EirLink Blog
Direct answers on An Post, Shopify, and EirLink. Written for merchants who need to get orders out the door without adding another messy process.
An Post wants more than 40 parcels a week before it opens a parcels account. How to get automatic An Post labels on a Shopify shop without one.
How EirLink's automation rules work: match paid Shopify orders on weight, destination, value, or tags; set the carrier, service, and sender; and optionally auto-create the label — with a human-friendly safety model.
How Irish online shops actually decide between An Post and a courier like DPD — by weight, destination, and speed, parcel by parcel — and how automation rules make the choice for you.
The four customs fields every parcel from Ireland to Great Britain needs, where they live in Shopify, why carriers expect the country code GB rather than UK, and how to stop retyping all of it.
What you need from DPD Ireland, how the pre-production onboarding step works, and how EirLink connects Shopify orders to DPD labels on your own account.
Where the An Post eCommHub API key lives, the account settings that quietly block integrations — API limits, label type, the IP whitelist — and how to connect the key safely.
A plain guide to using An Post with Shopify, including the manual method and how EirLink connects Shopify orders to your own An Post eCommHub account.
A practical guide to cheaper shipping in Ireland for small businesses, with a focus on EirPost, An Post labels, packaging habits, and repeatable dispatch work.
