Understanding shipping carriers

Shipping carriers are the services that deliver your customers' orders. Most shipping carriers let you drop off packages to them, and others let you schedule pickups from your own location. Most carriers can also pick up from any warehouse or fulfillment service that you use.

Shopify partners with a variety of shipping carriers and has integrations with many of the major carriers.

Shopify Shipping carriers that integrate with Shopify

The number of shipping carriers that are available to you depends on where your business is located and whether your Shopify subscription plan has the carrier-calculated shipping feature. Some carriers provide reduced rates that are available to all Shopify merchants and let you buy shipping labels directly in your Shopify admin.

Depending on your fulfillment locations, you can purchase labels from the following carriers through Shopify Shipping:

Shopify Shipping carriers that are available in specific countries or regions

Fulfillment location	Shipping carriers
United States	USPS UPS (not available in Puerto Rico) DHL Express (continental United States only) FedEx
Canada	Canada Post UPS
Australia	Sendle
United Kingdom	Evri (for businesses based in the United Kingdom) DPD (for businesses based in the United Kingdom)
France	Colissimo (for businesses based in France) Mondial Relay (for businesses based in France) Chronopost (for businesses based in France)
Germany	DHL Paket (for businesses based in Germany)
Italy	Poste Italiane (for businesses based in Italy)
Spain	Correos (for businesses based in Spain)

Third-party shipping carriers

If you have your own account with an eligible shipping carrier, then you can connect your third-party carrier account to your Shopify admin, and then display carrier-calculated shipping rates to your customers at checkout.

Review the following table to learn more about the carrier accounts that you can connect to your Shopify admin:

Third-party carrier accounts

Carrier	Description
UPS	Display UPS-calculated shipping rates at checkout. Available for fulfillment locations worldwide. If you have a fulfillment location based in the United States, then you can also buy UPS shipping labels, shipping insurance, and return labels directly in your Shopify admin.
USPS	Display USPS-calculated shipping rates at checkout. Available for fulfillment locations based in the United States.
Canada Post	Display Canada Post calculated shipping rates at checkout. Available for fulfillment locations based in Canada. Buy Canada Post shipping labels directly in your Shopify admin.
FedEx	Display FedEx-calculated shipping rates at checkout. Available for fulfillment locations worldwide.

Some shipping carriers have apps that can provide calculated rates in your checkout. For more information, visit the Shopify App Store.