This technology allows select vendors to sell postage over the Internet. Neither service supports the Mac OS at the present time. Not to be outdone by the two Internet upstarts, old-timers Friden Neopost and Pitney Bowes are developing their own electronic postage services, both of which should launch soon. Six Advantages to Alternative Postage Convenience With postage meters, you can purchase postage at the post office or over the phone. The ability to download postage into your meter is very convenient, plus sophisticated meters also provide an accounting, allowing you to track postage used by account, so that you can understand, manage and possibly bill your postage expenses.
Electronic stamps offer even more convenience.
Meters allow you to apply just the right amount of postage. Electronic stamps offer similar savings with the purchase of electronic scales, some of which integrate with the software of the two electronic stamp services. Security Postage in a meter or an electronic stamp account is less likely to be pilfered. Access to an electronic stamp account is guarded by a password and data encryption. The use of stolen postage is a risk, since the meter prints a number on each piece of mail that identifies the meter as belonging to your specific business.