Estimate Fulfillment Cost For Order

This endpoint will provide, where possible, an estimate of pricing and fulfillment center assignment of a potential standard (direct to consumer) order. Keep in mind that there are ways for the merchant to change FC assignment or product configuration after order creation that could invalidate this estimate. Estimates cannot be returned for items that are unknown, out of stock, or too large for fulfillment using standard box sizes. Additional services such as high-pick fees, shipping insurance, auto-splitting or auto-adding items to orders, and signature required are not included in this estimate.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication using Personal Access Token (PAT) token

AuthorizationBearer

OAuth2 authentication using JWT tokens

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

addressobjectRequired

productslist of objectsRequired

Products to be included in the order. Each product must include one of reference_id or id

shipping_methodslist of strings or nullOptional

Array of strings specifying shipping methods for which to fetch estimates. If this field is omitted we will return estimates for all shipping methods defined in ShipBob

Response

Success

estimateslist of objects or null

Array of estimates for each shipping method

1	import requests
2
3	url = "https://api.shipbob.com/2025-07/order:estimate"
4
5	payload = {
6	"address": {
7	"country": "US",
8	"address1": "100 Nowhere Blvd",
9	"address2": "Suite 100",
10	"city": "Gotham City",
11	"company_name": "Wayne Enterprises",
12	"state": "NJ",
13	"zip_code": "07093"
14	},
15	"products": [
16	{
17	"quantity": 1,
18	"id": 0,
19	"reference_id": "TShirtBlueM"
20	}
21	],
22	"shipping_methods": ["string"]
23	}
24	headers = {
25	"shipbob_channel_id": "shipbob_channel_id",
26	"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
27	"Content-Type": "application/json"
28	}
29
30	response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
31
32	print(response.json())

1	{
2	"estimates": [
3	{
4	"estimated_currency_code": "string",
5	"estimated_price": 0.1,
6	"fulfillment_center": {
7	"id": 0,
8	"name": "Cicero (IL)"
9	},
10	"shipping_method": "string",
11	"total_weight_oz": 0.1
12	}
13	]
14	}

Authentication

Headers

Request

Response

Errors