Years ago, Zip got peeled off a letter and stuck in a mailbox. Now Zip sends a kid real mail every week — a real letter, a family mission, a collectible character card, and a small "friend" who fell in too. Screen-free, personal, and genuinely a little weird. Ages 3–12.
Zip can't leave the mailbox — but Zip's friends can. A new one rides out in every letter, and your kid collects the trading cards.
Stamp #4471, here since 1987. The warm, devoted friend who looks after the whole mailbox.
An expired coupon, here since before Zip. Relentlessly cheerful. Insists "Cooper" is short for "coupon."
The mailbox spider. Says nothing. Builds a genuinely remarkable web.
A sock that appeared in the back corner. Refuses to explain herself.
An earthworm in tiny spectacles who writes poetry. Reads it aloud. Found the acoustics in here remarkable.
The mailbox cop -- a copper coin, so naturally a "copper," which makes her a COP. By-the-book, suspicious of everyone, runs on donuts.
A bossy little sugar ant with a tiny clipboard. Demands more snacks and one crumb for everybody.
A double-A battery and self-appointed Chief Morale Officer. Brings all the energy; swears he still has the juice.
A bent paperclip antenna, listening for the brother who got clipped to some papers and mailed away.
A 5K race wristband who calls everyone 'bro.' Every day is leg day. Still training for the race.
A nervous white tube sock who believes in the Great Basket, where all lost socks are reunited.
An argyle knee-high aristocrat who was at the opera. Was always at the opera.
Their name, age, and what they're obsessed with. Zip writes to them, by name, at your real address.
Typed in Zip's warm, funny voice — with a mission, a recipe, puzzles, a coloring page, and a collectible character card.
They do the mission, collect their citations and friends, and the story builds across the whole year.
In Zip's voice, with your kid's name and real mailbox address woven in.
Build a fort, run a stuffed-animal lemonade stand, design a flag — together.
Word search, maze, or coloring page — scaled to your kid's age.
An easy treat to bake together — themed to the month and the story.
A wristband, a charm, a coin — a real object that fell into the mailbox, sent to your kid.
A new mailbox character every month. Collect all 12 across the year.
Most kids' subscriptions are a box of stuff. Zip is a character your kid builds a relationship with — one who lives in their actual mailbox, remembers them, and sends a year-long story that pays off.
"Zip can't leave the mailbox. But Zip's friends can. And every month, one of them rides out in a letter to a kid who deserves them."
It's screen-free, it builds reading and imagination, and — because the letter knows your kid's name, their age, and what they're into — it feels handwritten just for them.
Founding families lock in the launch price for life.
Adding a sibling? Just $9.99/mo for the second kid →
We're just getting started — no fake five-star reviews here. If your kid doesn't love their first letter, tell us and we'll make it right. Cancel anytime by replying "stop" to any email.
A 2-minute sign-up: your kid's name, age, and what they're into — plus your first month. Zip writes the first letter that week.
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Secure checkout. Cancel anytime. $19.99/mo · $199.99/yr · $9.99/mo sibling.
No payment now — we'll email you the moment Zip is ready to write to your kid.
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Zip filed your name in the back corner of the mailbox, next to Cooper. We'll be in touch the moment the first letters are ready.
Your friend,
Zip