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title: Overview | PostGrid
description: An overview of the four stages of sending mail with PostGrid — templates, contacts, mailings, and tracking — with links to each guide.
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There are four stages in the process of sending mail with PostGrid:

- **[Creating and designing templates](/print-and-mail/dashboard/design-and-templates/index.md)**
- **[Creating or Uploading contacts](/print-and-mail/dashboard/audience-set-up/index.md)**
- **[Creating and Sending mailings](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/sending-mailings/index.md)**
- **[Tracking mailings and other analytics](/print-and-mail/dashboard/tracking/tracking-your-mailings/index.md)**

Whether you have a small operation with no developers or a large operation with engineers on hand, each of these four stages have tools to accommodate your needs. In this guide, we aim to show you how to use our dashboard to create orders for the type of mailings you want to send out. We will cover the following topics:

- **[Sending your first Letter](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-your-first-letter-order/index.md)**
- **[Sending your first postcard](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-your-first-postcard-order/index.md)**
- **[Sending your first Cheque](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-your-first-cheque-order/index.md)**
- **[Sending your first Self-Mailer](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-your-first-self-mailer-order/index.md)**
- **[Creating letters orders using the PDF Wizard](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-letter-orders-using-the-pdf-wizard/index.md)**
- **[Creating and using return envelopes](/print-and-mail/dashboard/sending-mail/creating-your-first-return-envelope-order/index.md)**