Weight-based Shipping with Australia Post - Revision history

Admin: /* If some of your products are very small and can fit in an envelope */

2025-07-29T07:57:55Z

If some of your products are very small and can fit in an envelope

2025-07-29T07:52:04Z

Setting Your Postage Weights

2025-07-29T07:50:42Z

Using Prepaid Satchels

2025-07-29T07:47:35Z

Using Your Own Packaging

2022-08-19T06:37:06Z

Setting weights on your products

2022-08-17T02:55:12Z

If some of your products are very small and can fit in an envelope

2022-08-17T02:51:43Z

Using Prepaid Satchels

2022-08-17T02:48:03Z

Using Your Own Packaging

2022-03-23T02:54:17Z

Costs & Weights

2021-12-15T23:24:54Z

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 |Express Post
 |-
-|Zero to 250g
+|Zero to 125g
-|$3.50
+|$3.40
-|$7.15
+|$9.00
 |-
 |250g to 500g
-|$9.70
+|$8.50
-|$12.70
+|$9.00
 |}
 You will then need to work out your costs based on how many items will fit in an envelope rather that a small parcel as described above.
-Our envelope costs above come from the Auspost site.  They are flat rates for Priority Large letter (250g), and Express Post DL.
+Our envelope costs above come from the Auspost site.  They are flat rates for Large letter (250g), and Express Post DL.

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 |-
 |Weights
 |-
-|Zero to 500g
+|Zero to 250g
-|$9.70
+|-
-|$12.70
+|250g to 500g
 |-
 |500g to 1kg
 |-
 |1kg to 3kg
 |-
 |3kg to 5kg
 |}

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 |Parcel Post
 |Express Post
 |-
 |Small
-|$9.70
+|$11.50
-|$12.70
+|$15.00
 |-
 |Medium
-|$13.25
+|$15.65
-|$16.75
+|$19.65
 |-
 |Large
-|$16.65
+|$19.75
-|$20.65
+|$24.25
 |-
 |Extra Large
-|$20.05
+|$23.80
-|$27.05
+|$32.30
 |}
 ''Prices are based on Australia Post prices and are quoted including [https://auspost.com.au/shop/pack-and-post/flat-rate-satchels packaging] and [https://auspost.com.au/flat-rate-sending flat rate] prices.  If you find that these prices are incorrect, please  [mailto:support@spiffystores.com.au email us] and let us know so we can update this article.''

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 Australia Post still has weight-based rates if you use your own packaging.  Costs are below.  You will want to add your own packaging costs to these prices.
-Note:  These prices have been updated to reflect Australia Post pricing – effective 5 September 2022
+Note:  These prices have been updated to reflect Australia Post pricing – effective 1st July 2025
 ===Costs & Weights===
 {|
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 |Express Post
 |-
-|Up to 500g
+|Up to 250g
 |$9.70
 |$12.70
 |-
 |500g to 1kg
-|$13.25
+|$15.25
-|$16.75
+|$19.25
 |-
 |1kg to 3kg
-|$16.65
+|$19.30
-|$20.65
+|$23.80
 |-
 |3kg to 5kg
-|$20.05
+|$23.30
-|$27.05
+|$31.80
 |}

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 The best way to work out what weight to set on a product is to firstly weight it (duh!), but if the product is light but large, you should work out the cubic weight of the product.  You will need a ruler or tape measure, and a calculator to do so.  The formula that Australia Post uses for cubic weight is below.
-Height (in metres) x length (in metres) x width (in metres) x 250
+Height (in metres) &times; length (in metres) &times; width (in metres) &times; 250
-For example: 50cm X 30cm X 40cm<br>
+For example: 50cm &times; 30cm &times; 40cm<br>
-.5m x 0.3m x 0.4m<br>
+.5m &times; 0.3m &times; 0.4m<br>
-= 0.06m x 250<br>
+= 0.06m &times; 250<br>
 = 15kg cubic weight<br>

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:24, 15 December 2021
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	''This article is for stores that do not have the Australia Post carrier shipping enabled, so will need to manually set up shipping rates. It contains suggestions on an effective way to set up your shipping and should suit most stores.''		''This article is for stores that do not have the Australia Post carrier shipping enabled, so will need to manually set up shipping rates. It contains suggestions on an effective way to set up your shipping and should suit most stores.''
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		+	If you are on a plan that includes the Australia Post Shipping Calculator, please use these instructions -> [[Using Australia Post Shipping]]

	With Australia Post's new flat rate shipping, the way you set up your shipping may need to change. This tutorial is designed to assist new and existing stores to work out a shipping strategy that will work with weight-based rates in your store. This will also involve altering the weights of your products to weights that may not quite make sense until you read the entire tutorial.		With Australia Post's new flat rate shipping, the way you set up your shipping may need to change. This tutorial is designed to assist new and existing stores to work out a shipping strategy that will work with weight-based rates in your store. This will also involve altering the weights of your products to weights that may not quite make sense until you read the entire tutorial.