Shipping to Australia?

[Former_Member]

I was wondering if anyone does any overseas shipping and could help me with this.

This is only my third international order (the first two were to England) and I'm not sure how to successfully ship to Australia. What do you use to ship overseas? USPS? And how much does it cost you? (My items are very lightweight, this will probably only be about 8-9 ounces.) I looked it up on the USPS site and it was telling me this will be about $15, but that feels really expensive. England was only about $5.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

[RunkPockDesigns]

Interesting, I have shipped to Australia many more times than England and I've found the opposite, shipping to Australia was cheaper for me and prices for shipping to England were double! You might want to check with the post office in person to see how much the rates are, that doesn't seem right to me... Make sure you look at all of the estimates I know the first one that pops up is usually for super overnight express, then priority, THEN first class parcels down at the bottom.

[MoldMuse]

I agree with Rozena. I ship to Australia every day nearly and that seems way to high for a first class parcel.

[lipmeister]

Me too! I ship to Australia and have found it reasonable, esp lightweight items.
I just ship it USPO, first class. Make sure your packing is light, try and use envelopes.
Good luck!

[handmadeintoronto]

I've found Australia to be the same as anywhere else in the world other than Canada and the US. I ship from Canada and use bubble envelopes approx 7 x 10 inches. Certainly the size of the package drastically affects the price here more than the weight

[ErinJPhotos]

Australia is a little more expensive than shipping to England. It costs me about $7-8 to ship to UK, but it was about $10 to ship to Australia

I ship First Class International.

[Former_Member]

Thank you all so much for your help! I think I can definitely get the price down by using the smallest packaging possible :)

[WildWildernessPhotos]

I have shipped to Australia a handful of times and for an 11x14 rigid envelope it costs about 10 bucks, that is the cheapest USPS could ship. Obviously photography is very lightweight, so it will depend on the weight of your items.

[Former_Member]

Thanks for this thread, I had a convo from Australia this morning regarding shipping. when I looked it up it was ALOT cheaper than shipping to England! I thought maybe I was reading it wrong, but it sounds like the right price according to you guys!

[Former_Member]

I shipped to Australia last week via USPS First Class (7-10 day delivery). The package was in a 6x10 bubble mailer and was under 3oz. The total turned out to be $4.56 or so. Also if you search around the international shipping area on USPS.com there is a excel spreadsheet that give you all the delivery zones and approx how much it will cost to ship by weight. Hope that helped. :)

[Former_Member]

This is for a 9 oz package to Australia - click on the link under the graph for First Class International mailing.

http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?country=10013&m=6&p=0&o=9

[Former_Member]

I shipped a bracelet to Australia for about $1.90 one time. Soap is a tad heavier (Okay, a LOT heavier) to ship, but even that isn't as bad as you might think, unless someone orders a big box.

[Former_Member]

Thank you all so much! I feel so much better informed and am prepped to ship! (I'll have to up my international prices from now on, though!)