Easyship vs Shippo

Easyship is a shipping platform specialized in cross-border e-commerce. Founded in Hong Kong and now operating with teams across Asia, Europe and North America, it lets online stores compare rates from more than 250 courier services, print labels and, most importantly, show international buyers the full landed cost, including duties and import taxes, before they pay.

The platform connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Etsy and other channels, imports orders automatically and suggests the cheapest or fastest courier for each shipment based on rules you define. It generates commercial invoices and customs paperwork, offers discounted pre-negotiated rates, shipping insurance and branded tracking pages with email notifications. A tax and duty calculator can be embedded in checkout so that buyers are not surprised by charges on delivery, and Easyship also provides fulfillment services in some regions and is widely used by crowdfunding campaigns shipping rewards to backers worldwide. A free plan covers a limited number of shipments per month; paid plans (Plus, Premier and Scale) raise volume and add automation, team accounts and analytics.

Easyship is a strong choice for small and mid-sized brands that sell abroad and want to reduce abandoned carts and refused deliveries caused by unexpected duties. Merchants who ship mostly domestically may get more from local tools: ShipStation and Pirate Ship cover US domestic shipping well, while Sendcloud is deeper for European carriers and returns.

Shippo is a shipping platform founded in 2013 in San Francisco by Laura Behrens Wu and Simon Kreuz. It gives online sellers and software platforms discounted carrier rates, label printing, tracking and returns through a web app and a developer-friendly API.

Merchants connect stores such as Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, eBay, Amazon and BigCommerce, compare rates from carriers including USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL Express, and print single or batch labels with packing slips. Tracking pages and notifications keep customers informed, return labels can be generated on demand, and customs forms support international shipments. The Shipping API lets marketplaces and SaaS platforms embed rating, labels and tracking into their own products. The free Starter plan charges per label, Pro removes the per-label fee for a monthly subscription and adds users and automation, and Premier covers high volumes with custom terms.

Shippo suits small and growing US sellers and developers building shipping into their apps. It is US-centric, so sellers elsewhere, including Turkey, usually rely on local carriers and integrators for domestic shipping. Compared with ShipStation it has fewer warehouse automation and multi-channel order management features; Pirate Ship is a free option for USPS and UPS labels, EasyPost competes on the API side, and Easyship focuses on international shipping.