ShipEngine launches turnkey shipping solution for UK platforms

ShipEngine, a shipping API provider, has launched ShipEngine for Platforms in the UK, allowing ecommerce platforms to embed comprehensive shipping components directly into their solutions. This new product aims to provide merchants with a seamless shipping experience within their existing workflows, eliminating the need for custom software development.

Developing in-house shipping functionality is often a complex and costly endeavour for platforms, typically requiring a dedicated team of developers, product managers, and designers along with ongoing maintenance and customer support. Many merchants seek streamlined and enhanced shipping processes to meet online shoppers' demands for efficient and cost-effective deliveries. Platforms without integrated shipping functionality risk losing customers to external solutions for managing order fulfilment, shipping, and delivery.

ShipEngine for Platforms offers fulfilment and shipping capabilities along with access to favourable rates, all directly embedded within the familiar user experiences of merchants. This integration eliminates the need for customer diversions to external sources for order fulfilment and allows platforms to strengthen their business offerings at a lower cost than developing in-house shipping solutions.

"At ShipEngine, we help platforms on their mission to provide merchants with exceptional ecommerce experiences," said Matt Schurk, Chief Sales Officer of Auctane, ShipEngine's parent company.

"We understand the crucial role that shipping plays in the ecommerce landscape. By partnering with ShipEngine, platforms can seamlessly integrate turnkey shipping solutions into their systems, removing the challenges of developing in-house shipping capabilities. This partnership empowers platforms to focus on assisting merchants in selling products and managing their businesses effectively. With ShipEngine for Platforms now available in the UK, ecommerce platforms can effortlessly incorporate top-tier shipping functionalities, providing merchants with enhanced and consistent shipping experiences at a reduced overall cost."

ShipEngine for Platforms is powered by ShipEngine Elements, embeddable web components that enable businesses to add shipping features such as address validation, rate shopping, shipping service selection, and label printing directly into their systems without the need for costly design and engineering work. These features will further enhance the solution, making it easier for platform partners to offer a best-in-class shipping service.

Besides its embedded web components, ShipEngine's shipping solution can also be accessed via its API and web carrier platform for carrier integration management.

ShipEngine is a multi-carrier shipping platform that provides best-in-class shipping functionality directly to ecommerce stores, logistics and warehouse providers, system integrators, ecommerce application integrators, and new application developers. Built specifically for developers, ShipEngine's robust set of shipping APIs enable developers to build custom workflows within their own platforms and streamline the ecommerce fulfilment process with real-time label generation, rate quoting, parcel tracking, and address validation.

ShipEngine supports carriers across the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia, including Evri, USPS, DPD, FedEx, UPS, DHL, and many more. ShipEngine is a member of the Auctane family of companies and is headquartered in Austin, TX, with offices in London, Madrid, Sydney and Zielona Gora.