Help with Aust Post Setup

General General Questions
1

Hi, I am trying to set up Australia Post Shipping but not sure how to do it…got an API key but that doesn’t seem to calculate the cost properly.

I would be grateful for any help on this…thanks

2

Please follow this article

https://docs.cs-cart.com/latest/user_guide/shipping_and_taxes/shipping_methods/realtime_shipping_methods/australia_post.html

If you think that the received rates are not correct, please contact CS-Cart support team

3

I have intergrated add-on and the rates are correct.

Note that there are different rates depending on if the package is pre-paid.

Ensure your wegiths and package dimensions are consistent, if your cubic weight (calculated by dimensions of the package) are > listed weight it will override and charge the higher rate.

4

Thanks for the advice…now a big question, how do others ship when they are using drop shipping and don’t know the sizes (I can guess weights). I prefer to use Aust Post satchels for on-hand stock but I have access to over 28,000 products from just one supplier, naturally not all are in my store.

How do others calculate shipping cost when drop shipping

5

With Australia Post, as long as within size limits and under 22kg the weight doesn’t matter, i.e. price doesn’t vary with weight… that should deal with 90% of your issue.

Does your drop shipper provide a solution? Who do you use?

6

Hi, thanks for the advice, I use Aust Post satchels when I can as they are cheaper than paying by weight however it is very hard to know what will actually fit into a satchel by the way you pack it. For example a prepaid satchel pack of 10 costs around $14.50 per satchel up to 5kg. But if I don’t use a satchel and it weighs 4kg I pay around $21.00.

The supplier uses all different kinds of courier services but they they have free shipping over $175