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by kordless 3541 days ago
So how does Shippo fit into all this? https://goshippo.com/
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From Shippo's homepage:

"Shyp uses Shippo to automatically get rates from multiple carriers, and create shipping labels at the lowest prices.

Shyp accepts orders from their app, and sends shipment information directly to their fulfillment center to be processed, same-day. Weight, dimensions, and other information about the item are then sent to the Shippo API and a shipping label is generated.

Shippo helps power Shyp by providing them with a way to automatically generate discounted shipping labels."

Hi, Shan from Shippo here! We power applications like this by helping them connect to multiple shipping carriers from one API to compare rates, print labels, track shipments etc. Through the combined volume we get through the platform we also help businesses get volume discounts from carriers.
Is the Shippo API powering this Shyp app?
For this new product, no. We use a ton of different technologies to make different parts of our business work. We prefer to focus on solving consumer + smb pain points vs owning the entire stack ourselves.
I don't think it does at all, what are you asking?