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SHOPIFY · AUSTRALIA POST · AUSTRALIA

Shipping setup for Australian Shopify agencies

Build and hand over Australia Post shipping rules for Shopify clients. Review parcel costs, test checkout rates and explain shipping margins before launch.

Make shipping part of the store build

For ecommerce agencies, freelancers and web developers building Shopify stores, shipping is a commercial decision as well as a checkout setting. Help clients understand what they collect, what they spend and who will review pricing after launch.

Gather the right inputs

Confirm the client’s origin postcode, Australia Post API credentials, eligible Shopify carrier-calculated shipping setup, product weights and parcel dimensions. Ask for packaging and handling costs, representative baskets and delivery destinations. Keep account credentials within the client’s authorised setup.

Test real client scenarios

Preview single-item and multi-item baskets, bulky or heavy products, and a range of Australian postcodes. Compare returned rates with the client’s expected shipping costs. Record where fixed prices, markups or price caps leave the client absorbing delivery costs.

Agree on pricing before launch

Explain the difference between postage, the shipping charge customers see and the remaining contribution after fulfilment costs. Have the client approve the assumptions and pricing rules. Confirm live checkout behaviour with test orders before completing the handover.

Hand over a repeatable review process

Document parcel settings, markups, service overrides, fallback behaviour and the scenarios tested. Assign someone to review actual postage and packaging costs when the product range, carrier pricing or fulfilment process changes.

Use Shipping Calculator for each client store

Configure live Australia Post rates, parcel settings and pricing rules inside the client’s Shopify store. Preview rates before activation and use the setup documentation during handover. Each store requires its own setup; this page does not imply a shared agency dashboard or agency pricing plan.