This type of mail order is not confined to one area, in fact, it usually does better in a town where no local rubber stamp suppliers are located. Those selling stamps as agents for a stamp manufacturer get a much higher price than you can offer. After telling you how I did all right stuffing envelopes, I will tell you a better way of doing the same thing. Instead of sending your flyer or brochure by mail, go to small shopping centers and building material stores and put one of your advertising pieces under the windshield wiper of the cars in the area. You will waste many flyers this way, but you will get to the owners of the stores and small contractors who are shopping for building material.
Flyers are much cheaper than postage.
You can waste 30 or 40 of them for the cost of mailing one envelope. Now, I will tell you of an even better way of doing what the two preceding paragraphs described. Instead of putting the flyers on the store owner's car, go in and give him one and ask him if he needs arubber stamp. You will be surprised how many will tell you that they have been intending to order one, but just haven't done it. They will give you the order and you can either mail it to them or deliver it in person.