shippo refers to the libraries and APIs produced by the company “Shippo” for multi-carrier integration, shipping label creation/purchasing, parcel tracking, and other shipping-related activities.
Shippo is RESTful shipping API with a set of language-specific wrappers for integrating with multiple shipping carriers (such as USPS
, FedEx
, UPS
, DHL
, and more), assisting in shipping
label creation, parcel tracking, address validation, and rate comparison for e-commerce businesses and platforms.
Shippo is typically viewed as an alternative to integrating with multiple carriers individually and maintaining your own in-house shipping operations. It’s common to integrate with Shippo to connect with multiple carriers through its API, and use its web application as a dashboard for high-level shipment management.
Shippo also provides app plug-ins on common e-commerce platforms such as Shopify
, Etsy
, GoDaddy
, Weebly
, Bigcommerce
, and Magento
.