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Shipping Providers

Royal Mail

In order to use Royal Mail, you'll need to ensure you are using a valid United Kingdom address as your store location. You'll also need to ensure your Craft Commerce default currency is set to Pounds Sterling.

Royal Mail do not offer live rates via their API. Prices according to the 2023 price guide (opens new window).

Support

Royal Mail supports the following APIs:

  • Rates
  • Tracking
  • Labels

API Credentials

In order to use Royal Mail, you'll need to connect to their API.

  1. Go to Royal Mail and login to your account.
  2. From the My Apps section, follow the prompts to create a new app.
  3. Copy the API Key from Royal Mail and paste in the API Key field in Postie.
  4. Copy the API Secret from Royal Mail and paste in the API Secret field in Postie.