Write a welcome letter for a new chapter — a baby's arrival, a partner's first night in a new home, a hire's first week. We deliver it on the day that matters.
New beginnings get celebrated unevenly. There's usually a party, photos, gifts. What there isn't, usually, is a moment of recognition that this exact threshold — this specific day — will look different in retrospect. A welcome letter creates that moment. It says, on the day itself: I see what's beginning here, and I'm marking it for both of us.
You write the letter today, in advance of the new chapter you can see coming. To a baby due in May. To a partner moving in next month. To a new hire whose first day is in two weeks. To a college student about to leave home. You describe what you're feeling about the threshold, what you hope this new chapter holds for them, what you want them to remember about the day it began. Then we hold the letter and deliver it on the exact day — or one year later, depending on what you want the letter to mark.
Welcome letters work because new beginnings are a strange combination of huge and forgettable. Huge in the moment, forgettable in the years that follow. A letter pinned to the day fixes both halves: the day gets the attention it deserves, and a year from now the recipient has something physical that says "this happened, and it mattered, and someone saw 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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