Australia Post: A Shipping Partner You Can Always Bank On

Until a few years back when everything was normal, nobody could ever imagine what they would have to face in the near future. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, it brought a drastic change in anything and everything. It left every sphere of life disrupted - be it people’s daily lives, economy, healthcare, educational institutes or businesses and industries. 

While people were caught off guard in the beginning, they are slowly and surely starting to adapt and are returning to their daily routines. However, they have not adopted the ‘new’ normal. 

Despite businesses having faced serious challenges, there are some leading delivery service provider companies across the globe that helped them tackle one major aspect of their businesses - the delivery part. 

Among them, Australia Post is a leading delivery service provider headquartered in Australia. 

As per a recent analysis by Deloitte Access Economics, Australia Post’s delivery services contributed to an extra $2.4 bn during the COVID-19 crisis in comparison to last year. When around two-third of all the businesses reported declines in revenues,  Australia Post continued to serve as their lifeline and helped them deliver products even in the toughest times. 

There were also other findings in the analysis that you can read below 

• Australia Post contributed a total of $1.8 bn to Australia’s GDP over three months (March till May) this year.
•  An increase of $560 was recorded in eCommerce for regional and remote areas across   
• Australia.  
•  Australia Post helped contribute an additional $26 Mn transactions that may have failed due to prolonged closure of physical stores and lack of in-person visits during prolonged COVID lock down restrictions. 
• Australia Post also also contributed to the generation of 58,800 jobs amid Corona peaks. 
• Around 23,000+ additional small businesses availed Australia Post MyPost delivery services amid COVID-19 each month.

If you have gone through all these stats, you can very easily conclude that Australia Post has played a crucial role in helping businesses in Australia survive and sustain the ‘tough’ times during COVID-19. So, if you run a business in Australia, you can go for Australia Post Shipping services without giving it a second thought and streamline your management of parcel deliveries globally. 

However, there are still several tasks like calculation of shipping costs, order tracking, etc. that can feel tedious at times for e-store owners.

There are a number of Australia Post Shipping modules available in the market that can help you manage shipments without any hassle. 

Among several such modules, our Magento 2 Australia Post shipping module is a next-gen shipping module for Australia Post that can prove to be a good pick for those looking to streamline shipment management and make it easier and more efficient. 

Let’s walk you through its salient features.

• Live Shipping Rates

You can calculate live shipping rates within just a few seconds. With this module integrated, the need to visit the official site of Australia Post time and again gets eliminated.  You can fetch live shipping rates directly from the site and display it on your storefront from within your Magento store. 

• Official Australia Post Partner

Australia Post’s official partnership with ecommerce retailers across the globe ensures top notch services to them. You can avail all the state-of-the-art functionalities and features and make your e-store shipping process smooth.

• Live Tracking

Live tracking enables customers to stay abreast of the whereabouts of their orders on the fly. This real-time tracking helps build a sense of faith in your brand and engages your customers better with enhanced transparency.

• Shipping Services

You can set domestic and international services for letters and parcels. It lets you select international services to offer to your customers based on the size and type of the parcel.

• Shipment Configurations

You can add insurance charges and features like ‘Signature on Delivery’. Besides, you can also avail ‘item level packing’ if you need to ship items individually. 

• Shipping Rates Configurations

If there are no product dimensions explicitly mentioned, you can set default dimensions - length, width, and height supposed to be considered automatically while generating shipping rates.

In a Nutshell

Australia Post can be an ideal choice for any Australia-based business looking to deliver their product(s) within Australia or abroad. When it comes to making shipping management more efficient.

Our Magento 2 Australia Post Shipping extension can come in handy for all your shipment module requirements, smoothen your shipping management, and help enhance your customers’ experience. 

You can get a live demo from here. 

To know more about its features and integrate it, you can contact us at [email protected] and our sales team will revert to you within 24 hours.