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To start using Managed Shippo Accounts, you must convert your existing Shippo Account to a Platform Account. Follow these steps. step 1 icon If you don’t already have one, create a Shippo account. step 2 icon Contact our partnership support team to guide you through the process of setting up your Platform Account. This can take a number of days to complete.

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Upgrade to Platform Account flow

The following steps show how to convert your Shippo account to a Platform account and how to use managed accounts.



noteWhen converting your Shippo account to a Platforms account, you must compete these additional steps to enable carrier support.
  1. Your carriers will not automatically be transferred from your Shippo account to Platform account. You must contact your account manager to enable your preferred carriers on your Platform account.
  2. Managed Shippo Accounts do NOT automatically inherit access to carriers from your Platform account. To give your Managed Shippo Accounts access to a carrier, you must add a carrier account to each Managed Account individually. You must do this for each carrier you want your Platform account to have access to.
Below is a sample email template you can use to request an upgrade to a platform account from your account manager.
When your account has been upgraded, you can begin using Managed Shippo Accounts.
Last modified on July 16, 2026

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