How to Integrate Australia Post with WooCommerce?

Aswathy Ajaykumar

There are around 93,860 online businesses rightfully set up in Australia and this staggering number is a straight jump of 12.5% when compared to the stats in 2023. This rightfully points to how a good blend of shipping services becomes a necessity for Australia. So, when you think of integrating shipping services for your e-commerce store in Australia, the Australia Post comes to the rescue.

Australia Post is one of the most affordable and reliable partners for delivering packages or mail. In this article, we will discuss how to integrate the Australia Post with WooCommerce with the help of some great plugins and look into a detailed demonstration of one of them.

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What is Australia Post?

Australia Post is one of Australia’s most widely used postal services and allows international deliveries. The company goes through 3 processes for delivery; collecting packages, processing, and finally distributing these items. Australia Post is most commonly used for letters, products, parcels, mail, etc. The seamless tracking feature lets you know the delivery items’ current status. You can simply send an SMS to track the current location of your packages. By integrating the Australia Post with your WooCommerce store, you can ensure that your delivery is secured and easily manageable.

How To Integrate Australia Post With WooCommerce Using Plugins?

Many plugins allow easy integration with the Australia Post with WooCommerce. I have listed some of the best plugins below.

To explore more options, you can read this comparison article.

For demonstrations, we will use the ELEX WooCommerce Australia Post Shipping plugin.

This plugin allows convenient integration with the Australia Post with WooCommerce and you can automate your shipping process on the WooCommerce store. This plugin lets you display real-time shipping rates for Australia Post, print shipping labels, and track your packages.

How to Integrate Australia Post With WooCommerce Using the ELEX WooCommerce Australia Post Shipping Plugin (using E-Parcel and StarTrack)?

After you have purchased the plugin from ELEXtensions, you get the plugin’s ZIP file, which can be now used to integrate with your WooCommerce store.

Login to your WordPress admin panel and go to Plugins > Add new. Here, you will see the Upload option, when it’s done. Activate the plugin.

Now navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Australia Post. Let’s explore the features provided by the ELEX Australia Post Shipping plugin.

To begin with the plugin, you will need to register the Australia Post first and to know how to do that, click here.

General

Under the General Tab, you can add in your credentials that you have registered with the Australia Post.
You also get the opportunity to test your customizations before implementing them “Live” on your ecommerce store.
The Live rates now put forth by the Australia Post can be visible if you enable the toggle “Enable Real-time Rates”.
If you require labels for your ordered items, you can Enable the Shipping Label option.
Enter the shipper address in the provided fields and also include other important contact information.

Rates and Services

When you have a contracted account with the Australia Post, the window will be displayed as follows:

The services of both Australia Post and StarTrack will be mentioned specifically. By enabling Estimated Delivery Date Settings it will convey the customers with clarity as to when they can expect their shipment delivery.
The Combined Export Tool will help estimate the customs duties of the shipment.
If you want to deliver to all countries, you can choose the Supports All Countries option or choose the Supports Specific Countries option if you want to deliver to a selected few countries.
As StarTrack deals with domestic deliveries, there won’t be such options if StarTrack is your default parcel service.

Label & Tracking

The label and tracking option gives you the ability to directly download the shipping labels and save them under the wp-content folder.
You can also show the Australia Post label on the shipment as well. Additional custom messages can be entered through this window that you want to communicate with the customers.
Select a particular Bulk Shipment service as a default for domestic and international services from the provided options.

Packaging

This plugin allows 3 packaging options to choose from:

Default: Pack items individually

This option will pack each item separately in an individual box. This option indicates that multiple items will be packed in individual boxes automatically.

Recommended: Pack into boxes with weights and dimensions

This option will enable packaging in different shapes and sizes.

Weight Based: Calculate shipping based on the order’s total weight

Choose this option if you want to arrange your packages according to their weights.

Select one option that is most suitable for your products and save the changes.

How to Integrate Australia Post With WooCommerce Using the ELEX WooCommerce Australia Post Shipping Plugin (using MyPost Business)?

MyPost Business is your first preference in parcel business if you have less than 2000 shipments a year. The discounts and prices are aligned to match the needs of your small-medium sized ecommerce businesses.

To access the MyPost Business with the ELEX Australia Post Plugin, you will need to have a ReachShip client ID.