As eCommerce continues to thrive and the opportunities for building a successful business grow, we recognise that while Christmas can be an exciting and fulfilling time for business owners, it can also be stressful.

An Post Commerce are here to help you through this busy time with top tips and solutions that can help you to get through this peak period.

BE PREPARED

We recommend that you use our last dates of posting* (see chart below) as a guide to publishing your last order dates for your customers, to ensure they receive their orders for Christmas.

To avoid any delays, we also suggest that businesses stop taking new orders a few days before the final posting date.’

Updates on our Christmas delivery and collection dates will also be live on anpost.com/Christmas over the coming weeks, so you can check what dates we will collect and deliver mail over Christmas.

GET SENDING READY WITH OUR POSTAGE SOLUTIONS

It’s important to get your Christmas orders out early this year, so you can get your orders in, and delivered on time to your customers.

Choose the best solution for your business needs, so you can send without stress.

Click & Post: ‘If you have international customers and are sending items outside of Ireland, to non-EU countries in particular, Click & Post is the best solution to ensure your items comply with customs requirements.

EU Customs rules have made fulfilling International orders trickier to navigate, with Click & Post, you have peace of mind that your items will be processed efficiently as you can complete customs documentation and buy postage labels, all in one place.

With the Advantage Card you can buy parcel labels and stamps in bulk, enabling you to get the best discounts available.

Buy a pack of 25 parcel labels and you can send a parcel up to 10kg for as little as €5.96 in Ireland.

You can also choose between Standard and Express labels, both with tracking, if you need to get your items to your customer a little faster.

Businesses can also save up to 15c on every stamp with our bulk stamp packs. You can sign up online at anpost.com/advantagecard or at your local post o­ ce to start availing of discounts instantly.

Pre-paid packaging: If you want an easy and convenient parcel solution for your eCommerce orders, use our gift packaging.

TRACKING AND SUPPORT

Manage your deliveries with an anpost.com login: Use my deliveries to easily track and manage all of your outgoing parcels in one place.

Sign up now at anpost.com Help & Support page: Our anpost.com/help page has answers to common queries and a Christmas FAQ section to help you with the busy season.