A Development / QE / QA / Sandbox account with API access for Gold plan and above

[BoxCast]

Idea: include a Development/QE-QA/Sandbox account with API access when purchasing a Gold or above subscription. A potential restriction could be that it doesn't actually schedule shipments with carriers, but it does all the other functionality

The recent licensing change now requires a Gold plan or above to have API access. ShipStation is valuable enough to us to justify upgrading to the Gold plan to maintain API access.

However, we need API access because we have built an integration that uses the ShipStation API, and therefore we need a separate environment to develop new functionality, QE changes before releasing them to Production, and run automated testing for catching regressions

This was previously available with the free plan

[CaraAdmin]

Hello @BoxCast!

Thank you for your post in the community!
I connected with our API team, and the great news is that this is already on their radar for future updates. While we don’t have a specific launch timeline yet, it’s on the roadmap, and your feedback helps reinforce its importance.
We appreciate you sharing your thoughts—thanks for helping shape the platform's future!

Happy Shipping!

-Cara