Couriers Please

Couriers Please offers domestic and international services to accounts shipping from Australia.

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

If you are using or plan to use the Couriers Please services included with ShipStation API, rather than connecting your own Couriers Please account, see our Couriers Please from ShipStation guide.

Requirements

Shipping Requirements

Connect Account

You can connect a Couriers Please account using the POST method to the /v1/connections/carriers/ endpoint, or via the ShipStation API Dashboard.

Connect via Endpoint

carrier_name: couriers_please

POST /v1/connections/carriers/:carrier_name

Sample request:

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POST /v1/connections/carriers/couriers_please HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "nickname": "My Couriers Please account",
  "account_number": "123456789",
  "api_secret": "mycouriersplease-api-secret"
}

A successful connection will return a response with the carrier_id, which you'll use for any requests for this account going forward.

Connect via Dashboard

Steps to connect account via the dashboard coming soon.

Rates

Couriers Please supports rate shopping with ShipStation API.

Service Details

Available Couriers Please 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

International Services

Return Services

Couriers Please supports the following services for return labels:

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

Packages

Couriers Please does not currently include specific carrier package types. You can use the generic package type or custom package types.

Adding Shipment Insurance

Couriers Please supports adding carrier insurance to shipments created with ShipStation API. Review our insurance page for details on adding insurance to your shipments.

Label Support

Label Reference Fields

Couriers Please supports adding custom label messages.

Multi-Package Labels

Couriers Please supports creating multi-package shipments for certain services.

CouriersPlease has three rate types:

If a service is listed as an “Item rate,” it is a single package only. Everything else can be multi-package.

See our Multi-Package Shipping page for details about creating multi-package labels.

Label Branding

Couriers Please does not support label branding.

Voiding Labels

Couriers Please supports voiding labels with ShipStation API.

See our Void a Label page for details about voiding labels with ShipStation API.

Paperless Labels

Couriers Please does not support paperless labels.

Customs Declarations

You can download customs declarations from the forms_download object in the label response. You must print and include with the international shipments. No electronic submission is available.

Delivery Confirmation

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

Advanced Options

Couriers Please 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.

Dangerous Goods

Use the dangerous_goods property in the advanced_options object to mark the shipment as containing dangerous goods. No additional properties are required by the carrier at this time.

See our Dangerous Goods page for more details about shipping dangerous goods with ShipStation API.

Manifests

Couriers Please does not require manifesting your shipments.

Scheduling Pickups

Couriers Please does not support scheduling pickups using ShipStation API.

Service Points (PUDO)

Couriers Please drop off services support dropping off at a service point.

See our Intro to Service Points for more details about how to use service points with ShipStation API.

Tracking

Couriers Please supports receiving tracking updates. Review our ​Track a Package guides​​ for details on tracking with the ShipStation API.

Disconnecting Your Couriers Please Account

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