How to find or create a Mail Owner's CRID
When you presort for someone other than your own business, it's a good idea (and in some cases, a necessity) to identify the Mail Owner in your electronic paperwork. You'll do this by entering the Mail Owner's CRID, which is a number that represents a specific company name and address combination. The steps to find a CRID are the same as the steps to create a new CRID. A business might have more than one CRID. Unless it's a nonprofit mailing (which has a specific CRID associated with a nonprofit authorization number), you can use any of the CRID's that have previously been created for the Mail Owner.
The instructions below walk you through finding an existing CRID or creating a new CRID for a mail owner:
- Log into the Business Customer Gateway.
- Click on Manage Account, and choose Manage Profile.
- In the Mail Service Providers section, beneath Get MID/CRID Assignments for your Customers, click on Get MIDs/CRIDs
- In the CRID section, beneath Users will provide a company name and address and the system will return a CRID, click on Individual Request
- Type in the mail owner's company name and address, then click Search Address.
- Click Continue
You'll now see a CRID associated with this business name and address.
If the business already has a CRID (or multiple CRID's), you will see these listed with their CRID creation date. Select any of the listed CRID's to be entered into the AccuZIP6 Mailing Statement Setup or the Postal Wizard as the CRID of Mail Owner.
Related Technote:
See if a CRID is associated with a Nonprofit Authorization (NPA) Number
