Post office boxes can be situated at a US Postal Service office or any commercial rental center. Some rural residences are provided free services from the USPS due to their physical location, or else, the USPS provides mailbox rentals, just like the commercial services. Rather than having a mail sent to any actual physical address, it is sent to the rental address, where the owner of the mailbox just goes and pick it up, and the mail is not delivered to the home of the mailbox owner.
Benefits for home office workers
There are various good reasons for a home based business owner to utilize post office boxes:
Security
The address of the business should be recognized in correspondence, billing, banking and various other vital aspects of having and running a business.
Convenience
Getting parcel delivery by Fed Ex is much simpler with a post office box. No matter your mailbox is at the commercial service or at the USPS, staffs at the location is available to receive parcel delivery during the business hours, which the mailbox owner can pick up whenever it is comfortable to do so.
How to hire a post office box
Just like computer rental, hiring a mailbox is as simple as calling or visiting your local USPS and asking if they have boxes available, or looking in the directory to get the commercial mailbox service near to your home office location. The price of the mailboxes depends on the box size. Some of the commercial mailbox service locations provide discounts on box rentals that are paid for 12 months in advance. Usually, the value of the mailbox service for a home based business considerably outweighs its expenses. So it is a prudent idea to use this service.