Purpose: In this guide we provide you with some insight to help you find the right carriers and your ideal shipping methods. You will also learn how to activate your carriers, whether you prefer to ship with our pre-negotiated rates or you want to integrate your own carrier contract to use your own prices.
Ship with Sendcloud rates
Choose the carriers you want to ship with. By default we have already activated several carriers for you. If you don't want to use those, you can always deactivate them.
Follow these steps to choose your carriers:
- In your Sendcloud panel, go to Shipping > Carriers
- Click Enable to activate a carrier
- Click Disable to deactivate a carrier.
You can activate as many carriers as you want.
Ship at your own rates
Compare different carriers and shipping methods
Use multiple carriers to allow your customer to choose their favorite shipping method while you use the best shipping rates. You can use our Price list to compare shipping and return rates, and choose the carrier and shipping method that best suit your needs.
You can both ship with several carriers at Sendcloud rates or decide to add multiple carrier contracts. Read our article on How to add multiple contracts with the same carrier and create labels.
You can also combine your rates and Sendcloud rates. Before creating a label, select the rates that you want to use under the Carrier contract section in the shipment edit view. Use shipping rules to automatize the process.
Related articles
→ Getting started with Sendcloud
→ How to view shipping and return rates per carrier in the panel
→ How can I add my own carrier contract?
→ How to add multiple contracts with the same carrier and create labels