Today, we’re excited to announce ShipStation API, a unified solution that combines the reliability and innovation of ShipEngine with the power of the ShipStation brand. Since 2017, ShipEngine has been on a mission to deliver the most developer-friendly, easy-to-integrate shipping solution for tech platforms and ecommerce merchants.

ShipEngine’s next evolution represents the next step in providing developers, merchants, and logistics teams with the most comprehensive API tools to manage shipping operations efficiently. With ShipEngine’s robust capability now being a part of ShipStation offerings, we are excited to offer you more flexible shipping and logistics solutions that help support your growth.

 As a combined force, ShipStation API is your new secret weapon. 

Benefits of ShipStation API

Shipstation API benefits merchants, developers, and technology partners alike:

  • For Merchants: Ship, track, and return with 200+ carriers, discounted rates, and enterprise-grade performance.
  • For Developers: Check out our rich API docs, free sandbox, and SDKs to make your work easier. Sign up for a free developer account now.
  • For Tech Partners: Effortlessly make shipping part of your experience with our developer and white-label tools.
“ShipStation has helped hundreds of thousands of businesses scale and deliver exceptional customer experiences, and ShipStation API is a major step forward in our mission to deliver best-in-class shipping solutions for all our customer’s needs,” states Kelly Vincent, Chief Product Officer of Auctane, ShipStation’s parent company. “By beginning the process of consolidating our API offerings, we’re giving our users access to more tools, more flexibility, and a more streamlined shipping experience.”

How Does It Work?

Through the transition, current integrations and workflows for ShipEngine users will remain undisrupted. With ShipStation API, ShipStation users have the opportunity to connect to 200+ global carriers, the best pre-negotiated rates, and get access to flexible API capabilities backed by ShipEngine’s powerful technology. 

With ShipStation API, you can expect: 

  • Seamless Flexibility: Customize shipping workflows and integrate them seamlessly into your existing tech stack
  • Cost Efficiency in Shipping: Save up on operational costs and access discounted rates up to 87%
  • Faster Time to Revenue: Get up and running quickly with streamlined onboarding and support
  • Greater Scalability: Handle shipments of all sizes and grow your operations
  • Enhanced Delivery Experiences:  Provide a better customer experience with tools for tracking and delivery accuracy
  • Unified Brand Power: Leverage the strength of the ShipEngine’s trusted technology
  • End-to-End Shipping Solutions: Solve nearly all shipping challenges, from domestic to international, with a single API
  • Reliable Support: Continue working with the same trusted team, backed by even greater resources

What Happens Next?

Over the next twelve months, ShipEngine will continue the transition into ShipStation API. As mentioned, you don’t need to take any action—your current workflows and shipping processes will remain exactly as they are.. 

If you’re a ShipStation user interested in adopting standalone ShipStation API, or have any additional questions about the expanded features, please contact us at [email protected]. Follow our blog for more updates on new features and services.  

FAQ

  • What is ShipStation API and how is it different from ShipEngine?
    • ShipStation API is the new name for ShipEngine. We are combining the robust features and capabilities of the ShipEngine product under the trusted ShipStation brand name.
  • Why is this change happening?
    • Unifying ShipEngine under ShipStation allows us to leverage the strengths of the ShipStation brand, delivering additional investment and a more comprehensive shipping management solution for our customers. This means you benefit from more carriers, services, features, and improved customer service.
  • Do I need to make any changes as a current ShipEngine user?
    • No! Existing integrations and workflows remain unchanged. You don’t need to do anything on your end.
  • I noticed that the ShipEngine URL hasn’t changed. Why?
    • We are ensuring a seamless transition without breaking existing API integrations. We’ll share further updates as the transition continues.
  • Will you be changing the URL and could that change affect my API integrations?
    • No, your API integrations will continue working as usual. We have ensured that all existing endpoints remain functional and any future changes will be communicated well in advance.
  • I see multiple ShipStation APIs available. Which one is which, and how do I know which one I’m using?
    • We currently have three separate APIs in use:
      • ShipEngine – Our end-to-end, stand-alone shipping API, which we are rebranding to ShipStation API. It provides the richest developer functionality and multiple market shipping origin support, as well as the largest catalog of carriers and services in the industry.
      • ShipStation API V1 – This is our original openAPI for ShipStation, which has been active for over a decade! This API and its associated endpoints will be deprecated at some future date (but don’t worry, we’ll give plenty of notice before this happens).
      • ShipStation API V2 – Currently available as a companion API to our ShipStation application. ShipStation API V2 leverages the power of ShipEngine but with full compatibility with ShipStation’s interface and big improvements over ShipStation’s previous API (AKA ShipStation API V1).
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