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Sell ad spots on one big postcard. Mail it to 5,000 homes. Keep the profit.
Local businesses share one oversized 9x12 postcard and pay you for putting it together. They pay before you print, USPS delivers it to every home on the routes you pick, and you keep what’s left.
5,000 homes via USPS EDDM
- 6 sales in 3 daysStay-at-home mom · Facebook groups
- A yes in 2 minutesBrand new member · Cold email
- 7 yeses in 48 hoursNot a salesperson · Facebook groups
- 10 spots sold by noonOn his 4th card · Email and phone
- Sold out a cardFull-time pilot · Around a full-time job
- A roofer bought a whole sidePicked up the phone · Cold calls
- Featured on local TVLocal attention · Facebook posts
- 2 advertisers from one Facebook LiveWent live · Facebook Live
- members in the community
- 2,800+
- member wins posted
- 1,000+
- in revenue generated by members
- $1.4M+
- operators on the Our Local Spotlight map
- 400+
- states with members
- 50
The model
What is the 9x12 Method?
The 9x12 Method is a simple local advertising business. A 9x12 postcard is about three times the size of a regular postcard, big enough for 16 local businesses to share one mailer, split the cost, and reach thousands of neighbors at once.
You are the person who puts the card together. You sell each business one spot for about $500, one business per industry, so nobody shares the card with a direct competitor. Then the card is printed and mailed with USPS Every Door Direct Mail to about 5,000 homes on the routes you choose.
It is the 9x12 postcard side hustle that 2,800+ people are running around jobs and families right now. Not new, not flashy. Local businesses have advertised together in the mail for decades. The 9x12 Method shows you exactly how to run it.
The part most people miss: advertisers pay before you print. You never front a print bill for spots you haven’t sold.
$500
Roofer$500
HVAC$500
Dentist$500
LandscaperThe Your Town SpotlightJune
$500
Realtor$500
Pizza$500
Auto repair$500
Plumber$500
Painter$500
Med spa$500
Insurance$500
Pest controlLocal Postal CustomerU.S. Postage Paid
EDDM Retail
EDDM Retail
$500
ChiroChiropractor$500
Gym$500
Cleaners$500
Coffee shopOne card, two sides, sixteen local businesses. One per category.
How it works
Make money helping local businesses.
Four steps, repeated every month. The scripts, templates, and tools for each one are inside the community.
- 01
Sell the spots
Pick a town and offer local businesses a spot on the card by email, Facebook, phone, or in person. Charge $500, allow one business per industry, and collect payment up front.
- 02
Build the card
Drop each ad into ready-made templates, or let the free AI Ad Designer create print-ready ads for you. No design experience needed.
- 03
Print and mail
Send the finished card to print. USPS Every Door Direct Mail delivers it to about 5,000 homes on the routes you pick. No mailing list required.
- 04
Do it again
Next month you have a finished card to show and past advertisers who want back in. That is why card two is usually easier than card one.
What’s EDDM? Every Door Direct Mail is a USPS service that delivers to every address on the mail routes you choose. No mailing list, no addresses, about 26 cents a card.
EDDM explainedThe math
The math on one sold-out card.
No income promises. Just the numbers behind a single card, so you can decide if it's worth your time. Drag the sliders to test your own market.
16 spots x $500$8,000 collected
Print and mail, postage included$2,999
Profit on one card$5,001
What it actually takes: most members spend about 30 days and reach out to 50 to 100 businesses to fill their first card, working roughly 10 to 15 hours a week.
Open the full profit calculator- Collected
- $8,000
- Print and mail
- −$2,999
- Your profit
- $5,001
Print and mail uses the 9x12 card, 5,000 homes All Inclusive price from 9x12 Method Printing, postage included. This is math for one card, not a prediction of what you will earn.
Why it sells
Local businesses already pay to be seen. You’re giving them a better deal.
