Global Fulfillment
Compare delivery speed and tracking across cross-border shipping setups, and decide whether you need carrier accounts in every country.
Common Questions
What's the actual customer-experience difference (delivery speed, tracking clarity) between a Managed Markets shipment and a DIY-3PL-abroad shipment?
A Managed Markets parcel crosses a border and a third-party logistics (3PL) parcel from a warehouse abroad doesn't, so customs, not tracking, is the gap customers feel. Managed Markets, Shopify's merchant-of-record service, ships international orders only from a fulfillment location in the continental US, Canada or the UK (Shopify Help Center, October 2026). We found no published like-for-like delivery-time comparison.
Does a Shopify brand need separate carrier accounts (FedEx, DHL, UPS) per country, or does one global account cover international shipping?
A Shopify brand never needs a carrier account per destination country; new origins can add them. UPS and FedEx accounts show rates at "fulfillment locations worldwide" but buy Shopify labels only from a US-based location (Shopify Help Center, October 2026). USPS, Canada Post and Australia Post accounts work only in their own countries, so other origins need another carrier.