What PluginHive does

PluginHive (legal entity Solvilor Technologies Private Limited) is a Bangalore, India-based software company founded in 2014 that develops e-commerce shipping automation plugins, booking/appointment systems, and related add-on modules. The company sells native integrations for WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Prestashop storefronts, connecting merchant accounts directly to 15+ carrier APIs (USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon Shipping, Canada Post, Australia Post, Royal Mail, TForce Freight, Purolator, Sendle, PostNord, BlueDart, Delhivery, HongKong Post, Aramex, Chilexpress, among others) to deliver real-time rate calculation at checkout, one-click bulk label printing, zero-click direct printer integration, and automated shipment tracking notifications. Beyond shipping, the portfolio includes a WooCommerce Bookings and Appointments platform with add-ons for recurring bookings, group bookings, deposits, Zoom integration, Dokan multivendor integration, and custom booking intervals, plus supporting modules for product add-ons, deposits, and rate adjustments.

The underlying technology is a portfolio of platform-native plugins and extensions (WordPress/PHP for WooCommerce, Shopify app framework, Magento 2 extension architecture) that act as middleware between storefront checkout/order management and carrier APIs, with SaaS components hosted on AWS and Digital Ocean under ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. PluginHive monetizes through annual subscriptions for WooCommerce plugins ($69–$249 per site per year), one-time perpetual licenses with annual support renewals for Shopify apps ($9–$19), marketplace commissions on Shopify App Store and Magento Marketplace sales, and recurring add-on module fees. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding rounds, operates from a single headquarters in Bengaluru, and claims a global footprint serving 100,000+ e-commerce stores with 4,000+ verified reviews and a 98% customer satisfaction rating. Distribution is hybrid: direct sales via pluginhive.com, app-store listings on Shopify/Magento/BigCommerce, and a Cloudways hosting affiliate partnership. The customer base is horizontally segmented across SMB e-commerce merchants, primarily in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and India, with product-led documentation, SEO, and content marketing as primary acquisition channels.

Name

PluginHive

Legal name

Solvilor Technologies Private Limited

Website

https://pluginhive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PluginHive, a bootstrapped Bangalore-based software firm, develops e-commerce shipping automation plugins and booking/appointment systems for WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Prestashop, serving 100,000+ SMB merchants globally via direct carrier API integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

E-commerce Shipping Plugins

akta.pro primary industry

Parcel Shipping, Labeling & Rate Shopping Platforms (CRAFAMAF)

Keywords

• WooCommerce shipping plugins
• Multi-carrier shipping labels
• ECommerce carrier integration
• Booking and appointments software
• Shipping automation software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Plugin subscriptions: Annual and monthly subscription plans for WooCommerce, Shopify, and Magento plugins with yearly pricing ranging from $69 to $249 per year per site
2. One-time plugin purchases: Individual plugin licenses sold as perpetual licenses with annual renewal for updates and support
3. Marketplace transactions: Revenue from Shopify App Store and Magento Marketplace sales where platform handles payment processing
4. Add-on extensions: Additional paid add-ons for specialized functionality like multi-warehouse shipping, booking cost adjustments, and shipping rate modifications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PluginHive develops and sells native e-commerce shipping and booking plugins and apps for WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Prestashop. Its products automate multi-carrier shipping operations—live rate calculation, label printing, and shipment tracking—by connecting directly to merchants' own carrier accounts (USPS, UPS, FedEx, Amazon Shipping, DHL, Canada Post, Australia Post, Royal Mail, and others). It also offers an automated WooCommerce bookings and appointments plugin with extensions for group, recurring, and non-adjacent bookings, plus scheduling integrations.

