Virtual mailbox cost: what the monthly bill includes

What you pay, and what you get

You pay a company so a person at a real street can take your mail. You then choose what happens to each piece. Leave it closed, open it, mail it to you, deposit a check, or shred it. The monthly plan is the rent. Those actions are often extra. That split is the bill.

The shop is a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA), a mailbox store the Postal Service tracks. Section 508.1.8 of the Domestic Mail Manual says a CMRA accepts U.S. Mail for someone else as a business service. The same section says the store needs USPS Form 1583 before it can keep your mail. Form 1583 is the Postal Service form that lets a mailbox store accept mail for you. The form does not list a price. A notary fee, if there is one, comes from the notary or the mailbox company.

The path of one letter is how a virtual mailbox works. The ID steps are on Form 1583. This page is only the bill.

How much does a virtual mailbox cost per month

The monthly number is the plan. It usually buys the street, a login, and a set number of pieces. A personal plan, a business plan, and a plan that adds a phone are three different rents. A fancy street can cost more than a packing-store street even when the company name is the same. The dollar amounts below are what each company's own page listed on October 11, 2026. A company price list is a secondary source. The Postal Service rule above is the primary source, and it does not set the rent. Prices change.

iPostal1 lists three starting prices on its virtual mailbox page. A Virtual Mailing Address starts at $9.99 a month. A Virtual Business Address starts at $14.99 a month. A Virtual Office, which adds a phone and fax, starts at $39.99 a month. Each price has a star. The page says the price varies by Standard, Select, Premium, or Prestige locations, plus tax. The same page says the $9.99 plan includes 30 mail items a month, and that other plans include up to 240 items. It does not print the price of that 240-item plan.

Anytime Mailbox says plans start from $9.99 a month. The cost answer on that same homepage says the cheapest plans are $4.99, the average is $9.99 a month, and some vanity addresses cost up to $50. The store sets the plan. The homepage does not print a per-letter scan fee. It says the plan shows what is included, and what extra actions cost, before you sign up.

PostScan Mail names monthly cards starter, standard, and premium. The lowest "as low as" figure on those cards is $10, $20, and $30 a month. The same cards also print higher "as low as" amounts, so the address changes the floor. On the monthly cards, starter lists 30 items and 1 recipient. Standard lists 60 items, 5 free open-and-scans, and 2 recipients. Premium lists 120 items, 10 free open-and-scans, and 4 recipients. A locker on that page is a different product: a basic locker at $4.95 a month and a premium locker at $9.95 a month, each with its own per-item fees.

US Global Mail shows Scale at $49 a month on the annual toggle and $65 a month on the month-to-month toggle. Teams shows $99 a month on the annual toggle and $129 a month month to month. Each of those prices is printed with a star. The page does not include a sentence that says what the star means. The Scale card says mail is opened and scanned. The feature list says exterior scans are unlimited, discarded mail is shredded, checks can be deposited, and storage is free for 30 days, or 60 days on Teams.

VirtualPostMail describes a virtual mailbox with scanning, forwarding, and daily mail processing on its pricing page. It says registered-agent service is included with every virtual mailbox plan. The plan cards did not print a monthly dollar amount on October 11, 2026. Open that page for the current sticker.

The same company can show two monthly numbers for one city. Cheyenne is a city where Anytime, iPostal1, and PostScan location pages do not share one sticker. Philadelphia is a city where an app landing and a location page disagree. Houston puts a company-run room next to packing-store stickers. San Diego repeats a national floor and one neighborhood sticker. Read the door you will actually use.

New York puts an Anytime landing sticker of $14.99 and an iPostal1 Prestige floor from $39.99 on the same Midtown street. Dallas is one Anytime landing that runs from a $7.99 packing-store sticker to a $39.99 pin. Newark is a city where the Anytime directory and the New Jersey landing disagree on every door, and one gap is $15. Los Angeles lists Wilshire at $9.99 on the city landing and $29.99 on the California index, beside a company-run room in Covina.

What the monthly plan does not include

The sticker is the rent. The rest of the bill is what you do with the mail. Companies do not charge these parts the same way. A fee is named below only when that company's page printed it on October 11, 2026. Those pages are secondary sources. If a page did not print a number, this guide leaves that number out.

PostScan's fee list, on that same pricing page, is the one full schedule we could read. An extra envelope or package scan is $0.50. Opening and scanning is $2.00 per envelope for up to 10 pages, then $0.25 per extra page. Forwarding is $2.00 for the first item, then $0.50 per extra item, plus the cost of shipping. Shredding is $1.00 per item for the first 10 pages, then $0.15 per extra page. Mail storage is free for 14 days, or 30 days on an annual plan, then $0.05 per envelope per day. An extra recipient is $5.00 a month, and each added name needs a Form 1583. An extra mailbox is $5.00 a month. A HIPAA add-on is $25.00 a month, billed annually, then $0.50 per received item.

iPostal1's virtual mailbox page does not print a per-letter scan price, a shred price, or a check-deposit price. It does say you can scan, shred, forward, or deposit a check by mail. Forwarding requires postage. The page does not print a stamp price. Its online notary is $25. A mail center may let you sign Form 1583 in person for a small fee, and the page does not print that amount. Each new address needs its own Form 1583. Extra notarizations in the same session get a discount, and the page does not print the discount. Registered agent service is an add-on at $99 a year, and the page says to start from a business plan. The Virtual Office starting price above is the phone-and-fax add-on, not a separate scan fee.

Anytime's homepage lists open-and-scan, forwarding, shredding, and check deposit at select locations. It does not print a dollar fee for those actions. US Global Mail lists check deposit, shredding of discarded mail, and the storage days above with the plans, not as a separate sticker. VirtualPostMail's pricing page lists scanning and forwarding with the mailbox and does not print a separate fee for them.

After you cancel, section 508.1.8 says the store must send your mail to an address you gave them for at least six months, unless you said you do not want that. That mailing needs new postage. It is not included in the old monthly plan.

What to compare before you pay

Compare the included pieces, not only the lowest dollar. A low plan that charges to open every letter can cost more than a plan that includes those scans. On the company page, check five things: how many pieces are included, whether opening the letter is included, the handling fee plus postage to forward, whether a check deposit is offered and priced, and what a second name or a notary costs.

The head-to-head compares three store-network brands. The methodology explains the mail grade. A higher mail grade is about who handles the letter. It is not a promise about the price.

A higher plan also does not change a bank's ID check or a Maps listing. KYC (know-your-customer ID check) is how a bank confirms who you are and where the company works. Google Business Profile is the business listing Google shows on Maps and in search. Google's guidelines say a rented mailbox you do not operate from is not eligible. A rented mailbox is still a CMRA. What banks accept is that question. This page is the bill.

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