Easyship's Upgraded Global Shipping API for eCommerce: Now With Transparent Plans & Pay-As-You-Go Pricing

We're excited to announce a major upgrade to Easyship's eCommerce Shipping API: a completely refreshed suite of Advanced API endpoints are now available to everyone with transparent, usage-based pricing that puts you in complete control.

Starting from January 2026, businesses of any size can access our full API capabilities without custom contracts, sales calls, or hidden fees. Whether you're a startup testing your first integration or an established brand processing thousands of shipments daily, our new pricing structure scales with you—fairly and transparently.

What's New: The Flexible Shipping API

Simple, Transparent, Usage-Based API Pricing

We've moved away from custom contracts to a straightforward, self-service model:

• Pay only for what you use: Pay-as-you-go on our free plan with no monthly fee, or access cheaper per-call rates with our value-packed API plans with transparent overage when you exceed included limits.
• Real-time visibility: Monitor your usage in real-time through our dashboard with 15-minute sync updates and clear visualisation of successful calls to endpoints from rates to tracking.
• No service interruptions: Your applications can continue to run even if you exceed plan limits, with simple per-call overage pricing that stops business-critical failures due to call caps.
• Flexible scaling: Upgrade, downgrade, or stay on pay-as-you-go as your needs change, with no lock-in contracts or hidden platform fees.

Our Refreshed Advanced API Suite

Get instant access to powerful endpoints that cover every aspect of shipping and fulfillment:

• Rates API: Real-time shipping quotes from 550+ courier services worldwide
• Address Validation: Domestic and international address verification
• HS Code Calculation: Automated harmonized system code matching
• Tax & Duties Calculation: Accurate landed cost estimation for international shipments
• Third Party Tracking: Universal tracking and visibility across all global carrier networks
• Link Your Own Carrier: Integrate your own negotiated carrier rates (available on paid plans)

A Leading Global Shipping API for eCommerce

Our commitment to building the leading shipping API for eCommerce means:

• 99.99% uptime: Enterprise-grade reliability for all your critical shipping operations
• Billions of API calls handled: Proven scalability for high-volume merchants
• 550+ service integrations: Comprehensive global courier network across all major markets
• Up to 91% off shipping rates: Pre-negotiated carrier discounts accessible to all users
• Developer-first experience: Comprehensive documentation, sandbox environments and support

New 2026 Shipping API Pricing

We're making it easier to access our Public API with full transparency and control. Choose from our simple pay-as-you-go Free plan (with no monthly fee), or select from value-packed paid plans with volume discounts and lower rates.

Free Plan

Perfect for testing and low-volume usage:

• Access to core Advanced API endpoints (Address Validation, HS Codes, Tax & Duties, Rates, Tracking)
• Pay-as-you-go pricing per successful API call
• No monthly commitment or subscription fee
• Full dashboard visibility to monitor use

Please Note: Overage price is only charged per successful API call over and above the defined Plan inclusions. All monthly usage limits reset on the subscription renewal date.

Plus & Premier Plans (from $29/month)

Ideal for small business and growing brands:

• All Advanced API endpoints including the ability to Link Your Own Courier
• Included API call allowances across all endpoints
• Lower overage rates compared to pay-as-you-go
• Perfect for predictable, regular shipping API usage

Please Note: Overage price is only charged per successful API call over and above the defined Plan inclusions. All monthly usage limits reset on the subscription renewal date.

Scale Plans (from $99/month)

Designed for established merchants and high-volume brands:

• Significantly higher included call allowances
• Even lower overage rates compared to Free, Plus and Premier
• Priority support options available
• All Advanced API endpoints (including Link Your Own Couriers)

Please Note: Overage price is only charged per successful API call over and above the defined Plan inclusions. All monthly usage limits reset on the subscription renewal date.

Enterprise API Plans

For larger businesses with complex implementation or support requirements:

• Custom plans with tailored limits and pricing
• Dedicated technical and implementation support
• Alternative SLAs and enterprise-grade features
• Tailored solutions for more complex high-volume operations

Not sure what you need for a successful implementation? Chat with our Enterprise Sales team for an obligation-free quote.

