ShipStation

We had our onboarding call with Chelly today for our new ShipStation setup, and I have to say it was one of the best onboarding experiences I’ve ever had. We’ve been using ShipStation in our Canadian store for over five years, and somehow she still managed to show us things we never knew existed. Her knowledge was impressive, but what really stood out was how she shared it. Chelly brought a warm, genuine, human touch to the entire session while still being completely professional. Every question we had was answered clearly and confidently, and she never made us feel rushed. Instead, she encouraged us, made learning easy, and kept the whole experience positive and enjoyable. It’s rare to come across someone who brings that mix of expertise, kindness, and energy to their work. Chelly did, and we’re truly grateful. Highly recommend her — she made a real difference for us today.

They will incorrectly overcharge you for a shipment 6 months ago, then claim its bast the dispute window when you reach out to them about it, they literally stole thousands

Shipstation has a stranglehold on shipping, so I still use them for some things. But they are exceedingly bad. For example, 19 days ago Shipstation changed international shipping defaults so that I am now covering duties and taxes for international shipments. But, they did not notify me or my team of this setting being defaulted to "on" all the time. The result is that I have accidentally incurred massive costs that were meant to be paid by my customers and that I did not account for. I'm still waiting on invoices to come in from my couriers to see what the total loss is. I contacted their support and they showed me how to turn this off. But when I asked about why it was set to on for 19 days, and why no one notified me of this critical change to defaults; the best I got was an apology. I wonder how many users are unwittingly incurring these fees. The setting is burried well below the customs declaration in an area with obscure an infrequently used settings, so I suspect that many users are not aware.

If given the option, I would immediately discontinue using ShipStation. The platform suffers from persistent bugs and an ineffective support team that consistently fails to resolve reported issues. In recent experience, even basic functionality—such as real-time synchronization with Shopify—frequently ceases without warning. No alerts or notifications are provided when sync failures occur, forcing users to detect problems reactively, often the following day. Manual intervention is then required to restore synchronization. Overall, ShipStation delivers a highly unreliable and poorly maintained software solution that falls far below acceptable standards for e-commerce integration tools.

Switching to ShipStation has been the best decision we’ve made this year. The platform is incredibly versatile, user-friendly, and easy to navigate. It gives us full visibility and control over all our shipping needs. We’re very satisfied with the experience, and their customer support has been excellent!