topic Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal in Selling

Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

south.coffee — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:23:41 GMT

I now use Australia Post MyPost Business to get cheaper postage rates and hover between Band 1-2 sending 5-10 parcels a week.

Like eBay postage, I have discovered you can share one MyPost account to get higher discounts. MyPost allows multiple Team Member logins, multiple address books, multiple sending addresses and credit card details are not stored, and you can use your own PayPal account to pay for postage and each team member can link their own eBay account.

I am interested to hear from 2 or 3 other sellers in the Band 1-2 range who may be interested in joining a MyPost shared account to maximise their postage discounts. Collective buying power but with individual control.

It only needs 20 parcels a week to get Band 4 discounts:

Same Major City: 35%
Other Major City: 19%
Rural: 5%

If eBay can do it, so can we. (PM me if interested).

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

brerrabbit585 — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:16:17 GMT

I'm not interested but wouldn't you all be at risk of having to pay for everyone else's postage?

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

south.coffee — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:40:59 GMT

The MyPost system allows you to link your individual accounts together. You operate autonomously, paying for postage and printing your labels with your existing eBay link if you use integration. The combined totals of each account just merge to get the discount.

No body can see your orders when imported so there is no risk of any payment issues as credit card and PayPal details are not stored or shared. You operate like you normally do. Only the history is shared which is good so you can check if everyone is 'pulling their weight'. Once you have hit the Band 4 pricing it's easy to sit there with just 3-4 good sellers. More the merrier and if you have a slow week or go on holidays, your discount will remain.

If any seller wants to test the benefits try it for a week or two. You can op-out at any time.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

vossaustralia — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:24:34 GMT

i'm on Band 3 currently. I'm happy to help you with discounted labels, but cannot allow access to our account.

Inviting a team member exposes to lot of risks and against the auspost T&C.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

bikeden — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:52:44 GMT

All sorted. Two trusted sellers banded together and currently on Band 4 and did a Band 5 stint for a month or so. Band 4 is the sweet spot for discount/volume.

The Team Member facility allows separate accounts with separate payment options, with just the transactions adding together to receive the volume discount.

Thanks for your offer. Maybe other sellers can utilise this idea.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

unboxit — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:04:21 GMT

Good idea. Did it work?

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

padi*0409 — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:13:14 GMT

Read the posts - they tell you the answer...................

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

unboxit — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:00:16 GMT

If anyone else would like to join Mypost sharing I am on Band 3 at present.

Send me a PM if interested.

thanks

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

*sons_and_daughters* — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:11:36 GMT

Why would we want to PM you when we have our own discounts?

I call scam on you.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

love_of_cars — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:49:12 GMT

The more people that use an account, the higher the discount there will be. I am on band 3 as well currently.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

unboxit — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:39:33 GMT

That is correct. It is about pooling the volumes to get onto Band 4.

Currently stuck on Band 3.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

digital*ghost — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:47:44 GMT

Not sure this is a good idea in the long run - there can be multiple team members but only one account holder, right?

Considering AP will now check assessed packages and charge underpaid postage - what happens if one user gets an underpaid postage charge? Who will have to pay it, and if they don't pay, will just the member be blocked by Aus Post, or the whole account?

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

unboxit — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:04:25 GMT

Each Team member has their own payment account and you will be responsible for your own parcels obviously if you don't pay up then your package doesn't get delievered by Aust post.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

digital*ghost — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:24:29 GMT

@unboxit wrote:
Each Team member has their own payment account and you will be responsible for your own parcels obviously if you don't pay up then your package doesn't get delievered by Aust post.

An underpaid package will be delivered, but the charge will now be added to the My Post account (the change came in Oct 1st from memory), if it only affects the one team member who had the underpaid package, no problems [for the account holder or other team members], but since Aus Post will block access to My Post after 2 weeks if the charge is not paid, I'd definitely want to know how those kinds of charges will affect the account outside of the specific team member's, especially if it goes unpaid for some reason.

Re: Discount Postage - MyPost Proposal

sugar249 — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 05:25:41 GMT

@unboxit wrote:
Each Team member has their own payment account and you will be responsible for your own parcels obviously if you don't pay up then your package doesn't get delievered by Aust post.

Yes, but any issues with the account will impact all team members,. AP will suspend the whole account not just the naughty persons component. You had better be sure you trust your other members.

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