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ShipStation’s main purpose is to simplify shipping. The more efficient your fulfillment strategy is, the less time you have to spend on it—freeing your time to focus on more important areas of your business. We’re expanding ShipStation’s capabilities to cater to specific workflows. Whether you’ve been using ShipStation for a while or are still looking […]

ShipStation conducted a study to track the progression of COVID-19 and its impacts on ecommerce in the United Kingdom.

The traditional ecommerce practice of selling items that you keep in your warehouse or storefront is not the only way to become a successful ecommerce merchant. Some people have successful businesses that never even see the items they sell. This is known as dropshipping.  Dropshipping is a business model where the person selling the item […]

The holiday season is the busiest time of the year for many retailers. And this increased order volume can create some chaos. But we’re here to help. With input from shipping experts from ShipStation, our partners, and our users, we have compiled a guide to help make sense of this chaos. We’ve got helpful hints […]

What is a Shipping API? Carriers Scalability Support Technology { 1 } What is a Shipping API? A shipping API offers a robust, customizable solution to the challenges of shipping. Ultimately, a shipping API is a group of APIs that can be used individually or together to accomplish tasks such as generating labels, retrieving rates, […]

We are debunking the three biggest myths around sustainable packaging and what this means for ecommerce vendors.

With rising concerns about our carbon footprint, the importance of ethical commerce is greater than ever. In 2012, shipping accounted for 2.2% of the global carbon dioxide output. And that number is forecasted to increase by up to 250% by 2050. An ethical strategy can be a great way to reduce your company’s carbon footprint, […]

Both a shipping software and a shipping API have the same end goal: creating shipping labels. Discover which shipping technology is right for your business.