Endicia is an internet postage service provider based in

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History

Endicia was founded as a technology consultant known as PSI Associates by Harry Whitehouse, Amine Khechfé, and Scott Montgomery in Palo Alto, California. One of PSI's earliest customers was the

USPS The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the ...

, to develop a solution that would print the

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(Postal Numeric Encoding Technique)

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used to sort and process mail directly on an envelope. This led to the development of Endicia and its partnership with the USPS. In the early 2000s, PSI rebranded first to Envelope Manager Software and then to Endicia Internet Postage. On July 2, 2007,

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announced the acquisition of Endicia as part of its foray into "innovative technologies and solutions around the world". In 2010, Endicia was renamed DYMO Endicia. On June 4, 2013, the company returned to the name Endicia. In 2009, La Poste, the French Postal Service, partnered with Endicia to launch MonTimbrenLigne, a service that allows La Poste customers to print their own postage. In March 2015, Stamps.com entered into an agreement to acquire Endicia from

for approximately $215 million.

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External links

Endicia home page
Companies based in Palo Alto, California Online companies of the United States Mail carriers Postal services 2007 mergers and acquisitions 2015 mergers and acquisitions American companies established in 1981