# Pirate Ship Reviews **Vendor:** Pirate Ship **Category:** [Shipping Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/shipping) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 24 ## About Pirate Ship Pirate Ship is a web-based shipping software solution that helps small businesses, e-commerce sellers, and independent entrepreneurs purchase and print discounted USPS and UPS shipping labels — no monthly fees, no hidden costs, and no treasure buried in the fine print. As a shipping label platform, Pirate Ship gives users access to pre-negotiated carrier discounts on services including USPS Priority Mail, Ground Advantage, First-Class Package, and UPS Ground and UPS Ground Saver - as well as expedited services. Labels can be created individually, in bulk batches, or imported through e-commerce integrations — built for businesses shipping anywhere from a few packages per week to hundreds per day. The platform is free to use — customers only pay the cost of postage. Key features and capabilities: - Discounted shipping rates — Access to deeply discounted USPS and UPS rates with no markup, monthly fee, or minimum volume requirement — just the lowest rates, straight from the plank - E-commerce integrations — Connects with Shopify, eBay, Square, WooCommerce, and other platforms to import orders automatically - Batch label creation — Print multiple shipping labels at once via spreadsheet upload or synced integrations, so even the biggest hauls ship without a headache - Package tracking — Built-in tracking for all shipments with status updates accessible from the dashboard - International shipping — Support for customs forms and international label creation across USPS and UPS international services - Shipping insurance — Optional third-party insurance available for shipments at the time of label purchase The platform requires no technical setup and operates on a pay-per-label model. When customers need help, a real human support crew is available via live chat and email — ready to lend a hook. ARRrrr we make shipping fun! 🏴‍☠️ ## Pirate Ship Reviews ### 1. the good is good the bad is awful **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelly N. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2024 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** its easy to use and copy and paste for those of us who aren't using a shopify store **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** they offer insurance then after you have an issue they claim your package doesn't qualify. I've reached out explaining to them that the reasons they are stating my order doesn't qualify aren't accurse and customer service won't help. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's nice to have a discounted shipping option that isn't only able to integrate with shopify. I print labels for all my online orders easily and quickly at my shop. ### 2. Argh! We love saving money and time with Pirate Ship **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jackson M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** We are a sock subscription service so mailing labels are a big cut of our profits. Saves us a lot of money on shipping and makes it easy to organize our mailing labels. Friendly customer service is awesome as well. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Nothing bad to say about Pirate Ship, especially since it is a free product. One time had to wait for a bulk refund but that was more waiting on USPS to verify the refund. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saves us tons of money and helps us with organizing our mailing labels during the curate and shipment process. Helps with productivity tremendously as the rubber stamps helps us with organization. ### 3. I recommend Pirate Ship to everyone! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lynne C. | Content Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Pirate Ship is free to use, no sign up or monthly fees, it's easy to use, it has so many features that are brilliant and easy to utilize, and it saves you money on postage! Those are all the things I like the best! **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Nothing to dislike. It's a great service! **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Just register on the site, it's free, and start using it. It's user-friendly and has so many features, you'll love it! You'll save on shipping rates, you can batch ship, you can duplicate labels, so you don't have to re-enter dimensions of similar packages over and over, you can schedule a pick up from your work or home, you'll get a tracking number, and you'll get a live report on the tracking of your package or mailpiece. Just a great service! **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pirate Ship saves me money on shipping, and makes it really easy to print labels and ship from home. No driving to the post office to wait in line and battle traffic, just to ship my "stuff!" ### 4. Streamlined, with all the discounts I need. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karianna A. | Self Employed, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** The layout is very smooth for this online shipping program. I like that it integrates with all my selling platforms and the way it asks me shipping questions. I like how it helps fill in shipping information as I input it. Its a little bit more intuitive than other shipping programs I have tried when it comes to getting the address formatted correctly. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** I wish that pirate ship tracked the sales data like some other shipping programs. It would make it the ultimate program. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had been trying to ship through PayPal for individual sales on Facebook. It was very clunky. Pirate ship worked so well, and I got the same discounts I get when I ship through eBay, and I love that I can integrate eBay and Etsy. So I can do all my shipping for the day from one place. ### 5. it's ok **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Pirate ship is an adequate shipping service. Their features are on par with the rest but their rates do not match up to their competitors. You can save money elsewhere to be honest. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** their rates do not match up to their competitors. You can save money elsewhere to be honest. Shippo is much cheaper for UPS rates and some USPS. You'll be wasting $. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** no probmes have been had. just found a service with better rates and that is what is important for me and my company. ### 6. Great prices for a small amount of orders **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Prices are competitive and interface is easy to use! **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** It doesn't have the tagging and batching abilities that ShipStation has. BUT this is free and you can't complain! **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cheaper shipments and easier access to discounts! ### 7. Pirate Ship rocks! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brit E. