This is by far the most common reason why our customers are using our services. The UK has the largest e-commerce market in Europe, so with minimal set-up costs you can reach an incredible number of potential consumers. Setting up a company online is easy, even if you're not a UK resident, and having a business address with mail management makes this new start an absolute breeze!
Greater business security
Whether operated from home or a commercial base, if your product has a high intrinsic value, such as brand cosmetics, mobile phones or jewellery, using a remote accommodation address in advertising and marketing will prevent your physical premises becoming a target for thieves.
This same security benefit also extends to businesses dealing in sensitive or valuable data products.
Increase personal privacy
Many of our clients are in the process of separation or divorce, but still share a common abode with their partner and so use a mailbox to ensure the privacy of their postal communication.
For commercial credibility
With more business than ever before being conducted from home, a commercial sounding address creates a great deal more professional confidence than ’21a Acacia Avenue’!
To simplify product returns
One of the most popular business uses of our mailboxes is in providing a UK address for the return of products retailed on-line, especially from abroad.
Protect sensitive businesses
If you operate a business which, whilst perfectly legal, may give rise to moral, ethical or religious concerns, or have the potential to be ’embarrassing’ for the operator or its customers, a mailbox and accommodation address with discreet mail forwarding provides the ideal solution.
Real examples include more than one home business retailing ‘adult’ toys and clothing on-line, a faith-based foundation and an addiction counselling service.
As a covid 19 solution
During the pandemic, many businesses found themselves with staff working from home, under lockdown. Giving your staff remote access to Company data and telephone is relatively simple. . . with many inexpensive technologies available off the shelf. Receiving, managing and redistributing your post (whether forwarded, or scanned and delivered digitally), may seem more complex, but we are here to help!
Grey market buying
Many sports goods manufacturers, for example, test market new product designs in the UK on a one pair per customer basis. We have several mailbox holders who bulk purchase these limited release products under multiple pseudonyms and ship them abroad for resale.
To operate market research
There are times when the anonymity of a mailbox address may be used to carry out ‘Mystery Shopper’ research on competitors, without weighting the results.
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