USPS INITIAL PERIODICALS MAILING PRIVILEGES AUDIT BY BPA WORLDWIDE

Both BPA members and non-members may elect to have BPA conduct the initial U.S. Postal Service Periodicals mailing privileges audit or the periodic audit to maintain periodical mailing class privileges.

The steps to apply:
If you do not currently have periodical privileges and are applying for Periodical privileges for the first time:

1.	File the U.S. Postal Service's Application for Periodicals Mailing Privileges" Form 3500 with the USPS. You must file the application at the Post Office that serves the known office of publication. The current application fee is $540. For more details, see the USPS guide, Domestic Mail Manual: DMM 707 - Periodicals
2.	Fill out BPA's Postal Audit Contract, click here to access the form.
3.	Determine the appropriate fee to remit to BPA, if applicable. See below.
4.	Fill out USPS form 3548, "Review and Verification of Circulation". You will fill out the top portion (Publication Title, Issue Frequency, Issue Verified, Contact Name and Telephone Number, Date, and Print Order or Press Run (Total copies printed)), column A on both pages, and sign and date the second page. We will fill out column B and the few other sections at the top of the form.
5.	Submit to BPA the completed Postal Audit Contract, appropriate fee, a copy of the USPS form 3500 which you filed with the post office, and the completed original copy of USPS form 3548.

If you already have periodical privileges and are requesting we perform an audit in order for you to maintain periodical mailing class privileges:

1.	Fill out BPA's Postal Audit Contract, click here to access the form.
2.	Determine the appropriate fee to remit to BPA, if applicable. See below.
3.	Provide a copy of USPS form 3526R "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (Requestor Publications Only)" or 3526 "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (All Periodicals except Requestor Publications)" which you have already filed with the post office.
4.	Fill out USPS form 3548, "Review and Verification of Circulation". You will fill out the top portion (Publication Title, Publication Number, Issue Frequency, Issue Verified, Contact Name and Telephone Number, Date, and Print Order or Press Run (Total copies printed)), column A on both pages, and sign and date the second page. We will fill out column B and the few other sections at the top of the form.
5.	Submit to BPA the completed Postal Audit Contract, appropriate fee, a copy of the USPS form 3526 or 3526R which you filed with the post office, and the completed original copy of USPS form 3548.

Auditing Fees Information

A publisher may choose to have any issue of a publication audited for Periodicals status purposes.

There are three tiers of auditing and three tiers of fees:

Member postal audit, analyzing the same issue as the BPA annual Brand Reach audit. This audit is conducted in conjunction with the annual Brand Reach Audit. Any time spent above the allocated time for the Brand Reach audit will be billed at $215/hour, at the conclusion of the audit.

Member postal audit, analyzing an issue that is different than the issue analyzed by BPA for the Brand Reach audit. This audit is not conducted at the same time as the annual Brand Reach audit, and requires additional auditing work. This audit will be billed separately at $215/hour spent on the audit, at the conclusion of the audit.

Non-member postal audit. For the BPA Non-Member Postal audit fee schedule, click here. This fee is required at the time of contracting with BPA to perform the audit.

Confirmation tests will be performed for these audits. Confirmation fees will be billed separately.