International purchases make up about half of my ebay turnover, and so I have been on an international contract for some years.

The discount given varies according to destination, but in general I can offer the published retail postal rate to customers, and still cover packaging costs, ebay and paypal fees on the postage.

As of this month I am required to use eparcel if I am to send parcels internationally at contract rates.Instead of writing the forms and lodging this at the post office,the information is now uploaded directly to AustPost, printed and enclosed in those sticky clear envelopes.

The issue I have is the amount of time this takes.Where  the old manual forms took seconds to write, entering the info now takes much,much longer. Even allowing for the time saved lodging at the post office, the total time remains considerably longer. I know I will be quicker over time but all the same....

Has anyone found any short cuts to the process?

If not, I may introduce a small P&H charge to compensate a little.