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:
Fulfillment location | Shipping carriers |
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United States |
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Canada |
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Australia |
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United Kingdom |
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France |
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Germany |
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Italy |
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Spain |
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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:
Carrier | Description |
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UPS |
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USPS |
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Canada Post |
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FedEx |
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Some shipping carriers have apps that can provide calculated rates in your checkout. For more information, visit the Shopify App Store.