Write a handwritten letter to your best friend tonight. We'll deliver it a year from now — on their birthday, your friendship anniversary, or just a random day that'll be unforgettable.
Best friendships run on inside jokes, shared playlists, and voice memos that end in laughing. They're loud, they're honest in the day-to-day, and they carry a version of you that nobody else sees. And because they're so fluent — because the two of you are constantly talking in abbreviations only you understand — the big, whole-sentence version of what this friend means to you almost never gets said out loud. You'd feel weird even starting that sentence over text.
A letter is the container for that sentence. You sit down tonight and you write it — not in the tone of your group chat, but in full paragraphs. The memory you still laugh about. The worst year of your life and the way they showed up. The small thing they do that you've never told them you noticed. The way their life has shaped yours. The version of you that only exists because you had them. You seal the letter, we hold it, and a year from now it arrives at their door in your handwriting.
They won't see it coming. Your best friend will be getting the mail on some random day — a year into a year neither of you can predict — and an envelope in your writing will show up. They'll open it. They'll read what you wrote, the real, unhurried version of it, and there will be a moment that they fully understand what they've meant to you. You can't get that moment across over text. You can only write it down, mail it in, and let time deliver it.
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. You decide when it should be opened — 1 year or 2 years from now.
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
On your chosen date, we mail your original, handwritten letter with tracking. Your words arrive exactly when they're meant to.
Your letter is in safe hands
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fireproof safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Emailed on your chosen date between 6 months and 2 years out. Add physical mailing for a small fee. Available worldwide — the right choice if you're writing to (or from) outside the United States.
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
Physical mailing add-on: +$12 for the first address. Each additional unique address: +$2.
The original Hold My Letter experience. Handwrite your letter, seal the envelope, and mail it to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
One-time payment
One-time payment
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only. International shipping coming soon!
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It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.
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