ShopKit prints an address label for any order, sized for a thermal label printer. It's made for sending in blank prepaid satchels and boxes, where you'd otherwise write the address by hand.
- One order — open the order and click ⎙ Print label.
- A batch — on the Orders list click ⎙ Labels. It prints labels for whatever the list is showing, so filter by status or search first, then print. Capped at 200 labels in one run, so an unfiltered list can't queue your whole order history at the printer.
Every label carries the delivery address large, plus the order number and date. A click & collect order prints a PICKUP — DO NOT POST band instead, so it can't be posted by mistake.
The address type sizes itself to the address. A short one prints large; a long one steps down a size so it still fits on the label rather than running off the edge.
Choosing a label size
Pick the size in the toolbar when you print. It needs to match the roll in your printer.
| Size | Roll it suits | Contents list |
|---|---|---|
| 4 × 6″ (the default) | Dymo LabelWriter 4XL / 5XL, most Zebras | Yes |
| 101 × 54 mm | Dymo 99014 address label | No — not tall enough |
| 62 × 100 mm | Brother QL DK-11202 | Yes |
The choice stays in the page link, so you can bookmark whichever size you print most and go straight to it.
Adding a return address
Off by default. Click Add return address in the toolbar to include it.
It comes from your store address under Settings → Stores, so add one there first. If you haven't, the toolbar tells you instead of quietly printing nothing.
How it prints depends on the size:
- On a 4 × 6″ or 62 × 100 mm label it's a small block at the top: store name, street, suburb and phone.
- On the shorter 101 × 54 mm there's only room for one line, so it prints your store name, street and suburb, and leaves off the phone.
Worth turning on for anything valuable. Without a return address, Australia Post has nowhere to send an undeliverable parcel back to.
Printing a contents list
On the two taller sizes, the label can also list what's in the parcel, so you can pick and pack straight off it — including the variant chosen and any personalisation text. Use Show / hide contents in the toolbar.
The 101 × 54 mm is too short for a contents list. The toolbar says so rather than dropping it without telling you.
Printer setup
Two settings in the browser's print dialog, every time:
- Scale: 100%
- Margins: None
Then choose the matching media in your printer driver. If any of those are wrong the driver quietly scales the label down and it prints short.
If characters are cut off one edge
This is nearly always the printer feeding slightly off-centre, not the label being too wide — look at the opposite edge and you'll usually see a matching strip of blank that should have been printed on.
Run the alignment or calibration routine from your printer's own utility. On a Dymo that's DYMO Connect → select the printer → Calibrate. On a Brother it's in Brother P-touch Editor or the printer's settings tool.
The label layout already leaves a safety margin on the smaller sizes, so a little drift costs you nothing. A larger one needs calibrating out at the printer.
What the label is not
It is not a carrier label, and it carries no barcode.
Australia Post prints the scannable barcode on the postage you buy from them, and a prepaid satchel already has one, along with a peel-off sticker showing the Article ID. Enter that number on the order with Add tracking — that's what sends your customer their shipped email with a tracking link.
There's also no artwork or product photo on the label. Thermal printers print in plain black and white, so a photo comes out as a grey smudge. Anything a packer needs — the variant, the personalisation text — prints as words instead.