Amazon Shipping UK

Amazon Shipping offers domestic shipping solutions for shipments originating in the UK. Amazon Shipping offers fast ground shipping, on time, seven days a week.

This guide provides developers with the details needed to build Amazon Shipping shipping capabilities into your ShipStation API workflows.

Requirements

Connection Requirements

Shipping Requirements

Connect Account

Amazon Shipping must be configured in your account Dashboard and cannot be configured via endpoint. For instructions on connecting Amazon Shipping via the ShipStation API dashboard, go to our Amazon Shipping help article.

Once connected, you can use the carrier_name: amazon_shipping_uk to create shipments and labels using Amazon Shipping services.

Rates

Amazon Shipping UK supports rate shopping with ShipStation API.

Service Details

Available Amazon Shipping UK services are provided below. Please note that carriers may update their available services at any time. To ensure you are always using valid services, you can use the list carrier services endpoint at any time.

Domestic Services

"ON Amazon" services are to be used for Amazon orders. "OFF Amazon" services are to be used for non-Amazon orders.

Shipping to Northern Ireland

Amazon Shipping has confirmed that as of 1 May 2025, they will consider shipments from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as international shipments. You will no longer be able to create Amazon Shipping labels for these shipments.

Return Services

Return labels are supported for all of the available Amazon Shipping UK services.

Review the Return Shipping Labels page for details on creating return labels with ShipStation API.

Packages

Amazon Shipping does not specify carrier package types and does not support custom package types. You must use the generic package package type for all shipments.

Adding Shipment Insurance

Amazon Shipping supports adding carrier insurance to your shipments. Review the Parcel Insurance page for details on adding shipment insurance with ShipStation API.

Label Support

Label Reference Fields

Amazon Shipping UK does not support adding custom label messages.

Multi-Package Labels

Amazon Shipping UK does not support multi-package shipping.

Label Branding

Amazon Shipping UK does not support label branding.

Voiding Labels

Amazon Shippign UK supports voiding labels with ShipStation API.

Paperless Labels

Amazon Shipping UK does not support paperless labels.

Delivery Confirmation

See our Delivery Confirmation page for more details about using the confirmation property.

Advanced Options

Amazon Shipping UK supports certain advanced options, which you can add to the shipment object when creating a shipment or label.

To ensure you always have the most up-to-date information about a carrier's advanced options, use the list carrier options call.

Manifests

Manifests are neither required nor needed. As all labels are created through Amazon Shipping, Amazon already has all shipping details for every shipment.

Scheduling Pickups

Amazon Shipping does not support scheduling pickups using ShipStation API. Any label created before 2:30pm local time will be automtically scheduled for same day pickup. Labels created after 1pm local time should have their ship date set to the following day and will be scheduled for pickup on that day.

Service Points (PUDO)

Amazon Shipping does not support shipping to service points.

Tracking

ShipStation API's integration with Amazon Shipping UK supports receiving tracking updates. Review our ​Track a Package guides​​ for details on tracking with the ShipStation API.

Creating an Amazon Shipping Label

There are a few unique things to note when creating an Amazon Shipping label.

Example ON Amazon Label Request

Here's an example of how to create an Amazon Shipping label for an Amazon order.

POST /v1/labels

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POST /v1/labels HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "shipment": {
    "carrier_id": "se-123456",
    "service_code": "amazon_shipping_standard",
    "order_source_code": "amazon",
    "external_order_id": "103-4795772-1364518",
    "items": [
      {
        "quantity": 1,
        "name": "Monopoly",
        "asin": "B00005N5PF",
        "external_order_id" : "114-2825781-8037847",
        "external_order_item_id" : "16902221730370"
      },
      {
        "quantity": 1,
        "name": "Chromecast",
        "asin": "B015UKRNGS",
        "external_order_id" : "114-2825781-8037847",
        "external_order_item_id" : "16902221730370"
      }
    ],
    "ship_date": "2019-04-04T05:00:00.000Z",
    "ship_from": {
      "name": "Stamps.com",
      "address_line1": "1990 E. Grand Ave.",
      "city_locality": "El Segundo",
      "state_province": "CA",
      "postal_code": "90245-5013",
      "country_code": "US",
      "phone": "1-800-608-2677"
    },
    "ship_to": {
      "name": "Jeff B. Ezos",
      "address_line1": "701 5th Ave",
      "city_locality": "Seattle",
      "state_province": "WA",
      "postal_code": "98104",
      "country_code": "US",
      "phone": "206-266-1000"
    },
    "packages": [
      {
        "weight": {
          "value": 2.5,
          "unit": "pound"
        },
        "dimensions": {
          "length": 24,
          "width": 10,
          "height": 3,
          "unit": "inch"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Disconnecting Your Amazon Shipping UK Account

See the Disconnect section in our Delete a Carrier page for the process of deleting or disconnecting a carrier from ShipStation API.