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Jesse Tilner April 04, 2025 at 06:38 PM

I currently use Pirate Ship to run my shipping, it’s a free app with discounts. My question - Do platforms like Shipstation and others drop even LARGER discounts than a free app? Or are you mainly paying for other tools and features within the app?

Chad Michael Carleton April 04, 2025 at 08:33 PM

The discounts will be comparable. These are standardized discount programs offered by carriers. However, they’re essentially exclusive to these providers. At some point, shipstation is no longer viable at scale, and those rates go away. UPS and others justify the significant discounts by saying they’re capturing volume from very small shippers that would otherwise go to USPS