During the holidays, there’s one thing you need to take care of: your shipping and fulfilment process. A big part of that is communicating to your customers your last posting dates for Christmas delivery.
You need to find out the holiday shipping cutoff dates of your preferred couriers. But you don’t need to worry about the hassle of going to each courier’s website to find its specific last posting dates for Christmas. Because we already did!
Australia Post Last Posting Dates for Christmas
Channel
Retail Only
Retail and all Business customers
Retail and all Business customers
Retail Only
Country
*Note some countries of Southeast Asia, Europe, and rest of the world may differ from the last posting dates shown, so merchants will have to go to Australia Post to see
Express, Letters, Parcels, and StarTrack International
Standard Parcels
Economy Air parcels^ and Letters
New Zealand
Friday, December 10
Tuesday, December 7
Friday, December 3
Tuesday, November 23
China
Wednesday, December 8
Sunday, December 5
Tuesday, November 30
Tuesday, November 23
Southeast Asia*
Friday, December 10
Tuesday, December 7
Tuesday, November 30
Tuesday, November 23
USA
Friday, December 10
Tuesday, December 7
Tuesday, November 30
Tuesday, November 16
Canada
Friday, December 10
Friday, December 3
Tuesday, November 30
Tuesday, November 16
UK
Friday, December 10
Friday, December 3
Friday, November 26
Tuesday, November 16
Ireland
Friday, December 10
Friday, December 3
Friday, November 26
Tuesday, November 16
Europe*
Friday, December 10
Friday, December 3
Friday, November 26
Tuesday, November 16
Rest of World*
Wednesday, December 8
Friday, November 26
Monday, November 22
Tuesday, November 16
Domestic Cut-Off Dates
Sending to/from
Parcel Post
Express Post
Anywhere in Australia (except WA and NT)
13 December
20 December
WA and NT
8 December
15 December
For a full list of Australia Post’s final post-by dates, click here.
New Zealand Post – Shipping Overseas: Courier Select
Destination
Shipping Deadline
Australia Standard
Wednesday, December 8
Australia Express
Wednesday, December 15
UK
Wednesday, December 8
USA
Wednesday, December 8
China (Including Hong Kong and Macau)
Monday, November 29
New Zealand Post – Shipping to NZ from Offshore: Postal
Accepted into NZ Post’s delivery network by:
All Products
12pm - Wednesday, December 8
New Zealand Post – Shipping to NZ from Offshore: Commercial
Service
Accepted into NZ Post’s delivery network by:
Courier
11am - Friday, December 17
Courier Economy
11am - Monday, December 13
Economy (untracked)
11am - Monday, December 13
Bulk Mail and Letters
11am - Friday, December 10
Seko
Seko – Origin Sydney NSW
Destination
Service
Origin Delivery Cut-Off
New Zealand
Standard
Monday, December 13
New Zealand
Express
Thursday, December 16
United Kingdom
Standard
Saturday, December 18
United States
Standards
Tuesday, October 12
United States
Express
Wednesday, December 15
Canada (Suspended)
Seko – Origin Melbourne VIC
Destination
Service
Origin Delivery Cut-Off
United Kingdom
Standard
Saturday, December 18
United States
Standard
Tuesday, October 12
United States
Express
Wednesday, December 15
Canada (Suspended)
If you use our holiday shipping deadlines to start your holiday prep now, you’ll have plenty of time to calculate your own shipping cut off dates. And once you know your shipping schedule, you can start optimizing your shipping workflow to handle increased order volume. Plus, you’ll have more time to decide on which shipping promotions are best for your business and your customers.
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