Shippo
Shippo is a multi-carrier shipping platform that lets ecommerce businesses compare rates, buy discounted labels, print, and track packages from one dashboard or API.
What is Shippo?
Shippo is a multi-carrier shipping platform serving ecommerce merchants and developers. It offers a web dashboard and REST API to compare rates, buy discounted labels, print, track shipments, and manage returns across carriers like USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. It integrates with major platforms including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and WooCommerce.
Best known for: Affordable, developer-friendly multi-carrier shipping labels and API for ecommerce.
Key features
- Discounted multi-carrier label buying and rate shopping
- Shipping API for custom integrations
- Order sync with major ecommerce platforms and marketplaces
- Automated tracking and branded tracking pages
- Returns label generation and management
- Batch label printing and shipping automation rules
Who Shippo is best for
- Small and mid-size ecommerce sellers shipping across multiple carriers
- Developers integrating shipping into apps via a REST API
- Growing DTC brands wanting discounted USPS, UPS, and FedEx rates
Ideal team: Online retailers and marketplaces that ship physical orders and want carrier-agnostic label buying, rate shopping, and tracking without building it themselves.
Shippo pricing
Starter
$0
- No monthly fee with pre-negotiated discounted carrier rates
- Small monthly label cap for low-volume shippers
- $0.05 per label when using your own connected carrier accounts
Professional
$17/flat / mo (volume-based)
- Tiered subscription scaling from ~$17 to ~$199/mo by label volume
- No per-label fee on your own carrier accounts
- Branded tracking, returns, and advanced automation
Premier
Custom
- Custom pricing for high-volume operations
- Dedicated account support and onboarding
- Advanced API limits and SLAs
Costs to watch before you commit
- Starter plan caps labels per month, forcing an upgrade as volume grows
- Professional pricing rises in tiers with shipment volume, so costs scale up quickly
- $0.05 per-label fee applies on the Starter plan when using your own carrier accounts
- Postage and carrier costs are separate and billed on top of any subscription
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