A short guide to the UK market, written by one of the vendors in it, with the questions we would ask if we were buying.
Declared interest. Rockkt is one of the options in this market and sits in the third category below. We have not published a price table for the others, because most of them do not publish prices and we are not going to invent numbers to make ourselves look good.
Real pen, real hand
For a handful of notes that will be held up to the light.
A plotter, real ink
For real ink at volume, usually with a minimum order.
Specialist printer and ink. Rockkt’s choice.
For a letter about one person, sent today, with a page behind it.
A person writes it. Real pen, real hand, real variation. Slowest, most expensive, and unmistakable when you hold it. Inkpact built a business on this.
A machine holds a pen. A plotter writes on real paper with real ink, so the indentation and the ink behaviour are genuine even though no human wrote it. Middle price, much higher volume. Scribeless, RoboQuill and others work in this territory.
A dedicated printer writes it. Not an office printer with a script font: a specialist printer and ink built for this one job, writing a handwriting style onto real paper. There is no pen pressure to feel, but every letter is crisp and consistent, quick to produce, and a fraction of the cost of a pen. Rockkt has tested all three methods extensively, and this is the one we choose for every letter we post for you.
Start with one question: will the recipient hold this up to the light? A thank you note to a customer who just spent six figures with you, yes, possibly. A first touch to a stranger who receives forty pieces of post a week, no. The envelope decides whether it is opened and the first line decides whether it is read, and neither of those cares whether the ink is real.
What a first letter to a stranger does need is the right address, a reason to read past the first line, and a way for you to know it worked. That is the part Rockkt does for you.
Ask every vendor on your list. Here is why each one matters, and how Rockkt answers it.
Rockkt is built for the letter that has to be about one person. It finds and checks the address from a LinkedIn profile, drafts the letter from their profile, prints it in a handwriting style under your logo, and gives it a QR code or NFC tag to a page made for them. Studio starts free by invitation, then £29 a month, and you post it yourself. On Managed we print, stamp and post it for you, with a gift if you like. No minimum order, no minimum term.
No file to upload and no address to hunt for. One person, one letter, and you know what happened next.
On LinkedIn or Sales Navigator, click Rockkt One. It reads who they are and where they work.
Rockkt finds and checks their office address from the company and location. Nobody asks them for it.
Your saved letter, envelope and page, ready in two clicks. See Playbooks.
AI writes the letter from their profile, in your voice. You read it and change anything.
On Studio you print and post it. On Managed we print, stamp and post it, with a gift if you like.
A tap or a scan opens a page made for them, and you see it in Rockkt the moment it happens.
Write your own letter or start from a Playbook. Choose a printed letter or a gift with a letter, a handwriting style or a modern font, and add a QR code or NFC sticker that tells you when it is scanned or tapped.
No minimum order, no minimum term. Studio Free is free, by invitation, and needs no card.