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I have been using Pirate Ship for roughly three years, and it is truly difficult to select merely one favorite thing about this amazing platform. Since I have to choose, I would say I thoroughly enjoy the wonderful discounts Pirate Ship offers to their customers. As a small business owner who ships at least 50+ packages per day, I can attest that Pirate Ship is more affordable than heading down to the post office and paying full price. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** First off, I wish Pirate Ship offered paid plans for even bigger discounts! I would gladly sign up for that in a heartbeat. Lastly, I seldomly use FedEx and UPS; however, Pirate Ship does not partner with them. I'm not sure why but I wish they would reconsider. Pirate Ship, please consider adding FedEx and UPS to your provider list. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're saving money now that we have been utilizing Pirate Ship's platform. Who doesn't enjoy saving a little extra cash? Pro-tip, if you sell on Etsy or any marketplace in general, then I would highly suggest using Pirate Ship- the discounts offered are 100% better. ### 8. Easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Events Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I feel it is super easy to use. The interface is pretty straightforward. You can do single labels or upload in batches and save time. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** I didn't like the filtering option I feel like it lacks some functionality but nothing too big. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I get to easily create shipping labels from home or office. I get to see a report of these labels and track them. ### 9. Easiest Platform for USPS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jay J. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Beyond easy to use, this platform does not require any integration (although I recently integrated with Shopify seamlessly). Also, their USPS rates are better than the post office. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** WIsh they would add in Fed Ex or UPS services. **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Pirate Ship is MUCH easier than using USPS and no monthly fee. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Pirate Ship for our eCommerce platform. Easy to use, and rates are excellent. ### 10. Makes Business Shipping A Breeze **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jennifer E. | Manager(Human Resources), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I like that I can save frequently used packages. save customer information, run reports to see my shipping costs, and it gives me cheaper rates than the USPS. I can set it up to automatically mail my customers their tracking information. I also like the batch label and printing feature. One thing that my customers really like is that I can quickly get make their shipping label and provide them their tracking number within minutes of them making payment. Tracking packages is easy with their dashboard. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Does not have integration with all label printers. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saving money in shipping costs versus the USPS. Downloadable reports make it easier to track expenses for shipping. No more saving multiple receipts for tax purposes, I can just download the report with all of my expenses for whatever time period I select. I am able to get items shipped quicker to my customers. No more standing in line at the USPS. ### 11. All in one time and money saving solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** No monthly fee, prices are lower than USPS, can drop off or schedule pick up right to my door. I can print using my existing printer and don't need to mess with a special label printer. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** There isn't much I dislike they have good service and communication **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to stand in line at the post office and it's cheaper than the regular USPS rates! ### 12. Great way to ship e-commerce products **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Connor F. | COO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I really like the branding of this company. I was designing a website for a client creating and selling beeswax candles. She uses Pirate Ship, and it works well. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** The client is happy with Pirate ship and can print out shipping labels easily. The integration on Squarespace isn't there yet and that was a difficult hurdle to overcome. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a way to easily calculate shipping and create prepaid shipping labels for candles. This made it happen easily and our client is very happy with the product. ### 13. User friendly and super fun! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2019 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I love how Pirate Ship makes something necessary but mundane like a shipping service into something fun and enjoyable. They use fun language, humorous graphics, and simple interface to make shipping overall a great experience. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Pirate ship is great for individual printing, but merging a bulk list is sometimes a little bit more complex and things don't always translate over the way I'd like them to. **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Perfect for all Shipping needs! **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pirate ship has made individual shipping labels so easy to make. We send out a lot of single shipments, and before we used a mail meter that was tedious and unprofessional looking. Now, our shipments all are uniform and incredibly straight forward, and can be done from my desk! ### 14. Pirate ship saves me money and is so easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I like the ease of having all shipments in one place and being able to search customers shipments easily. It also gives me the best rates to ship products! **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** There is not much about pirate ship that I dislike. It does the job very proficiently and makes my job easier. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving finance responsibility and ease of shipping packages. I create labels and am able to easily have my packages labeled and ready to just be dropped off ### 15. Quick, simple, easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luis P. | eCommerce Lead, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2021 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** User interface is highly intuitive, great customer service via chat with quick responses **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Wish for more APIs for integration variety **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Fast shipping, avoiding long lines at post office ### 16. I love Pirate ship **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anna M. | Client Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** You can ship all packages. No monthly fee **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** I do wish they used their own program and they would see what does not work and what does. I am so used to using stamps program. Also,You write an address in- and it autocorrects. Not like a postal correct, but a mistake in the system. **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Try it. YOu will love using pirateship **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** No monthly fee ### 17. A Godsend for My Small Business! