In a time with so much technological advancements, I’m trying to understand the USPS’s failure to bring about new services and / or to work on making their existing services better.

Since I rely on the United States Postal Service, and believe that more people should send physical letters more often – especially since they are more intimate, personal, I’m going to use this blog, from time to time, to suggest ideas in which the USPS could use to get back on the road to profitability.

The following stated is an initial idea in which I feel as though the USPS should consider implementing in the future:

The first tech strategy play for the USPS, should be a virtual puzzle game in which the puzzle pieces are rewarded at the moment a piece of mail is scanned at a post office. And people would win prizes for solving certain puzzles first, and / or competing a puzzle first.

In order for individuals to play they would have to sign up for a personalized game page, which would either take place on a modified USPS website, or on a separate website owned by the USPS.

On such a site, the individuals signing up would provide all the relevant info. That would be needed to claim prizes. And they would be able to choose to receive the virtual puzzle pieces only on the game pages or also via a mobile app.

The puzzle pieces that would be given out players would be based on the coded stamp that is scanned at the post office. For instance, if the stamp has the code: ulc/c3, the puzzle piece would be given for the upper left corner of the puzzle being player. If such a piece is already present, the center 3rd piece located from the top, bottom, left or right side of the puzzle would be filled in. However, if all of such puzzle pieces are filled in, the puzzle piece assigned would be randomly selected… or assigned to another puzzle if the player is playing more than one puzzle at a given time.

Some puzzles would require individuals to solve phrases, or solve picture puzzles to win the puzzles featured prize. Other puzzles would require individuals to fill the entire puzzle in before the prize is rewarded.

Partner puzzles would also be available… in order to participate, players would have to sign up for the same puzzle on their game pages, and indicate who will be partnering with them.

Every time each partner is listed on a scanned envelope, in both the sender and the receiver sections of the envelope, the partners would receive a puzzle piece for their shared puzzle.

The USPS could also allow companies to advertise in such prize puzzles by sponsoring the puzzle. And the companies would be to choose whether to go with the picture puzzle strategy, the word phrase puzzle strategy, or a mixture of both when advertising their service and or product.

The amount that companies would pay would be based on the number of puzzle piece slots that would make up the puzzle.

Once a puzzle is solved an alert would be sent to all the participants, and such an alert would feature the solved puzzle in its entirety. The alert would also feature a link that would take individuals to a discount offer, that is if the company pays a premium for such an add on.

To raise money to pay for upgrading the USPS’s website and post offices’ software and or hardware, the USPS could offer future sponsors generous discounts towards future puzzle sponsorships, in return for such companies to open up early accounts. The early accounts would require companies to deposit a set amount in order to, to obtain the lowest offered discount, and would be given a chance to pay more for a higher discount.

I have another strategy in mind that would add more value to such an idea. However, if I discuss such on this blog, such a disclosure could jeopardize the herein stated idea in its entirety, with such being said, if the USPS is interested in learning what such an added strategy is, a representative can send me an e-mail with contact info. (Preferably e-mail or address information) to: jasonwalker@inmatescribes.com , and I will send such info, free of charge.