Every town is full of roofers, dentists, landscapers, pizza shops, and realtors who need their neighbors to know they exist. Mailing on their own is expensive. Sharing a card isn't.
Mailing an oversized card alone
$3,000
To reach 5,000 homes, before paying for design or printing.
A spot on your shared card
$500
For the same 5,000 homes. That’s about 10 cents per household.
Local and physical
The card sits on kitchen counters. No algorithm decides who sees it.
No competitors on the card
One roofer, one dentist, one HVAC company. Nobody shares the card with a direct competitor.
Easy to say yes to
One price, one card, one mail date. No ad accounts or dashboards to learn.
“I’m putting together a community mailer that goes to 5,000 homes in town. Want your business to be featured?”
The scripts inside cover what to say next, including every common objection.
The toolkit
Every tool you need. Built by operators.
The 9x12 Method is the only postcard community that builds its own software. Several tools are free for members.
Two card formats
Start big, or start with a community card.
Same business, two sizes. Plenty of members run their first community card in about two weeks, then graduate to the full 9x12.
9x12 postcard
9" x 12"- Ad spots
- ~16 at $500
- Homes mailed
- 5,000
- Collected
- $8,000
- Print and mail
- $2,999 All Inclusive
- Profit
- $5,001
- Typical fill time
- ~30 days
Community card
6" x 11"- Ad spots
- ~16 at $250
- Homes mailed
- 2,500
- Collected
- $4,000
- Print and mail
- $1,449 All Inclusive
- Profit
- $2,551
- Typical fill time
- ~2 weeks
Member results
What it looks like when members do the work.
Members post their wins inside the community. There are 1,000+ so far. Here are a few.
Stay-at-home mom
6 sales in 3 days
She posted in local Facebook groups and did her outreach in the early mornings before her kids woke up.
Facebook groups
Brand new member
A yes in 2 minutes
He joined on a Sunday. On Monday he sent 4 emails to HVAC companies using the course scripts, and one wrote back yes two minutes later.
Cold email
Not a salesperson
7 yeses in 48 hours
She posted in 10 to 15 local Facebook groups on a Monday evening and woke up to about 30 responses.
Facebook groups
On his 4th card
10 spots sold by noon
He started at 7am with a mix of emails and phone calls. No tricks. Just an early start and steady outreach.
Email and phone
Full-time pilot
Sold out a card
He built and sold out a local card while working full time as a private jet pilot.
Around a full-time job
Picked up the phone
A roofer bought a whole side
He filled his card with cold calls, including one roofing company that took an entire side of the card.
Cold calls
Local attention
Featured on local TV
Her Facebook posts about her card caught the attention of her local ABC station.
Facebook posts
Went live
2 advertisers from one Facebook Live
He explained the card on a Facebook Live and two local businesses signed on.
Facebook Live
“Mitchell offers excellent support and teaches everything in an easy-to-understand way. What I love most are the tools he’s created that make getting started simple.”
“I’m so glad I joined the 9x12 Community! It has been incredibly helpful having a place to ask questions, learn from others who are actually doing it, and get advice when needed.”
“There is so much helpful information, guidance, and support available in this community and I really appreciate how transparent Mitch is about the process.”
Member results shared here are standout results, not typical results and not a guarantee. Most first cards take about a month of steady outreach. What you earn depends on your market, pricing, effort, and follow-up.
Mitchell Tebo
Founder, 9x12 Method
Meet the founder
I started this during a dead real estate winter.
Hey, I’m Mitch. I started the 9x12 Method alongside my real estate career. It was winter, and real estate was dead.
I’m somewhat of an introvert, so I did most of my outreach by email. With about an hour a day, I sold out my first card in about a month. The second month I added a nearby town and sold out two. The third month, three. That was $15,000 in profit, and it changed my life.
Then people kept asking how I did it. So I wrote down every script, built the tools I wished I’d had, and opened the community.
