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@thegaminggamer wrote:
- Do I have to print my own postage labels? I need to go to the Australia Post Office anyway. I don't need nor want them to come to my house or office (assuming I'm even there, which I'm not).
- How and where do I get the discount?
- How does Australia Post track how many parcels I send a week?
- Does the Australia Post "MyPost" card have anything do with anything (for example, tracking how many parcels I send each time)?
If you can answer my questions or if you have any useful information I would appreciate it.
I have a My Post business account, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who would qualify.
You don't have to print your own labels unless you want to use flat rate pricing, which is cheaper more often than not (sometimes significantly) - if you do print them, they are 4 to a page for domestic parcels (standard post and express post are printed on separate pages, which is kind of ok in that at least it allows you to print the normal ones in black and white, and only the express ones in colour to save on ink costs). If you take an addressed package into the PO and get them to scan the QR code provided to you, the discount will be applied to the postage you pay there. (If you send internationally, and print the pabel online, it takes two full printed pages per package, with two labels per page - two go on the parcel, one is a customs copy, one goes to Aus post, and one is to keep).
The discount is applied on your account, and when you create a label, the price shown and paid will include the discount - the number of parcels you send is tracked via your My Post account.
Your My Post card isn't related to a My Post discount in any way (once approved, they will send you an email with a QR code image. I saved the image to my phone, and the staff just scan it from there to apply a discount if I'm paying for postage over the counter). Your account is connected / identified by the QR code, so they track those in order to determine your discount level as well.
I was on the top tier of discounts just before Christmas (15% discount) so was only paying $6.76 per 500g parcel (own packaging, which is cheaper than flat rate for 500g parcels) - many sellers I know on eParcel contracts have to pay more than that 
, and even 500g parcels over a certain size will be cubed and they end up paying through the nose for it (so a lot of them will just use pre-paid satchels etc for 500g parcels because of this). On this program, though, you could send something with the maximum allowable dimensions and still pay the normal 500g rate.
Extra cover is also discounted, so it will only cost you $1 per $100 of extra cover, as opposed to the normal $1.50 on domestic parcels. I'm back down to the second tier discount as my volume dropped a bit after Christmas, but on this one I still get a discount on economy international services, which is very welcome ($13.87 for a 500g parcel to the US, with full proof of lodgement at least, via the self-service terminals - occasionally this is stll tracked in the US).
The only thing I don't use My Post for is BX boxes - they are significantly cheaper vie eBay, even after a discount has been applied via My post.
