agreement in front of us, and we put your card on file.

3

Start using it

You get your mailbox number right away. We email you each time something arrives.

Good to know

Before you apply

Bring two IDs

USPS rules: one photo ID and one more ID for each person who will pick up mail.

Photo ID: driver's license or state ID, U.S. or foreign passport, military ID, permanent resident card, certificate of naturalization, Matricula Consular, NEXUS card, university ID, or tribal ID.

The second ID: another photo ID from that list, a current lease, mortgage, or deed of trust, a voter or vehicle registration card, or a home or vehicle insurance policy. A driver's license counts as only one of the two.

Social Security cards, birth certificates, credit cards, utility bills, and company IDs are not accepted.

Pickup only

We don't forward or ship mail. Pick up at our office, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM, with photo ID.

A mailing address, not a location

Use it wherever a form asks for a mailing address. Some places need the street address where you actually work: Secretary of State filings, bank and card processing applications, and Google Business Profile.

Write it with a #

USPS rules: 401 Downey Ave #your number. Never "Suite."

Apply

Apply for your business mailbox

Nothing is charged online. You pay or put a card on file at our office.

How you want to pay

FAQ

Questions

Use it as your mailing address. The California Secretary of State asks for a physical street address for your principal office and your agent, so those need the place where you actually work or live. Banks and card processors want your real business location too.

No. Google doesn't allow a Business Profile at a mailing address you rent. If you serve customers at their place, Google lets you hide your address and list the areas you serve instead.

Only when you ask. We photograph the outside of each envelope and package so you can see what arrived. Ask us to open and scan a letter, or to shred it, from your Portal.

A business with a merchant account through EBS that processes an average of at least $5,000 a month in card sales over its last 3 full months. A new merchant qualifies from approval. One free mailbox per merchant. If the business stops qualifying, the mailbox is $50 a month from then on, as the agreement explains.

California law makes us your agent for service of process. We put a notice in your mailbox within 48 hours and mail the papers first-class to your home address within 5 days. The fee is $25 plus postage.

Close your mailbox in your Portal or tell us in writing. It stays open through the time you have paid for. We don't forward mail after it closes, so pick up everything before then.