You can buy and print An Post labels at home through Click & Post, according to Shiptheory’s guide. For a paid Shopify tool, the Shopify App Store lists Shiptheory’s Earth plan at $62 a month, with a limit of 1,500 shipments a month.
At a glance
- Home printing
- Shiptheory’s guide describes buying and printing Click & Post labels at home.
- Post office printing
- Take the Click & Post confirmation code on your phone, according to Shiptheory’s guide.
- Parcel handover
- Shiptheory describes Click & Post drop-off at an Irish post office or An Post parcel locker.
- Software cost
- Shiptheory’s Earth plan is listed at $62 a month or $600 a year.
On this page
Choose home or post office printing
Choose where you want the label printed before preparing your orders. According to Shiptheory, Click & Post lets you purchase and print An Post labels at home. Its guide also describes taking a confirmation code on your phone to a post office for printing.
| Task | Home printing | Post office printing |
|---|---|---|
| Create the postage purchase | Use Click & Post | Use Click & Post |
| Prepare for printing | Print the purchased label at home | Take the confirmation code on your phone |
| Get the printed label | At home | At the post office |
Prepare Shopify and Etsy order imports
EirPost tells Shopify sellers to export orders as CSV files, says it automatically detects Etsy’s CSV format, and offers labels for parcels up to 2 kg without an An Post business account.
| Task | Published guidance |
|---|---|
| Shopify order preparation | Export orders in CSV format |
| Etsy order preparation | Import the Etsy CSV format, detected automatically |
| Label creation | Generate labels for the imported orders in one go |
| Parcel weight | Pick the nearest weight band and round up when in doubt |
| Tracking number | Available as soon as the label is generated |
| Price review | Every price shown before payment |
Print on paper or thermal labels
EirPost says its labels print on paper or 4x6 thermal stock and recommends printing at 100% scale with no margins in portrait orientation before you hand the parcel to a post office.
For Click & Post, Shiptheory describes home printing without giving the paper size or printer settings in the supplied facts. Use the confirmation-code route if you want the post office to print that label.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Label format | 4x6 thermal label |
| Print scale | 100% |
| Margins | None |
| Orientation | Portrait |
Create An Post labels for Shopify orders
EirLink says its free account imports unfulfilled Shopify orders, creates batches of up to 100 labels in a merged PDF, and sends tracking to Shopify while marking the order fulfilled and notifying the customer.
| Part of the setup | Published requirement or behaviour |
|---|---|
| Own An Post account | An Post eCommHub business account with API access enabled and its API key |
| Own-account postage | Billed directly to the An Post account at the rates agreed with An Post |
| Prepaid alternative | Labels paid from a prepaid balance for parcels up to 2 kg |
| Other order entry | CSV import or manual entry |
| Customs information | Weights, HS codes and country of origin read from Shopify products |
| Failed batch labels | Retried without redoing the whole batch |
| Accepted parcel without a label | Held as Label pending without blindly submitting the parcel again |
Compare software charges and postage
According to its Shopify App Store listing, Shiptheory’s Earth plan costs $62 a month or $600 a year. It covers 1 user, 1 sales channel and 2 carriers, with a limit of 1,500 shipments a month.
Count the sales channels and carriers you need before choosing that plan. Compare the shipment allowance with the number of parcels you expect to send each month.
| Charge | Published terms |
|---|---|
| Batch service account | €0 a month, unlimited orders and labels, no markup on postage |
| CSV service subscription | Plus at €19 a month for unlimited labels and bulk processing |
| Prepaid balance | Card top-ups from €10, non-refundable, with no expiry |
| Discount eligibility | Plus subscribers and the first three labels of a free account |
| Free-account postage afterwards | Retail rates after the first three labels |
| Declared weight adjustment | A heavier band billed by An Post is deducted from the balance after the monthly invoice |
Among the prices PostCompare compares, An Post’s cheapest bookable price for a 1 kg parcel within Ireland was €12.25, with 3–5 days shown, in prices checked on 5 October 2026. Enter your parcel’s weight and destination in the quote tool to compare the available prices.
Hand over your Click & Post parcels
Shiptheory’s guide describes dropping Click & Post parcels at an Irish post office or An Post parcel locker. If you chose post office printing, take the confirmation code on your phone.
For the Shopify batch workflow above, label creation triggers fulfilment and the customer notification.
Questions
How do I print An Post shipping labels at home?
Shiptheory’s guide describes purchasing and printing labels at home through Click & Post.
Can a post office print my Click & Post label?
According to Shiptheory’s guide, you can take the confirmation code on your phone to a post office for label printing.
Does the Click & Post guidance give settings for An Post thermal labels?
The supplied Click & Post facts describe home printing and post office printing from a confirmation code. They provide no thermal printer settings.
What does Shiptheory cost for Shopify?
Its Shopify App Store listing prices Earth at $62 a month or $600 a year. The plan covers 1 user, 1 sales channel and 2 carriers, with a limit of 1,500 shipments a month.
Where can I drop off a Click & Post parcel?
Shiptheory’s guide describes drop-off at an Irish post office or An Post parcel locker.
Sources
- Shiptheory: How to Print Your An Post Shipping Labels, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: Shopify integration tips: EirPost Help Center, read 10 October 2026
- EirLink: EirLink - Multi-carrier shipping for Irish e-commerce, read 10 October 2026
- Shopify App Store: Shiptheory, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: Etsy order import guide: EirPost Help Center, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: Send a Parcel Within Ireland from €6.90: EirPost, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: 4x6 label printing setup: EirPost Help Center, read 10 October 2026
- EirLink: An Post Shopify integration, read 10 October 2026
- EirLink: EirPost prepaid An Post labels for Shopify, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: Discounted shipping labels for Irish businesses, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: EirPost pricing, read 10 October 2026
- EirPost: Shipping balance and EirLink, read 10 October 2026
- EirLink: EirLink ‑ Automate An Post - Print An Post labels and sync tracking in seconds: Shopify App Store, read 10 October 2026
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