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Carrier Capabilities

Shippo provides access to a global network of shipping providers. Each carriers has its own rules and restrictions, you can find details here.


USPS

Shippo offers a discounted master account upon sign up.

Countries served:
United States outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations

Supported features:

  • Discounted shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Signature confirmation
  • Scan-based return labels
  • Label formats: PNG, 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF, ZPLII, A4 PDF, A6 PDF
  • Single call label generation

Shipments to Military Mail (APO, DPO, FPO, MPO), U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated States requires Customs Forms.

FedEx

Countries served:
Global

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Signature confirmation
  • 3rd party billing
  • Collection on delivery (COD)
  • Multi-piece shipments
  • Label formats: PNG, 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF, ZPLII, A4 PDF, A6 PDF
  • Single call label generation

Account information required:

Test Mode: FedEx requires a different account and meter number for test mode. Please connect a FedEx test account on Shippo with your test mode credentials from the FedEx Web Services portal.

UPS

Countries served:
Global

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Signature confirmation
  • 3rd party billing
  • Collection on delivery (COD)
  • Multi-piece shipments
  • Label formats: PNG, 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF, ZPLII
  • Single call label generation

To access your negotiated UPS rates, please connect your account through the UPS full setup workflow from the Carriers tab on your dashboard. Learn more here.

Account information required:

  • UPS User ID
  • UPS account number
  • UPS Password
  • UPS Mail Innovations cost center identifier (required for UPS Mail Innovations)
  • UPS Mail Innovations USPS endorsement (required for UPS Mail Innovations)

DHL Express

For international shipments originating from United States, Shippo offers a discounted master account upon sign up.

Countries served:
Global

Supported features:

  • Discounted shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Label formats: 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF, ZPLII
  • Single call label generation

Account information required:
For all other outbound countries, and U.S. businesses who'd like to use their own DHL accounts, please enter:

  • DHL Express account number
  • Contact us at support@goshippo.com if you have your own DHL Express account to access your rates.

DHL eCommerce

Countries served:
United States outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Dangerous goods support
  • Manifests
  • Label formats: 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF, A4 PDF, A6 PDF
  • Single call label generation
  • Signature Confirmation

Account information required:

  • DHL eCommerce Client ID
  • DHL eCommerce Password
  • DHL eCommerce Pickup Number
  • DHL eCommerce Facility Code

Canada Post

Countries served:
Canadian outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifest
  • Label formats: 8.5x11 inch PDF, 4x6 inch PDF

Account information required:

Test Mode: Canada Post requires a different API username and password for test mode. Read our FAQ to see how to get your test credentials.

Purolator

Countries served:
Canadian outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Signature Confirmation
  • Label formats: 8.5x11 inch PDF, ZPLII
  • Single call label generation

Account information required:
Please register with the Purolator Resource Center first. Select: “I'm integrating Purolator E-Ship Web Services into a website or application that won’t be re-sold.”

  • Purolator production key
  • Purolator production key password
  • Purolator account number

Asendia

Service area:
United States outbound shipments to international destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Signature confirmation
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF

Account information required:

  • Asendia User Login
  • Asendia User Password
  • Asendia FTP Username
  • Asendia FTP Password
  • Company Name Registered with Asendia
  • Asendia Permit Number
  • Asendia Rate Table (optional, to display rates before purchasing. Please contact support@goshippo.com for more details)

UberRUSH

Shippo offers a default master account upon sign up.

Service areas:
Surrounding areas of Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Signature confirmation
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, A4 PDF, A6 PDF
  • Single call label generation

Deutsche Post

Shippo offers a default master account upon sign up.

Countries served:
Germany outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF
  • Single call label generation

DHL Germany

Countries served:
German and Austria outbound shipments to domestic and international destinations

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Label formats: 4x6 inch PDF, 4x8 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, PNG, A4 PDF, A6 PDF

Account information required:

To use your own account, you'll need:

  • DHL Germany account number (The first 10 digits of your DHL account number)
  • DHL Germany business customer portal username (DHL username for www.dhl-geschaeftskundenportal.de)
  • DHL Germany business customer portal password (DHL password for www.dhl-geschaeftskundenportal.de)
  • DHL Germany default participation code (The last 2 digits of your DHL account number)
  • DHL Germany tracking username (optional, only used for tracking)
  • DHL Germany tracking password (optional, only used for tracking)

Test Mode: DHL Germany requires a different credentials for test mode. It can be found on add carrier account page.

GLS

Countries served:
Germany and France outbound shipments to domestic destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping labels
  • Label formats: PNG, 8.5x11 inch PDF

Account information required:

  • GLS customer ID
  • GLS contact ID
  • GLS depot number
  • GLS parcel number (min, max, current)

Mondial Relay

Countries served:
France outbound shipments to domestic destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Location finder
  • Label formats: 8.5x11 inch PDF

Shippo offers highly discounted rates - you don't need to have your own account!
If you prefer to use your own account, you'll need:

  • Mondial Relay merchant ID
  • Mondial Relay key
Mondial Relay requires a different merchant ID and key for test mode.

Parcelforce

Shippo offers a discounted master account upon sign up.

Countries served:
United Kingdom outbound shipments for domestic destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping labels
  • Label formats: 4x6 inch PDF

RR Donnelley

Countries served:
US-originated domestic and international shipments

Supported features:

  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, ZPLII.
  • Single call label generation

Newgistics

Countries served:
United States outbound shipments to domestic destinations only

Supported features:

  • Newgistics provides a wide array of Fulfillment & Logistics services
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF
  • Single call label generation

Account information required:

  • Newgistics API key
  • Newgistics Merchant ID
  • Newgistics manifest FTP server credentials

Lasership

Service area:
Eastern United States

Supported features:

  • Support for Routed Delivery
    • and more services
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, A4 PDF, A6 PDF

Account information required:

  • LaserShip API Key
  • LaserShip API ID
  • Critical pull time

OnTrac

Service area:
Western United States

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Label formats: PNG, 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, A4 PDF, A6 PDF, ZPL II
  • Signature confirmation
  • 3rd party billing
  • Collection on delivery (COD)
  • Saturday delivery
  • Carrier insurance
  • Single call label generation

Account information required:

  • OnTrac account number
  • OnTrac API Password
Please email softwaresupport@ontrac.com or call 877-225-6837 to request your OnTrac API password.

Australia Post

Countries served:
Australia outbound shipments to domestic destinations only

Supported features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Australia address validation
  • Tracking
  • Manifests
  • Label formats: 4x6 inch PDF, 8.5x11 inch PDF, A4 PDF, A6 PDF

Account information required:

Hermes UK

Countries served:
UK outbound shipments to AT, BE, CZ, DK, FI, FR, DE, HU, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SK, ES, SE, and UK

Supported Features:

  • Shipping rates
  • Shipping labels
  • Tracking
  • Signature service
  • Scan based billing
  • Hermes ParcelShop Service, use locations to find a nearby ParcelShop
  • Hermes Courier Collection Service, have parcel picked up

Restrictions:

  • Certain remote zip codes will incur a remote delivery surcharge (i.e. IM,HS,ZE).
  • Packages under 15kg.