MyPost Business Bookings
Foote and Flame did process a lot of orders - but not enough annually to make sense to have an eParcel subscription. With eParcel, you get access to an API so you can automatically book orders from your backend system.
Instead, we had MyPost Business. Which is only just now starting to have integrations with third parties.
But for us - that would have meant a lot of manual data entry every day to book our parcels...
There must be a better way
Turns out MyPost Business supports a pretty standard CSV import, with their own custom column layout. With some simple coding I was able to have the backend output a CSV at the click of a button, and automatically had all the days orders ready to go. Import this CSV into MyPost Business, pay for the order, print the labels, and we're done.
With this system, you could easily pay for and book 100 orders in under 5 minutes. The few I had to do manually typically took at least a minute each... so the maths totally worked out for this one.
When you shouldn't use this
A lot of larger existing eCommerce platforms already have their own integrations for eParcel and MyPost Business. If so, you should use them!
However, if you end up with a custom system, or something that doesn't integrate already, then we can help get your orders across in a repeatable way to save you time, sanity, and ensure accuracy.
Advanced use cases
For a while, we also sent some orders internationally. I extended the exporter to generate an International compatible format for MyPost Business. This needed some extra work:
- Determining the HS Code automatically: the system checked what items were in the order, and if they contained wood, and chose the appropriate HS codes to match.
- Automatically setting the international specific options, like what to do in case of non-delivery.
- Automatically calculating the correct value of the order to declare for customs purposes. (Domestic orders did not need this). And yes, we always declared the correct value - I'm a stickler for rules.