1. Visit your local post office, and ask a staff person for a P.O. Box application form. This form officially is called 'PS Form 1093.'
2. Fill out your full name, address, and other required information. As the sole administrator of the P.O. Box, you will need to provide two forms of ID with your application. One of those forms must contain a photo. Examples of valid IDs are a current driver's license, a non-driver ID card, a university card, a government card, an armed forces card, a corporate ID card, an alien registration card, a certificate of naturalization, a passport, a current deed of trust, a current mortgage paper, a current lease, a home insurance policy, a vehicle insurance policy, a voter card, or a vehicle registration card.
3. Pay the fee for your P.O. Box. The post office will assign you a box at a specific post office location. You will pick up the keys, and open your box.
4. Inform your customers and clients from your e-mail list that you have a P.O. Box address and ask them to send communications there. Or, send business postcards and fliers to them with your new box address printed on the communication.