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sara H. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Pirate Ship has been an absolute joy to use since starting my small candle business. It's so user friendly and automatically connects with my online website so that orders seamlessly populate when they're ready to ship. I love that I'm able to view all of my orders in one place and see the shipping status of each. I also love that I'm able to bulk edit them. Of course, best of all, I save money on labels so I can pass those savings on to my customers, as well. Not to mention that it's free to use. It far surpasses using shipping through some e-commerce sites. I absolutely love it! **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** So far, there isn't anything that I don't like about Pirate Ship! **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Do it! It's free and totally worth it. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I definitely feel that the low cost of shipping is the biggest problem being solved, but also love how simple and user friendly the site is, which saves me time and hassle when trying to get 20+ orders prepped and shipped in one night. Overall, it saves me time and money! ### 18. Arghhhhh --- this is the one Mateys **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victoria S. | Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** I love the ease and the usage of Pirateship. There is literally not extra fluff, so when using it you can use the straight forward system seemlessly in order to purchase your shipping needs. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** The website is so basic --- it's literally a one page website with drop down --- I wish the site was more dyanmic looking, but it functions so well, and so easy to use, I can forgive the design faux pas. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to affordabily ship my products across the country. ### 19. Wonderful service, excellent prices **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rachel F. | Business Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** It imports directly from Etsy which is the main thing I need- and it’s FAST. I love that there is no fee to use the site, the shipping is often cheaper than Etsy’s USPS discount, and again- no membership fee! **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** If you use another unsupported platform it may not import your orders- but the price still makes it worth it. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cheapest shipping option needed, and the site is so incredibly easy and simple to use- like how it remembers my usual shipping sizes. So. Fast. ### 20. Worth the savings if you have a business **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Wholesale | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** It’s great system to do multiple labels at a smaller cost, which as a business adds up. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** It’s just an extra step to add if you only ship occasionally **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Have your stuff listed nearby so you can do it quicker **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** -cost share with gas savings. Benefits is I can achieve the same label from post office online with a dollar or two less cost per package. ### 21. Fantastic service to help you ship using USPS... for less money! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Cosmetics | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2020 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Pirate Ship saves you money over going to the post office and waiting in line. In addition, it's more convenient and faster. What else could you want? **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Technically a downside is that you need a scale at your office but I find it exceedingly worth it. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to go to the post office any longer, and I also find out the cost I'll pay for postage almost immediately. ### 22. Easy Cratejoy integration, the best tool to get better shipping rates! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2019 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** The smooth integration with my Cratejoy platform and its CRM. You can get the best shipping rates from all major carriers. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Nothing at all, sincerely we love all of it!! **Recommendations to others considering Pirate Ship:** Look no further, the best option to reduce your shipping rates and expenses! **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Shipping rates cost ### 23. Love it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Cosmetics | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** Love it!!! Pirate ship has saved me so much money. I love that it’s free to use, no subscription, no contracts. I save money with all of my shipments. But even more convenient is that I can print the labels at my home office. I then schedule a pick up with my post man. It makes it so much easier and saves me so much time **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** I haven’t found anything I don’t like. I tell everyone about it **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** Save Money on shipping, & way more convenient for shipping things ### 24. Best savings for shipping **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Pirate Ship?** The discount on shipping costs is better than any other company. **What do you dislike about Pirate Ship?** Nothing I have come across yet. Great system. **What problems is Pirate Ship solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have found this new site to help with my shipping costs. ## Pirate Ship Discussions - [What are the benefits of pirate Ship?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-benefits-of-pirate-ship) - 1 comment - [What are the features of a pirate Ship?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-features-of-a-pirate-ship) - 1 comment - [View Pirate Ship pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/pirate-ship/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+09%3A23%3A20+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=2a9dbb4a-99fd-4dd8-9f43-f497c198fb9c&secure%5Btoken%5D=5212352740c343992cf6ddda5189a04d6cde969f1b13af668102ba68384bbbb3&format=llm_user) ## Pirate Ship Features **Labels** - Label Printing - Return labels - Bar codes **Order management** - Order tracking - E-commerce integrations - Manage orders - Order Status **Carrier and rate management** - Quick rate comparison - Vendor availability - Flat rate services **Inventory management** - Low stock alerts - Automated inventory orders - Assign suppliers **Reports** - Shipment reports - Inventory reports - Unshipped products ## Top Pirate Ship Alternatives - [ShipStation](https://www.g2.com/products/shipstation/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (572 reviews) - [EasyPost](https://www.g2.com/products/easypost/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (116 reviews) - [Stamps.com](https://www.g2.com/products/stamps-com/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (109 reviews)