As always, I’m rooting for you. Mitch
My results aren’t typical, and they aren’t a guarantee of yours.
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Every free tool, template, and training is in one place. Honestly, you could figure this business out from the free stuff alone. The community is for people who want to skip the guessing.
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EDDM route planner
Every USPS carrier route on a map, shaded by income, with homes, businesses, and Census numbers for each one.
Open the route planner
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Ad payback calculator
A one-page sheet with your brand that shows a business how few customers pay for their ad.
Build a payback sheetPopular guides from the blog
Browse every guide- The 9x12 Postcard GuideSize, specs, costs, and how one card turns into $5,001 in profit.
- What Is a Community Card?The 6x11 card with $250 slots that fills in about two weeks.
- Your First 9x12 Postcard PlaybookThe exact six-week path from decision to cards in mailboxes.
- How to Sell Ad Space on PostcardsThe channels, scripts, and pricing that fill cards.
- Is the 9x12 Method Legit?An honest look, plus how to verify every number yourself.
- 9x12 Postcard Printing PricesEvery package and quantity, postage included, ordered online.
- How to Make Money Mailing PostcardsWhat is real, what is a scam, and the model that actually pays.
- Free 9x12 Postcard TemplateThe Canva template with every slot, banner, and mailing block already in place.
- EDDM Size RequirementsWhich sizes qualify for Every Door Direct Mail, in one chart.
FAQ
Questions people ask before they start.
Still wondering? Email 9x12method@gmail.com or ask inside the community.
What is the 9x12 Method, in simple terms?
It is a local direct mail business. You sell ad spots to about 16 local businesses on one shared 9x12 postcard, collect their payment up front, then print and mail the card to about 5,000 homes through USPS Every Door Direct Mail. After print and postage, a sold-out card at $500 a spot leaves about $5,001 in profit.
Do I need money to start?
Not for the card itself. Advertisers pay before you print, so the $8,000 you collect covers the $2,999 print and mail bill before you ever pay it. You never front a print bill for spots you have not sold.
Do I need experience in sales or marketing?
No. Most members start from scratch. You get scripts, templates, and a repeatable process for email, Facebook groups, phone, and door-to-door. Plenty of members are introverts who sell entirely by email and Facebook.
How much time does it take each week?
Most members spend about 30 days and reach out to 50 to 100 businesses to fill their first card, working roughly 10 to 15 hours a week around a job or family. Some go faster, some take longer. It is simple, but it is not easy.
Is the 9x12 Method legit?
Yes, and you can verify every number yourself. EDDM is a real USPS program, print prices are published at 9x12method.com/9x12-postcard-printing/, and members post their wins publicly inside the community. It is not passive income. You have to talk to local businesses and follow up.
How do local businesses benefit?
Mailing an oversized postcard alone to 5,000 homes costs a business around $3,000 before design. A spot on a shared card is $500 for the same 5,000 homes, about 10 cents per household, with no competitor on the card.
What niches work best on a 9x12 postcard?
Home services (roofers, HVAC, landscapers, plumbers, painters), health and wellness (dentists, chiropractors, med spas), food, auto, and realtors. They serve the whole neighborhood, so reaching every home on a route pays off for them.
Can I run this in a small town?
Yes. Towns of about 15,000 to 100,000 people are the sweet spot, and local trust is often stronger in smaller markets. Bigger cities work neighborhood by neighborhood.
What is a community card?
A smaller 6x11 card with about 16 spots at $250 each, mailed to 2,500 homes. It brings in $4,000, costs $1,449 to print and mail All Inclusive, and usually fills in about two weeks, which makes it a popular first card.
What's included inside the community?
The step-by-step course, every script and template, weekly live coaching calls, the wins channel, Canva card templates, the AI Ad Designer, ScanLab QR tracking, and a free pin on the Our Local Spotlight partner map.
Somebody’s going to do this in your town. It might as well be you.
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