How can you automate shipping labels?

Shipping automation can save your business time and money. Find out what it is and how you can automate your delivery processes.

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Video: The Australia Post logo sits at the top of a red screen. A brunette woman sits under the text, "eCommerce Jargon Busters: Automating Shipping Labels." She jerks her head and arms robotically.

Audio: Woman: Automating shipping labels. Out, out, out, out, out. Yes.

Video: The woman reads from a card that has an Australia Post logo on the back. Later, the text she's reading is typed onto a red background.

Audio: Woman: Those who use a shipping platform to manage deliveries can automate the printing of their shipping labels. This automation helps to save time and money on delivery tasks that used to be done manually.

Video: The woman nods.

Audio: Woman: That's handy.

Video: Before a red background a microphone hovers over a stool. An Australia Post card lies on the stool. Text reads, “eCommerce Jargon Busters. [Jah-gawn bust-uhz] noun + plural noun.”

The Australia Post logo appears just above the stool.

What is shipping automation?

Shipping automation is when you use a central software system – or shipping platform – to manage your deliveries.

One of the tasks you can automate is the generation and printing of shipping labels.

Examples of the shipping platforms you can use to automate shipping labels include ShipStation, Starshipit, ReadyToShip, Shippit and many more.

What are the benefits of automated shipping labels?

Automating the generation and printing of your shipping labels can help your orders be shipped faster, resulting in the one thing that matters most to your business: happy customers.

Other benefits of automated shipping processes include:

Cost management: compare the prices of delivery providers in one place
No more handwritten labels: generate, print and pay for your shipping labels online
Save time: automate tasks that used to be done manually