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Free 9x12 Method tools

Every free tool, in one place.

The free 9x12 Method toolkit: route maps, pitch sheets, templates, and training for your postcard business. Built by people who run cards, and free for everyone, member or not.

Free tools

Plan it, pitch it, price it.

The same tools our operators use every week. Search, build, and run the numbers for free. The route planner and payback calculator ask for your email once, the first time you copy routes or download a PDF.

9x12method.com/eddm-route-planner
The EDDM route planner map with Portsmouth routes shaded by income and 8 routes selected

FreeSearch free, email to copy or download

EDDM route planner

Search any ZIP Code or town and see every USPS carrier route on a map, shaded by income, with homes, businesses, and Census numbers. Pick routes against your print run, then copy them or order printing.

Open the route planner
Open the route planner: EDDM route planner
A payback sheet for an HVAC company
A payback sheet showing an ad pays for itself with 2 new patients

FreeBuild free, one-time email to download

Ad payback calculator

Show a business how few customers pay for their ad. Get a one-page payback sheet with your logo, colors, and contact details to send with your pitch.

Build a payback sheet
Build a payback sheet: Ad payback calculator
9x12method.com/profit-calculator
The profit calculator showing $5,001 profit on a sold-out 9x12 card

FreeNo signup

Postcard profit calculator

See what you keep on any card: slots sold, price per slot, card size, and print package, with your break-even and profit per card.

Run your numbers
Run your numbers: Postcard profit calculator
A mailing area report with a route map and neighborhood numbers

FreeFrom the route planner, one-time email

Mailing area report

Turn the routes you picked into a polished PDF for prospects: a map of your routes, homes reached, income, home values, homeowners, and families with kids. Your name on it, no prices.

Make a report
Make a report: Mailing area report

Templates and downloads

Start with the work already done.

Canva templates, the objection workbook, the prospecting prompt, and more. Pick one, drop your email, and it's yours.

FreeSent to your inbox

Get my 9x12 postcard template, free

Skip the blank canvas. It's clean, it's done, and everything is already in place. Just swap in each advertiser's logo, offer, and phone number.

Send me the template

FreeSent to your inbox

Get my community card template, free

Skip the blank canvas. It's clean, it's done, and everything is already in place. Just swap in each advertiser's logo, offer, and phone number.

Send me the template

FreeSent to your inbox

The Objection Handler Workbook

37 real objections you'll hear selling ad slots, what each one actually means, the question to ask before you answer, and the exact words that come next. Plus the follow-up sequence where most of the money lives.

Send me the workbook

FreeShown right after you sign up

My ChatGPT prospecting prompt

The copy-and-paste prompt that has ChatGPT research local businesses, build your lead sheet, write personal cold emails, and handle follow-ups. You get it on this page the second you sign up.

Show me the prompt

FreeSent to your inbox

The top industries to target

Stop guessing who to pitch. Dozens of the best industries and businesses for your postcard, so you spend your time on the ones most likely to buy.

Send me the list

FreeSent to your inbox

The 9x12 Method Setup Checklist

Uncertainty kills speed. This kills uncertainty. An interactive checklist that takes you from zero to your first card without the guesswork.

Get the free checklist

Free training

Learn the whole business, free.

Watch, read, or look it up. Everything here is open to anyone.

The free 9x12 Method masterclass
54 min

Free54 minutes, email to watch

The free masterclass

The whole business in one video: how the card works, who to pitch, what to charge, and how printing and mailing get done.

Watch the masterclass
Watch the masterclass: The free masterclass
9x12method.com/9x12-postcard-method-course
Lesson 1 of the free 9x12 postcard course

Free8 short lessons, no signup

The 5-minute course

Learn the 9x12 Method step by step, with a quick check after each lesson: who to pitch, what to charge, what to say, and how fulfillment works.

Start the course
Start the course: The 5-minute course
9x12method.com/videos
The first three videos in the 9x12 Method video library

Free124 videos, no signup

The video library

Every training video by topic, from your first card to scaling, with a summary and full transcript for each one.

Browse the videos
Browse the videos: The video library
9x12method.com/shared-postcard-advertising-report
A chart of EDDM Retail postage per piece from 2013 to 2026

FreeNo signup

The 2026 shared postcard report

Postage, mail volume, spot prices, and what sells, with sources for every number. The data behind shared postcard advertising this year.

Read the report
Read the report: The 2026 shared postcard report
9x12method.com/direct-mail-glossary
The direct mail glossary with search and topic filters

Free55 terms, no signup

The direct mail glossary

EDDM, indicia, facing slips, bleed, carrier routes. Every term in plain English, with the official USPS source for every postal definition.

Look up a term
Look up a term: The direct mail glossary
9x12method.com/blog
The 9x12 Method blog with guides by topic

Free105 guides, no signup

The blog

Pricing, prospecting, design, printing, and EDDM, plus member case studies. Every guide written by Mitchell Tebo.

Browse the guides
Browse the guides: The blog

Members get more

Want the whole playbook? Join the community.

Members also get the AI Ad Designer, ScanLab QR tracking, and a pin on Our Local Spotlight, plus the full course, every script, and weekly coaching. You don't need it to start: everything above is free.