Activating third-party carrier-calculated shipping

Calculated shipping rates are determined at checkout by a third-party shipping carrier based on the details of the order. This helps you charge your customers the exact amount that a shipping carrier, such as UPS or FedEx, will charge you when you purchase a shipping label.

Some third-party shipping rate calculator apps require you to activate this feature. If you use a third-party shipping app to display rates for other carriers, then you must set up backup shipping rates as well.

Developers can learn more about the CarrierService API to set their apps up for carrier-calculated shipping.

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.

Activating third-party carrier-calculated shipping

In this section