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# Shipping prices API overview

<Warning>
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The **Shipping prices API** allows you retrieve rates for a specific shipping method based on the specified `shipping_method_id`, which you can retrieve from the [Retrieve a list of shipping methods](/api/v2/shipping-methods/retrieve-a-list-of-shipping-methods) endpoint.

If you don't have a direct carrier contract connected to your Sendcloud account, the rates returned via this endpoint will be provided by Sendcloud, discounted based on your current subscription plan. If you have connected your own carrier contract then rates for those carriers will be `null` **unless** you have uploaded your own contract pricing.

Carriers that use pricing based on shipping zones (such as Spanish carriers which charge different rates based on the postal code of the shipment) are not supported.