All new Easyship API plans include:

• Transparent real-time API usage dashboard
• No caps or blocking once included limits are reached
• Only successful calls are counted towards limits
• Monthly billing for pay-as-you-go API usage and any overage
• Annual subscription plan discounts available (save 20% per annum with upfront annual billing)

What You Can Build: Solve All Your eCommerce Shipping Challenges

Easyship’s leading eCommerce Shipping API transforms complex, manual logistics processes into seamless, automated workflows.

Here's six detailed examples of how our API can be implemented for almost every major shipping use case across your fulfillment operations.

1. Reduce Failed Deliveries & Carrier Surcharges

Address errors are one of the most common and costly issues in eCommerce shipping. Invalid or incomplete addresses lead to failed deliveries, return-to-sender fees, re-shipping costs, and frustrated customers. Carriers also charge address correction fees that quickly add up.

Easyship's Address Validation API automatically verifies customer shipping addresses in real-time during checkout or order processing. It catches typos, missing apartment numbers, invalid postal codes, and formatting errors before labels are generated.

Merchants using address validation see dramatic reductions in failed deliveries and carrier surcharges—one validation call can prevent costs that are 10-20X higher. Your customers receive their orders on time, your support team handles fewer "where is my order?" inquiries, and you avoid paying twice to ship the same package.

2. Optimize Shipping Costs & Customer Experience

Providing accurate shipping costs at checkout is critical for conversion, but manually updating rates or using flat-rate shipping leaves money on the table.

Flat rates either overcharge customers (which can reduce conversions) or undercharge (which can erode margins). Without real-time rates, you also can't offer customers a choice between standard economy options and express shipping to meet their ever-increasing expectations.

The Rates API connects to 550+ global services and returns real-time shipping quotes based on package dimensions, weight, origin, destination, and service level. Display multiple options at checkout so customers can choose between cost and speed. Merchants can see a 3X increase in checkout conversions by offering transparent, accurate shipping costs instead of sticker-shock flat rates, particularly for international shipping.

You can pass exact carrier costs to customers or build in your preferred margin. Access to pre-negotiated carrier rates (up to 91% off retail) means competitive pricing even for small businesses, giving you similar rates to high-volume businesses.

How Multi-Carrier Rate Comparison Reduces Costs:

Over time, this visibility and automated optimization can significantly improve margins while maintaining delivery quality.

3. Simplify International Shipping Compliance

Selling internationally comes with complexity that many merchants struggle to navigate. Two of the biggest pain points are determining correct HS codes for customs and calculating landed costs so customers know what they'll actually pay.

HS codes are required for all international shipments, but manual lookups are time-consuming and require specialized knowledge. Incorrect codes lead to customs delays, additional fees, or shipments being held at the border—all of which damage customer trust.

Easyship's HS Code API uses product descriptions to automatically return accurate HS codes, eliminating the guesswork and manual research. Your team spends minutes instead of hours on customs documentation, and shipments clear customs faster with accurate declarations.

Beyond HS codes, international customers want to know the total landed cost—including taxes, duties, and fees—before they buy. Surprise fees at checkout or delivery can cause cart or parcel abandonment, refused shipments, and negative reviews.

The Tax & Duties API calculates accurate landed costs for any product being shipped internationally to 220+ countries and territories. Display fully landed costs at checkout with both Pay On Arrival (DDU) or Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) shipping options, eliminating surprises for international customers when they can clearly see costs upfront. This transparency increases international conversion rates, reduces refused shipments, and builds customer trust when there is no risk of hidden fees.

4. Streamline Operations & Scale Efficiently

As your business grows, manual processes become bottlenecks. Manually creating shipping labels by visiting multiple carrier websites doesn't scale, especially during peak seasons or quarterly sales events. Processing hundreds or thousands of orders manually creates delays, increases errors, and requires additional staff just to keep up.

Easyship's API enables bulk label generation for multiple carriers from a single integration. Create labels programmatically for dozens or hundreds of orders in seconds, then automatically schedule pickups with carriers based on your daily shipment volume. Your fulfillment team can process orders 5X faster during peak periods without adding headcount.

