Group Accounts

Register Account

Only Available for ShipStation Partner Accounts, see link below.

Creates a new ShipStation account and generates an apiKey and apiSecret to be used by the newly created account.

Info This endpoint does not require API key and API Secret credentials. The Authorization header can be left off. Use of this specific endpoint requires approval, and is meant only for direct partners of ShipStation.

To become a direct partner with ShipStation, or to request more information on becoming a direct partner, we recommend that you contact our Partners and Integrations team.

The body of this request has the following attributes:

Name Data Type Description
firstName string, required First Name
lastName string, required Last Name
email string, required Email address. This will also be the username of the account.
password string, required Password to set for account access.
companyName string, optional Name of Company.
addr1 string, optional Company Address - Street 1
addr2 string, optional Company Address - Street 2
city string, optional Company Address - City
state string, optional Company Address - State
zip string, optional Company Address - Zip Code
countryCode string, optional Company Address - Country. Please use a two-letter ISO Origin Country code.
phone string, optional Company Phone number.

Example Request

POST /accounts/registeraccount HTTP/1.1
Host: ssapi.shipstation.com
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "testpw1234",
  "shippingOriginCountryCode": "US",
  "companyName": "Droid Repair LLC",
  "addr1": "542 Midichlorian Rd.",
  "addr2": "",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "zip": "78703",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "phone": "5124111234"
}

Example Response

{
  "message": "ShipStation account created.",
  "sellerId": 123456,
  "success": true,
  "apiKey": "abcdt9845hjmgfklj3498gkljdkuyekl",
  "apiSecret": "1234iou983lkj8mnxgfwu509hkhdy7u3"
}