# Shipwire

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shipwire/  
**Website:** https://www.shipwire.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

Shipwire is a global fulfillment and third-party logistics (3PL) platform providing a REST API for managing orders, inventory, warehousing, shipments, returns, and carrier selection across a worldwide network of fulfillment centers. The platform serves eCommerce brands with nine distinct RESTful APIs covering order management, stock tracking, receiving, returns, rate shopping, product catalogs, purchase orders, webhooks, and address validation, enabling fully automated fulfillment workflows.

## Kin Score — 35.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 41.5 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 8.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 15.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (9)

- **Shipwire Order API** — Create new orders and update, cancel, or get information about existing outbound B2C orders. Includes shipment details such as shipping box dimensions, contents, and tracking in...
- **Shipwire Stock API** — Track inventory levels and stock across Shipwire fulfillment centers in real time.
- **Shipwire Receiving API** — Manage inbound inventory arrivals and create Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs) to suppliers to streamline warehouse receiving operations.
- **Shipwire Returns API** — Generate return labels, postage, and return tracking information by notifying the Shipwire Platform when an order is being returned by a customer.
- **Shipwire Rate API** — Compare real-time shipping quotes across carriers and service levels, or by warehouse, to select the optimal carrier for each shipment.
- **Shipwire Product API** — Manage product catalogs, marketing inserts, and product kits within the Shipwire fulfillment platform.
- **Shipwire Purchase Order API** — Create, edit, and cancel purchase orders in the Shipwire system for B2B fulfillment workflows. POs can be approved to generate fulfillment orders.
- **Shipwire Webhooks API** — Subscribe to real-time push notifications for various fulfillment events to trigger workflows in external systems when order, shipment, or inventory events occur.
- **Shipwire Address Validation API** — Validate shipping addresses before submitting orders to reduce failed deliveries and improve fulfillment accuracy.

## Security (1)

- **Shipwire Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Shipwire Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Fulfillment, Logistics, 3PL, E-Commerce, Shipping, Warehousing, Inventory, Order, Returns, Carriers

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shipwire/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.