PostalMethods‘ new Web-to-Post business will take any electronic document you send in and print it, collate it, put it in a stamped envelope, and mail it for you. You can submit the document to them via e-mail or by using the company’s API.

The service will handle any letter up to four pages for $1.20 a pop — stamp and envelope included. The price goes down if you prepay higher amounts. The minimum increment is $10.

PostalMethods jokes that it took Google’s “Gmail Paper” April Fools’ prank and decided to make it reality. Pretty cool idea, if you ask me. The same people, by the way, created net-based fax service InterFAX — a similarly themed concept that lets you send faxes electronically for about a dime a piece.

(Via LifeHacker)

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Instead, Commuto functions on a trade-based concept: You put up stuff you’re looking to get rid of, then swap it for someone else’s offerings. Once you create a profile and make entries for your things, you tell the site what kind of goods you’re looking to get. It then matches you with other users to make the trade happen.

When I logged on, the front page featured items such as DVDs, books, Xbox games, and even a fancy-looking coffee machine. The Toronto-based Commuto is currently under public beta testing, so there are still some kinks to be worked out. There’s definitely also a lot of community growth to be made — not a heck of a lot of items up for trade just yet — but the idea is a solid one that has potential, if it’s able to grow. A full launch and marketing campaign are scheduled to kick off later this year.

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