Write a handwritten letter today. We deliver it back to the two of you on your next anniversary. The most sentimental gift you can give — in your own words, in your own handwriting.
Anniversaries sneak up the same way every year. You plan the dinner, pick out the card, scroll through jewelry pages, and wonder — again — how to give something that actually says what this person means to you. The truth is, the gifts that last aren't the ones that arrive in boxes wrapped with ribbon. They're the ones that arrive in your own handwriting, unexpectedly, on a day when your partner needs to be reminded of exactly why the two of you chose each other.
That's what a time-capsule letter does. You sit down tonight, with a pen and a piece of paper, and you tell your partner something true. The moment you fell for them. The small thing they do that still makes you laugh. The year that almost broke you, and what you learned from getting through it together. The future you still want to build. Then you seal it, you mail it to us, and twelve months later it lands back in your mailbox — or theirs — on your next anniversary.
Flowers wilt in a week. Jewelry gets stored in a drawer. A gift card gets spent and forgotten. A letter written in your own hand, sealed for a year, and opened on the exact day it was meant for — that doesn't fade. It gets saved. It gets re-read. It ends up in a drawer your partner opens on hard days, a decade from now, just to hear your voice on paper again. That's the gift we're talking about. Not another anniversary present — the anniversary present you'll both remember a decade from now.
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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