MyPost Business alternatives are usually searched for after a bad shipping day, not during a calm planning session. Maybe a Sendle quote looked cheaper. Maybe your eBay buyer has a PO Box. Maybe your new thermal printer is spitting out labels that look like they were designed for A4 paper in 2007.
The annoying bit is that these are different problems. A carrier alternative fixes rates and pickup. Shipping software fixes order flow. A label tool fixes the 4x6 thermal printer mess. If you mix them up, you can spend money on the wrong thing and still be stuck cropping PDFs at 10pm.
In this article:
- Quick answer: what to use instead of MyPost Business
- Why Australian sellers look for MyPost Business alternatives
- MyPost Business alternatives compared
- Sendle vs MyPost Business for Australian sellers
- Shipping software alternatives for eBay and Shopify
- The thermal printer problem is separate
- Related reading
- Final recommendation
Quick answer: what to use instead of MyPost Business
The best MyPost Business alternative depends on what is actually broken in your workflow.
If you want cheaper courier pickup, start by testing Sendle against your real parcel sizes and destinations.
If you need multi-carrier shipping software for Shopify, eBay, WooCommerce or Amazon AU, look at Starshipit or ShipStation Australia. These tools make more sense once order volume is high enough to justify another system.
If you still like Australia Post MyPost Business, but hate the way its PDFs print on a thermal printer, you may not need a replacement at all. You may just need to fix the label workflow.
That is the part many comparison posts miss. A seller doing 10 orders a day with a Dymo, Zebra, Brother or MUNBYN printer often has a printing problem, not a carrier problem.
Why Australian sellers look for MyPost Business alternatives
MyPost Business is not a bad place to start. It is built for small businesses, it uses the Australia Post network, buyers recognise it, and it handles plenty of addresses that couriers can make awkward.
The problems usually show up once you ship often enough that manual work starts to hurt.
Rates are not always the lowest
MyPost Business savings depend on parcel spend. That can work well if you ship consistent volume every month, but seasonal sellers can have a rough time.
You might hit a better savings band after a busy period, then drop back when sales slow down. That makes it hard to compare your best MyPost rate with a courier quote unless you check your real average over a few months.
For some metro-to-metro parcels, Sendle or another courier option may come in cheaper. For regional orders, PO Boxes and Parcel Lockers, Australia Post often stays in the mix because the coverage is hard to replace.
Pickup can matter more than price
If you live near a post office and ship 5 parcels a week, lodgement may be fine. If you are packing 40 orders on a Monday morning, driving to the post office can feel like a second job.
Courier pickup is one reason sellers compare Sendle, Shippit, Aramex, CouriersPlease and other Australia Post alternatives. It is also where you need to be honest about reliability in your suburb.
A cheaper label is not cheaper if pickup fails and you spend the afternoon chasing support.
Marketplaces add their own pressure
eBay, Shopify and Etsy sellers care about more than the label price. Tracking uploads, delivery estimates, buyer messages and item-not-received claims all hit your time.
If a carrier saves $1 but causes more "where is my order?" messages, the maths changes quickly.
For eBay sellers in particular, tracking and delivery confidence matter because disputes can affect feedback and seller metrics. The boring carrier choice becomes a customer-service decision.
MyPost Business alternatives compared
Before switching, split the options into categories. Otherwise you end up comparing a carrier, a shipping platform and a label-printing tool as if they solve the same problem.
| Option | Best for | Replaces MyPost Business? | Thermal printer fit | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---| | MyPost Business | Small sellers who want AusPost coverage | No | Works, but setup can be fiddly | Strong for PO Boxes, Parcel Lockers and regional buyers | | Sendle | Courier pickup and selected cheaper routes | Sometimes | Usually workable | Test pickup reliability and tracking by suburb | | StarTrack | Higher-volume or contract freight | Usually an upgrade path | Yes, with proper systems | Better suited to regular dispatch and negotiated terms | | Starshipit | Multi-carrier automation | Partly | Yes | Good when Shopify, eBay or warehouse workflows need rules | | ShipStation | Multi-channel fulfilment | Partly | Yes | Better for sellers managing orders across platforms | | Shippit or courier aggregators | Carrier comparison and dispatch management | Partly | Yes | Watch platform fees, support paths and carrier coverage | | LabelChop | MyPost thermal label workflow | No | Yes | Keeps MyPost Business, fixes A4 to 4x6 label pain |
A simple rule helps: replace the carrier only when rates, coverage, pickup or claims are the problem. Add shipping software when order management is the problem. Fix the label workflow when printing is the problem.
Sendle vs MyPost Business for Australian sellers
Sendle is the obvious MyPost Business competitor for many small sellers because it is easy to understand. You book a parcel, print the label and a courier handles the delivery.
