Use prebuilt, configurable UI components powered by ShipStation’s Partner API to launch end-to-end shipping workflows directly in your platform. Customize the experience, onboard merchants faster, and deliver reliable fulfillment—without rebuilding complex shipping tools from scratch.
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With ShipStation API Elements, you can drop in proven shipping workflows that feel native to your app. Less building. Less maintenance. More value for merchants from day one.
Keep your experience cohesive from login to label creation. With customizable themes, fonts, and layouts, you can embed elements that match your existing design system. Merchants move through onboarding, rate shopping, and label workflows without feeling like they ever left your platform.
Give merchants advanced capabilities like address validation, rate shopping, carrier setup, and label printing without building each feature yourself. Elements are powered by ShipStation API under the hood. Your customers get the reliability and carrier coverage they need while you keep your roadmap focused.
Instead of spending months designing and maintaining custom shipping flows, your team can embed customized merchant shipping experiences in days. Use prebuilt workflows for onboarding, label purchase, and account settings. Launch sooner. Cut engineering costs. Support more merchants as you grow.
ShipStation Partner API Elements is a collection of prebuilt UI components for building your shipping flow, from onboarding to labeling. Use workflow elements to present complete end-to-end experiences while still having the option to instantiate individual components when you want more granular control.
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USPS Ground Advantage
$11.02
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UPS Ground®
$11.54
1 days
Theme elements with your own colors, typography, and border radiuses so they look native to your application. Use the theme configuration to align buttons, inputs, and messaging with your design system. This keeps your customized merchant shipping experience visually consistent across devices and screen sizes.
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ORDER #1549063504
PLACED ON: AUG 18, 2024 1:58 AM EDT
Just Delivered
Leather Tote Bag
Color: Champagne
Quantity: 1
Use the Onboarding element to walk merchants through setting up warehouses, agreeing to terms, adding payment methods, and activating carrier accounts. This guided flow helps sellers complete everything required to start shipping labels quickly, while your team tracks completion and hands off smoothly into day-to-day usage.
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Give merchants tools to compare services, browse pickup and drop off locations, and access discounted carrier rates, all inside your platform. Elements use ShipStation API carrier connections and rate shopping capabilities, so you can help customers choose cost-effective services without managing complex carrier integrations yourself.
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Custom
lbs
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UPS Ground®
$11.54
5-11 days
DHL Express
$32.19
2 days
USPS Ground Advantage
$11.02
6 days
USPS Two-Day Air
$22.24
2 days
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Expose account settings elements so merchants can manage warehouses, carriers, external carrier connections, and payment methods in one place. These workflow elements handle the details of configuration while you retain control over navigation, permissions, and how account management fits inside your broader admin experience.
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Use the Elements SDK, React components, or CDN-delivered bundle depending on your stack. A simple token callback, features configuration, and mount call let you embed elements in any container. Responsive layouts ensure your shipping experiences work across web apps and mobile responsive sites.
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POST /v1/labels HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipstation.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json
{
“shipment”: {
“service_code”: “ups_ground”,
“ship_to”: {
“name”: “Jane Doe”,
“phone”: “+1 444-444-4444”,
“address_line1”: “525 S Winchester Blvd”,
“city_locality”: “San Jose”,
“state_province”: “CA”,
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