Smaller merchants using our API for fulfillment automation report saving 5-10 hours per week on manual shipping tasks, which scales with more volume, allowing teams to focus on growth instead of administrative work. Automation reduces manual data entry errors and frees your team to focus on value-added tasks like customer service or inventory management.

Beyond basic automation, carrier performance varies significantly across different routes, package types, and delivery zones. Without data, you're shipping blind—potentially using expensive carriers where cheaper alternatives perform just as well, or selecting carriers with poor on-time delivery rates that damage customer satisfaction.

Pull delivery lead times, successful delivery rate, and performance data through Easyship’s API to analyze which carriers perform best for specific routes and regions. This data-driven approach helps you optimize shipping costs and improve delivery success rates over time, compounding into significant savings and operational improvements.

Connect Your Shipping API To Your Accounting & Inventory Systems

Many merchants also struggle with disconnected systems. Shipping data lives in one place while financial and operational data live in another, requiring manual reconciliation that wastes hours each week.

Integrate Easyship's API with your ERP or accounting software to automatically sync shipping costs, tracking information, and invoice data in real-time. Your finance team gets real-time visibility into shipping costs for accurate P&L reporting, and you eliminate the manual work of matching invoices and updating spreadsheets.

5. Enhance Customer Experience Post-Purchase

After checkout, customers want to know where their package is, and "where is my order?" (WISMO) inquiries can flood customer support—especially for international shipments where tracking information is inconsistent across carriers. Manually checking tracking on multiple carrier websites doesn't scale and creates a poor customer experience.

Easyship's Third Party Tracking API provides unified tracking across 550+ carrier services worldwide. Integrate tracking into your customer portal, send proactive email or SMS notifications at key milestones (shipped, in transit, out for delivery), and provide branded tracking pages that keep customers engaged with your brand.

Merchants typically see a 40-60% reduction in WISMO support tickets through proactive communication, while customers stay informed throughout the delivery journey. Branded tracking pages ensure customers remain connected to your brand post-purchase rather than being redirected to generic carrier websites.

6. Simplify Returns & Reverse Logistics

Returns are an inevitable part of eCommerce, but they don't have to be complicated. Managing return labels manually across multiple carriers creates friction for both customers and operations teams, often turning returns from a customer service opportunity into a cost center.

Easyship's API enables automated return label generation across all carriers in our network. Customers can initiate returns through your platform, automatically receive a prepaid return label, and track their return shipment just like an outbound order.

You maintain visibility into reverse logistics, can analyze return patterns by product or carrier, and turn returns into a seamless experience that builds customer loyalty rather than frustration. By automating returns management, you reduce the operational burden on your team while providing customers with the hassle-free experience they expect.

Scale Without Limits With Easyship's eCommerce Shipping API

Whether you're shipping 50 packages a month or 10,000 packages a day, our platform grows with you. There are no volume commitments—pay only for what you use, when you use it. We're proven at scale, trusted by platforms like eBay, AMEX and Luxottica to power their international shipping programs, with 99.99% uptime backed by redundant systems and monitoring.

Our enterprise-grade infrastructure is built specifically to handle high-volume periods like Black Friday and holiday shopping seasons without compromise. When your business experiences rapid growth or seasonal spikes, our API scales automatically to support your needs with no limits and transparent overage rates per additional successful call.

Custom enterprise solutions are available for businesses with complex requirements or very high volumes, including dedicated support, alternative SLAs, and specialized features.

Getting Started With Easyship's API

Ready to upgrade all your shipping operations to one unified API integration? Easyship is the perfect partner for your business growth:

1. Explore the Documentation

Visit our Developer Portal to see detailed endpoint references, code examples, and integration guides.

2. Generate an API Key for Free

Create a free account and experiment with our API in a sandbox environment—no credit card required.

3. Choose Your Plan Or Pay-As-You-Go

Start on the Free plan with pay-as-you-go pricing, or select a monthly plan starting at $29/month if you have consistent API usage requirements.

4. Connect, Build & Start Shipping

Build in days not months. Integrate Easyship's upgraded global shipping API for eCommerce into your platform.
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