One-to-Many Integration

Multi Carrier Shipment Tracking API

Optimize your logistics operations with Shipium's developer-friendly package tracking API — built to consolidate delivery updates for high-volume shippers with robust multi-carrier networks.

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Developer-friendly approach

A package tracking API built for simplicity

Managing fulfillment across a large mix of carriers can be complex – from handling diverse vendor-specific language and update frequency to varied data formats. Our shipment tracking API provides access to a single source for standardized data across your shipping network.

API integration

Easily connect to your systems using our API documentation. Authenticate with unique credentials for quick multi carrier tracking set up.

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Shipment registration

Shipments are registered for tracking automatically. Each receives a unique Shipium ID linked to the carrier's number.

Flexible tracking retrieval

Access data via Shipium ID or carrier details. Perform single or bulk searches for up to 100 shipments simultaneously.

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Data processing

Retrieve the latest carrier information and streamline your status events. With Shipium, you can choose between recent events or complete history.

Data normalization

Interpret and align event types, statuses, and terminologies automatically, eliminating the need to decipher varied carrier-specific information and reducing potential errors.

Data delivery

Receive timely tracking data in consistent JSON format, simplifying your data flow for a cohesive delivery tracking API experience.

Reduce wasted IT resources

Implement our shipping tracking API once — and let us handle the maintenance

Coordinating shipment visibility across various logistics providers presents technical challenges for IT teams. Service providers have different API structures, authentication methods, and data formats, requiring significant development effort for in-house teams.

Our unified shipping tracking API eliminates the need for multiple carrier integrations, saving your team valuable development time.

As carriers implement system changes, we handle the maintenance, ensuring your tracking capabilities remain current without ongoing IT investment. This approach streamlines your initial setup and provides long-term efficiency, allowing your team to focus on core business innovations rather than juggling various carrier updates.

Shipment tracking api: API implementation

Easily connect existing systems with the delivery tracking API from Shipium

Implementing our shipment tracking API into your existing fulfillment solution is a smooth process designed to minimize disruptions due to technical challenges and maximize efficiency. Whether using popular ecommerce solutions like Shopify or custom-built software, our flexible API adapts to your current systems rather than forcing you to overhaul your entire setup.

Operational cost reduction

Our shipment tracking API substantially reduces development and upkeep expenses. It also minimizes IT resource needs, reduces customer service inquiries, and helps prevent shipping errors. Combined with our Carrier Selection tool, it optimizes shipping costs across your network.

Enterprise-level SLAs

With Shipium's enterprise-level SLA, you gain access to high-performance carrier APIs, ensuring rapid response times and frequent updates. Real-time data empowers you to proactively manage shipments and keep customers informed, enhancing overall satisfaction while meeting demanding business expectations.

Comprehensive carrier capabilities

Use a comprehensive suite of monitoring capabilities across your shipping ecosystem, including advanced options like photo confirmation that a customer received the package. The Shipium API gives you access to carrier-specific capabilities through a single interface, enhancing your ability to provide detailed shipment information to customers.

Enhanced customer experience

Offer a seamless experience from the packing stage to home delivery — regardless of your service level or the carrier used. Reduce customer inquiries, increase satisfaction, and build loyalty by providing consistent, detailed tracking information. Our delivery tracking API empowers you to transform shipment status from a basic necessity into a competitive advantage.

Frequently asked questions

What is a shipment tracking API?

A shipment tracking API is a technology that allows developers to automate accessing and retrieving up-to-the-minute status updates on packages shipped through carriers in their networks.

How can I track a parcel with Shipium’s delivery tracking API?

Shipium's delivery tracking API enables straightforward parcel monitoring across various shipping partners. Simply send an API request with the tracking number and carrier information. Our system then:

Authenticates your request using your unique API credentials
Queries the appropriate carrier's system in real-time
Receive the most up-to-date tracking data
Normalizes the data into a standardized format
Returns the information to you in a consistent JSON structure

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What systems can the Shipium API integrate with?

The Shipium API is built for seamless integration with:

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to unify logistics, finance, and inventory data
Order management systems (OMS) to automate and track order fulfillment
Warehouse management systems (WMS) to enhance inventory control and shipping processes
Transportation management systems (TMS) to optimize carrier selection and route planning
Ecommerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, or WooCommerce
Carrier networks to enable real-time shipment tracking across different providers

Does the Shipium parcel tracking API support estimated delivery date predictions?

Yes, our parcel tracking API uses ML-powered time-in-transit modeling and carrier performance data to predict estimated delivery dates. This process ensures accurate package tracking and reliable delivery promises to customers.

Keep your delivery promises

How long does it take to implement Shipium’s APIs?

Shipium’s modular platform allows businesses to start with tracking and expand into other capabilities over time. Unlike legacy shipping technology, which can take up to six months to deploy, a typical Shpium API implementation can span in as little as two months, following these key steps:

Requirements gathering to align with your business goals
Data mapping to integrate with ERP, OMS, WMS, or TMS systems
API integration using Shipium’s developer-friendly documentation
Comprehensive testing to ensure accuracy and performance
Hypercare phase post-launch for support and optimization

If you’re looking to go beyond tracking, Shipium also supports advanced order fulfillment services and shipping automation tools.

Can I use the Shipium API to track all packages across different carriers?

Yes, the Shipium API allows you to track all packages across multiple carriers in real time. You can also refine searches using country code and postal code for accurate package tracking and location-specific insights.

What carriers does Shipium work with?

Shipium works with multiple carriers, including major national companies and regional services. Carriers in our expansive partner network handle over 99.2% of all domestic parcel shipments.

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What kinds of organizations can best use Shipium’s parcel tracking API?

Shipium's robust shipment tracking API is ideal for many business models, including ecommerce brands, third-party logistics providers (3PLs), retailers with omnichannel operations, or any organization managing shipments across multiple carriers.