EirLink: An Post eCommHub labels and tracking for Shopify

EirLink’s own-account route is for Shopify shops with an An Post eCommHub business account. According to EirLink, that account must have API access enabled, and you need its API key to connect it.

EirLink reports that An Post’s parcels account route opens above 40 parcels a week.

• A Shopify store for the orders you want to import.
• Your own An Post eCommHub business account with API access enabled.
• The API key for that eCommHub account.

For sellers without an eCommHub account, EirLink points to EirPost, a separate service that supplies prepaid An Post labels for parcels up to 2 kg; the EirPost guide covers it.

EirLink says setup takes about ten minutes. Its integration page describes connecting your own An Post account using the eCommHub API key, while its Shopify App Store listing describes the app’s connection to your store.

According to the listing, EirLink backfills the last 60 days of orders when your store connects. Its integration page describes importing recent unfulfilled orders, so existing orders awaiting dispatch can appear alongside new ones.

EirLink also describes An Post’s own eCommerce Hub route for Shopify as a custom app using a one-time Admin API token, set up after the An Post account exists. Our An Post eCommerce Hub and Shopify guide covers that connection.

According to EirLink, new unfulfilled Shopify orders appear in its dashboard within seconds, without copying and pasting addresses. It also accepts orders through CSV import and manual entry, with labels and tracking available for those orders.

EirLink describes its service as shipping automation across the carriers a business uses. Its website lists An Post, DPD, GLS, UPS and DHL Express as live carriers, with FedEx support on the way.

For carrier billing, EirLink says it connects your own account, giving An Post and DPD as examples. Its website lists Shopify, CSV import and manual entry as current order sources, with WooCommerce and Etsy described as coming soon.

EirLink says you can create a single label or a batch of up to 100 in one click. It merges batch labels into one PDF for printing, and its Shopify App Store listing also describes generating An Post labels from a CSV file.

For a failed label, EirLink says it can retry that label without redoing the whole batch. Its An Post integration page also describes a specific safeguard for a parcel An Post accepts without returning a label.

In that case, EirLink says it holds the parcel as Label pending and avoids submitting it again blindly, which it identifies as a cause of duplicate parcels. Check that status before attempting to create another label for the same order.

EirLink says creating a label sends the tracking number to Shopify, marks the order fulfilled and notifies the customer. Its An Post integration page says it refreshes carrier tracking scans roughly every 30 minutes.

For customs data, EirLink says it reads weights, HS codes and country of origin from your Shopify products. Check those product fields before creating labels for orders that need customs information.

EirLink also says manually entered orders carry full customs fields, including HS codes and IOSS. Use those fields when entering an order by hand, rather than relying on product information imported from Shopify.

EirLink lists its account at €0 a month with unlimited orders and labels. It says it adds no markup to postage and processes no payments.

On the own-account route, EirLink says An Post bills postage directly to your An Post account at the rates you have agreed with An Post. Use those account rates to calculate the postage cost of your orders.

EirLink says its free account includes email support from its founders. Its website describes the service as made in Ireland, and its Shopify App Store listing gives a Dublin developer address.

Shiptheory says its An Post connection requires an active An Post account, your account number, a matching company name and selected services.

Shiptheory lists an An Post connection for Shopify and other ecommerce platforms. According to its Shopify App Store listing, the Earth plan costs $62 a month or $600 a year and covers 1 user, 1 sales channel and 2 carriers, with a limit of 1,500 shipments a month.

ShippyPro asks you to obtain an account number from your An Post contact for its connection.

ShipStation says its An Post integration prints labels for parcels starting and ending in the Republic of Ireland. Its Shopify App Store listing starts at $14.99 a month for Starter, with pricing varying by geography and monthly order volume.