Account Country
When you sign up for a ShipEngine account, you are prompted to select the country from which you will be shipping from the dropdown list.
For the countries in this list, ShipEngine includes carriers by default so you can start shipping with their services right away (we call these ShipEngine Carriers). However, with ShipEngine API, you can ship from any country that has a supported carrier integration.
Things to note about your ShipEngine account country:
- The country you select at signup determines which ShipEngine Carriers are available to your account and the currency you will be billed in.
- You can connect any carrier supported by ShipEngine and create warehouse locations in any country, no matter which account country you select at signup.
- You can ship to any country supported by the carriers you ship with.
- The account country does not impact the credit card you may use to sign up. Your credit card billing address can be in a different country than the account country.
- The ShipEngine API sandbox environment is available for any account country.
API Host for your Account Country
Depending on your location, use one of the following for the best API response performance:
| Location | Recommended API Host |
|---|---|
| In or closest to North America | Host: api.shipengine.com |
| In or closest to Europe | Host: api.eu.shipengine.com |