Shippo ‑ Simplified Shipping

used to be free and they made money from the purchase of labels. Now they are trying to charge a monthly fee on top of that. Going back to shopify shipping since shippo does not provide any more value than what is already built into shopfiy.

Complaint Against:** XCover and GoShippo
Date of Incident:** 09/16/2024
Insured Value:** $8,544.00
XCover Insurance ID:** 8----M------INS
Created By:** J. L.

I have been using GoShippo for 5 years, shipping millions of dollars in jewelry and paying thousands of dollars in insurance premiums. On September 16, 2024, I purchased a shipping label through GoShippo with UPS for a package insured for $8,544.00.

The package showed as delivered, but no one signed for it. UPS confirmed that the package was lost, and XCover initially agreed to pay out the claim. However, when it came time to pay the full value that I had insured, XCover sent me a breakdown of the payment that was never disclosed when I purchased the insurance. They claimed that their policy terms had changed on January 1st, 2024, without notifying us.

Here is the payment breakdown they provided:
- **Cost of goods:** $8,544.00
- **Deductible:** $1,250.00
- **Subtotal:** $8,544.00
- **Cover limit:** $5,000.00
- **Total approved amount:** $3,750.00

Nowhere during the insurance purchase process was there any mention of a deductible or a coverage limit. GoShippo and XCover require customers to enter the total value of the product when purchasing insurance, implying that the full amount would be covered. This misleading practice has resulted in a significant shortfall of $4,794.00 in coverage.

I demand that XCover and GoShippo honor the full insured value of the necklace as per the insurance I paid for. If this issue is not resolved immediately and fully, I will be forced to pursue legal action for bad faith insurance practices against both GoShippo and XCover.

I expect a swift resolution and full payment of the insured value.

All was fine until first lost package. $700 package lost and have been told by chat support for 3 days the case manager would call us about it, since we can not communicate directly with FedEx because shipment was through Shippo. Rep has still not called and we have no update to provide the customer for a package that has been lost for over a week. Continue to get the run around from their chat and no proactive communication from Shippo.

As a business we don't recommend working with Shippo. They attempt to charge a "address validation fee" even if any parcel will be sent and any shipping label will be used, they just give the final bill with enourmous amounts. Please be aware of this and be aware that this is not a business compliant procedure. We raised a chargeback with our bank and informed our lawyer, they will have to faces legal consequences now. We hope this review could warn many other businesses to stay away from shippo, unless you are actively using the platform and then address validation makes sense. Otherwise stay away and be ready to deal legally with them.

I have tried to use their trial and hopefully switch to Shippo instead of our existing provider but they don't accept 'prepaid' cards. The card I am attempting to use is not a prepaid card, it is a Mastercard provided by Tide with whom we have our BUSINESS CURRENT account with!

I co-run a small hot sauce company, but also work a full time job so time is often a precious commodity. Shippo is absolutely the most essential app we have. It streamlines the shipping process to an amazing degree and is a wonderful timesaver.

Shippo integrates seamlessly with the Shopify store, meaning it only takes a few clicks to import all of the most recent orders and generate USPS pre-paid shipping labels. It saves me all of the hassle of going to the post office, the pain of manually entering shipping information, and it even saves me a decent percentage because the USPS prices through shippo are lower than what I am eligible for myself. All in all, and wonderful app.

For folks that run outside funding events, such as Kickstarter campaigns, this app is also wonderfully useful. The batch import function allows you to upload a spreadsheet containing all of your customers then generate shipping labels for everyone in that spreadsheet with one click of a button. It helped make Kickstarter order fulfillment much less painful.

All in all, 5/5 stars!

Update: Still working great for us in Fall of 2016!

We just started using Shippo and have been extremely impressed! Not only is it saving us a bunch of time (no longer have to manually enter information for every shipment into USPS, then mark orders fulfilled, copy tracking info, etc.) the rates seem to be even cheaper. We had one small issue, and received a near instant response from the developer. Definitely recommend!

Truly simple. No more annoying international shipping forms for the USPS! It imports your orders and another feature I enjoy is that you can hover over an order and it lists the items purchased! That should be part of Shopify's order page. I hate having to click into each order to see what I need to pull and wrap. Anyway, Shippo does that for you. When I was confused how to print 2 labels on a page, customer service was fast and helpful.
As others have said, a way to schedule a USPS pickup from within the app would be great, but that's not a deal-breaker. I would also love to see them make API integration more simple for us non-coders... Something like a widget to add to the checkout page to allow the customer to select their own shipping rate there!

Hands down the most user-friendly, cheapest, and time saving shipping app Available. And its FREE !

Awesome APP, great customer service! IF you have a new store and don't ship enough for pay $25+ a month for shipping apps like Shipstation or others, THIS IS IT! Only pay .05 cents for EACH label you print!! I love it, saves you money on shipping rates also! USPS Priority Flat rate envelope at the store is 5.60, here is it 5.05!