Your business in every mailbox in Apex.
One printed sheet of local ads, mailed by USPS to every residential address in 27539. Eleven spots, one per trade. Take the plumbing spot and there is no other plumber on the sheet.
Who gets it
Every residential address on the carrier routes we select in 27539. Not a rented list, not a lookalike audience. Every door, the same week.
Ownership and income are US Census American Community Survey figures for ZIP 27539 and move with each ACS revision. Door count is the planned route selection for drop 01 and is confirmed with every advertiser before print.
How it works
Three steps. You bring the offer, we handle the rest.
Hold your category
Tell us which trade you want. We check it is still open and confirm in writing. Holding costs nothing.
We build your ad
Send your logo, your offer and how to reach you. We lay it out and send a proof. Nothing prints until you approve it.
USPS delivers it
The sheet is printed and mailed through USPS Every Door Direct Mail to homes in 27539.
Why a mailed sheet works
Real paper in real homes, from a business the reader can drive to today.
It reaches every door
Mail goes to every address on the routes we pick. No algorithm decides who sees it and no one can scroll past it.
One per trade
Your category is held for as long as you hold it. That is enforced in our system, not on a handshake.
Only 11 ads
Not a coupon pack with sixty inserts. Your ad shares one clean page with ten neighbours.
One flat price
Design, printing and postage are included. No long-term contract and no surprise fees.
What the sheet looks like
A specimen of drop 01. Every business and every offer below is made up, as an example of the layout. Your trade is the open one.
is open
Specimen only. No business shown here is an advertiser. Real names and real offers go on the sheet once an advertiser says yes in writing.
One spot. One price.
Everything needed to get your ad into homes across Apex.
- Ad design and one round of edits
- Full colour printing, both sides
- USPS postage to homes in 27539
- A tracked phone number and QR code that are yours alone
- A one-page count of calls and scans after the drop
- Proof sent to you before anything prints
| Terms | Full spot | Front feature | Per door |
|---|---|---|---|
| One drop, paid in full | $600 | $900 | 12.0c |
| Half on signing, half on the mail date | $300 + $300 | $450 + $450 | 12.0c |
| Charter: drops 1 to 3, pay for two | $1,200 | $1,800 | 8.0c |
| Six drops, a full year | $2,880 | $4,320 | 9.6c |
The charter price is not a sale. It is what three drops costs when you buy three, and it will be the same price next quarter.
Where this stands, plainly
The first Apex sheet has not mailed yet. There are no response numbers to show you, and any number claiming otherwise would be made up. What is real: the routes, the door count, the price, and the rule that your category stays yours. The sheet prints only once enough spots are sold to cover printing and postage. If it does not reach that minimum by the artwork deadline, you move to the next issue or get every dollar back.
Still open for drop 01
Eleven spots across these fourteen trades, first come. Three trades will not make drop 01. A category leaves this list the moment it is held.
- Plumbing
- HVAC
- Roofing
- Electrical
- Gutters
- Windows and siding
- Painting
- Garage doors
- Landscaping
- Pest control
- Dentist
- Accounting
- Real estate
- Restaurant
Where the sheet goes
Every ZIP code below has been checked against US Census figures for how many households own their home and what they earn. A sheet only goes where the people reading it can actually buy what is advertised on it. Pick your market and we will tell you where it sits in the queue.
| Tier | ZIP | Town | Metro | Own their home | Median income | Homeowners per drop | Per spot | Status |
|---|
How to read this. A is 68% or more homeowners and $105,000 or more median household income. B clears the ownership bar but not the income one. C is mostly renters, where a roofer's ad does not pay and a restaurant's does. Tier sets the price, because a sheet into a tier A ZIP is worth more to the advertiser, not because it costs us more. Printing and postage are the same everywhere: $1,896 a run, 26.0 cents a door. "Homeowners per drop" is how many of the 5,000 pieces land in a house someone owns. Ownership and income are US Census American Community Survey figures and move with each revision.
What the status means. Drop 01 is the sheet we are selling right now. Next up is a market we can serve from Raleigh in the same day and intend to open. On the map means it passed the screen and nothing more: no route selected, no print date, and no sheet sold. Nothing on this page has mailed yet. If your ZIP is not on this list it has not been checked, and we would rather say that than guess.
Questions
Quick answers. Email us for anything else.
Where does the sheet go?
Every residential address on the USPS carrier routes we select in Apex, NC 27539, delivered through the Every Door Direct Mail program. About 5,000 doors for drop 01.
When does it mail?
Drop 01 is scheduled to land in mailboxes the week of Tuesday 13 October 2026, with artwork due Friday 2 October 2026. An issue prints only once enough spots are sold to cover printing and postage. If drop 01 does not reach that minimum by the artwork deadline, you move to the next issue or are refunded in full within two business days.
What stops a competitor being on the same sheet?
One business per trade, per issue. When you hold the roofing spot, no other roofer is on that sheet. It is the one rule the whole thing is built on.
Do I need to design my ad?
No. Send your logo, your offer, and how customers should reach you. We lay it out and send a proof. One round of edits is included and nothing prints until you approve it.
How do I know if it worked?
Your ad carries a tracked phone number and a QR code that are yours alone. Both route to your real number and your real site. After the drop you get a one-page count of calls and scans. Not impressions, the actual count. If it was a bad month, you will be told it was a bad month.
How do I pay?
Once we confirm your category is open, we send a secure Stripe payment link. Nothing is charged before that. Full terms, refunds and privacy are on the policies page.
Hold a category
Tell us the trade you want. Holding costs nothing and we confirm in writing the same day. Filling this in opens a pre-written email in your own mail app. Nothing is sent until you press send.
Rather talk to a person? Call 919-780-4301 or email [email protected]. Main Street Sheet is operated by DB3 Media, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.