That can be a good fit if your parcels sit inside Sendle's sweet spot and your pickup area is reliable. It can be less fun if you ship to awkward addresses, rural locations or buyers who expect Australia Post options.
Where Sendle can make sense
Sendle is worth testing when:
- You ship mostly metro-to-metro parcels.
- You want courier pickup instead of post office lodgement.
- Your parcels are a consistent size and weight.
- You sell through platforms that connect cleanly to your dispatch flow.
- You are happy to test a small batch before moving everything over.
Do not judge it from one quote. Run 20 to 50 real shipments through the comparison, grouped by destination type.
Metro, regional, bulky and international parcels behave differently. Your product mix matters more than generic "cheapest shipping" advice.
Where MyPost Business still wins
MyPost Business can still be the safer option for:
- PO Boxes.
- Parcel Lockers.
- Remote and regional addresses.
- Buyers who prefer Australia Post.
- Sellers who want simple post office lodgement.
- Mixed parcel sizes that do not suit one courier network.
That does not mean MyPost is always cheaper. It means coverage and buyer trust can be worth money.
A lot of Australian sellers end up using both. AusPost handles the addresses where it makes sense. Sendle or another courier handles selected lanes where the price and pickup are better.
Shipping software alternatives for eBay and Shopify
If you sell on one marketplace and ship a few parcels a day, full shipping software may be overkill. If orders come from Shopify, eBay, Etsy and Amazon AU, the story changes.
Platforms like Starshipit and ShipStation help centralise orders, compare carriers, print labels in bulk and push tracking back to the sales channel. That can save more time than a small rate difference.
Shopify's Australian shipping resources are useful if your store is still early and you are sorting out basic fulfilment. Once you are juggling carriers and channels, dedicated shipping software starts to look more reasonable.
When shipping software is worth it
Consider shipping software when:
- You sell across multiple channels.
- You want rules for carrier selection.
- You print labels in batches.
- You need cleaner tracking uploads.
- You have staff packing orders and need a repeatable workflow.
The trap is signing up too early. If your real problem is one A4 MyPost PDF per order, a full platform may be more system than you need.
Hidden costs to check
Before choosing software, check:
- Monthly platform fees.
- Per-label fees, if any.
- Carrier availability in Australia.
- Shopify, eBay, Etsy and Amazon AU connection details.
- Label size output for 100x150mm printers.
- Support response times.
- What happens when a parcel goes missing.
Support matters. If a parcel gets stuck, you do not want a carrier blaming the platform while the platform tells you to wait for the carrier.
The thermal printer problem is separate
This is where Australian sellers waste the most time.
You search for MyPost Business alternatives because labels are painful, then get pulled into carrier comparisons. But switching from MyPost to Sendle will not automatically fix a messy printer setup. Switching to shipping software may fix it, but it also adds cost and process.
If your main complaint is that MyPost Business labels download as A4 PDFs, print off-centre, or need manual cropping before they work on a 4x6 thermal printer, keep the problem narrow.
You have a few options:
- Change MyPost Business print settings to A6 where available.
- Check your printer driver is set to 100x150mm or 4x6.
- Use actual size or 100 percent scaling in the print dialog.
- Crop the A4 PDF manually before printing.
- Use a tool that converts the label into thermal-printer size automatically.
That last option is where LabelChop fits. It does not replace MyPost Business. It watches your Downloads folder, detects MyPost label PDFs, crops them to 100x150mm and sends them to your thermal printer.
If you like Australia Post rates and coverage, that is a much smaller change than moving your whole shipping process to a new carrier or platform.
Related reading
If you are still fixing the MyPost side of the workflow, these guides will help:
- Print MyPost Business labels on a thermal printer
- MyPost Business label setup for eBay and Shopify
- Batch print shipping labels on a thermal printer
- Why MyPost Business exports A4 PDFs
For pricing and setup questions, see the LabelChop pricing page or the LabelChop FAQ.
Final recommendation
Do not replace MyPost Business just because one part of the workflow is annoying.
First, write down what is actually costing you time or money:
- Rates are too high on specific parcel types.
- Post office lodgement is slowing you down.
- Tracking and buyer messages are eating time.
- Shopify, eBay or Etsy orders are hard to manage together.
- A4 MyPost labels will not print cleanly on your thermal printer.
If rates or pickup are the issue, test Sendle and courier aggregators with real parcels. If order flow is the issue, trial Starshipit or ShipStation against your busiest week. If label printing is the issue, fix that before changing carriers.
For many Australian sellers, the sensible setup is boring: keep MyPost Business for the addresses where AusPost works best, test courier alternatives where they genuinely save money, and remove the label-printing grunt work so your thermal printer finally does what you bought it for.
If that last bit is your bottleneck, LabelChop is built for exactly that job: MyPost Business PDFs in, 100x150mm thermal labels out, without another round of Acrobat cropping.