Product overview

PluginHive is an e-commerce shipping and bookings plugin ecosystem offering a unified platform across multiple storefronts. The portfolio consists of carrier-specific shipping plugins (UPS, FedEx, Canada Post, Royal Mail, Australia Post, TForce Freight, DHL), multi-carrier aggregation plugins, booking and appointments systems, and related add-on modules. Products span three main platforms: WooCommerce (plugins), Shopify (apps), and Magento (extensions), plus BigCommerce and Prestashop integrations. The MULTICARRIER SHIPPING LABEL platform unifies shipping label generation across all storefronts. Core shipping products connect to merchants' own carrier accounts for transparent billing, while booking products enable appointment scheduling, product customization, deposits, and vendor management. Add-on modules extend both shipping and booking products with specialized functionality like tracking, estimated delivery dates, rate adjustments, recurring bookings, and third-party integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-Carrier Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce Enables WooCommerce stores to display live shipping rates and print labels from multiple carriers (UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, etc.) through a single unified dashboard.
• WooCommerce UPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label Integrates WooCommerce with the UPS API to display real-time shipping rates, generate printable shipping labels, and provide tracking updates at checkout.
• FedEx Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce with Print Label Integrates WooCommerce with the FedEx API to display real-time shipping rates, generate printable shipping labels, and provide tracking updates.
• Canada Post Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce with Print Label Integrates WooCommerce with Canada Post for live shipping rates, label generation, and shipment tracking for Canadian deliveries.
• PH Table Rate Shipping Pro Plugin for WooCommerce Enables custom table-based shipping rate calculation based on conditions such as weight, location, and order quantity for WooCommerce stores.
• PH Royal Mail Shipping with Tracking for WooCommerce Integrates WooCommerce with Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide APIs for UK shipping rates, label printing, and tracking.
• Shipment Tracking Pro for WooCommerce Provides automated shipment tracking updates and notifications for WooCommerce orders across multiple carriers.
• Estimated Delivery Date Plugin for WooCommerce Displays estimated delivery dates at WooCommerce checkout and product pages based on carrier transit times.
• Bookings and Appointments for WooCommerce Enables appointment and booking scheduling functionality for WooCommerce with calendar management, time slots, and automated confirmations.
• PH Product Add-ons for WooCommerce Adds customizable product options and add-ons (custom text, checkboxes, file uploads) to WooCommerce product pages.
• PH Deposits for WooCommerce Enables partial payment deposits for WooCommerce products and bookings.
• PH Multi Vendor Shipping Addon for WooCommerce Multi-vendor shipping solution for WooCommerce marketplaces enabling separate shipping per vendor.
• PH Recurring Bookings and Appointments for WooCommerce Adds recurring booking functionality for subscription-based appointments and rentals in WooCommerce.
• PH Multiple Non-Adjacent Bookings for WooCommerce Allows booking multiple non-consecutive date ranges for WooCommerce bookings and appointments.
• PH Dokan Bookings Integration for WooCommerce Integrates WooCommerce Bookings with the Dokan multivendor marketplace plugin.
• Zoom Integration with Bookings and Appointments for WooCommerce Integrates Zoom video conferencing with WooCommerce bookings for virtual appointments.
• PH Hide Shipping Methods & Rate Adjustment for WooCommerce Allows hiding specific shipping methods and adjusting shipping rates based on cart conditions for WooCommerce stores.
• Shopify Ship, Rate, and Track for FedEx Shopify app providing FedEx live shipping rates, label printing, and shipment tracking.
• Shopify Australia Post Shipping App with Rates, Labels & Tracking Shopify app providing Australia Post live shipping rates, label printing, and tracking.
• Shopify Shipment Tracking & Notifications App Shopify app providing automated shipment tracking updates and customer notifications.
• Stamps.com USPS Shipping Extension with Postage for Magento 2 Magento 2 extension integrating Stamps.com USPS shipping services with live rates and postage printing.
• Magento Australia Post Shipping & StarTrack Magento 2 extension for Australia Post and StarTrack shipping rates, labels, and tracking.
• Amazon Shipping for Magento Magento 2 extension for Amazon Shipping services integration.
• Magento Royal Mail Shipping with Parcelforce Worldwide Magento 2 extension for Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide shipping in the UK.
• PH TForce Freight Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce with Print Label Integrates WooCommerce with TForce Freight API for freight shipping rates, label printing, and tracking.
• MULTICARRIER SHIPPING LABEL Unified multi-carrier shipping label generation platform that integrates with WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Prestashop for label printing across multiple carriers.
• WooCommerce Shipping Services SaaS shipping service for WooCommerce providing multi-carrier rates, label printing, and tracking as a hosted solution.
• Shopify Multi Carrier Shipping Label App SaaS app for Shopify providing multi-carrier shipping label generation across multiple carriers.
• BigCommerce Multi Carrier Shipping Label App SaaS app for BigCommerce providing multi-carrier shipping label generation.
• Magento Multi-Carrier Shipping Label Extension SaaS extension for Magento providing multi-carrier shipping label generation.
• Shipping Cost Calculator Free online tool for comparing shipping rates from 15+ carriers including FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL Express, and others.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by 100,000+ e-commerce stores worldwide
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration31 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• USPScoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial integration partner providing USPS shipping services through PluginHive plugins. Merchants can access USPS rates, print shipping labels, and track shipments directly from their WooCommerce, Shopify, or Magento stores.
• UPScoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified UPS integration allowing merchants to connect their own UPS accounts for real-time rate calculation, label printing, and shipment tracking across all PluginHive platforms.
• FedExcoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial FedEx shipping integration with print label functionality, real-time rates, and automated tracking updates for WooCommerce and Shopify stores.
• Amazon ShippingcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Amazon's shipping service enabling merchants to process Amazon Shipping labels directly through PluginHive plugins.
• Canada PostcoreTechnology or IntegrationCanada Post shipping integration for WooCommerce merchants shipping within Canada and internationally with full label printing support.
• Australia PostcoreTechnology or IntegrationAustralia Post integration available for both WooCommerce and Shopify platforms with rates, labels, and tracking capabilities.
• DHL ExpresscoreTechnology or IntegrationDHL Express shipping integration for international shipments available through PluginHive's multi-carrier solutions.
• Royal MailcoreTechnology or IntegrationRoyal Mail shipping integration with tracking for WooCommerce and Magento merchants shipping within the UK.
• CloudwaysminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAffiliate partnership offering Cloudways managed cloud hosting to PluginHive customers with promotional discounts. PluginHive earns referral commissions for customers signing up through their site.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Shippo: Shippo is a multi-carrier shipping API and label platform for SMB and mid-market e-commerce merchants, offering rate shopping, label printing, and tracking across major US and international carriers — directly overlapping PluginHive's core shipping-label product.
• ShipStation: ShipStation is a multi-carrier shipping label and order-fulfillment workflow platform with deep carrier integrations and marketplace support — competitive to PluginHive's multi-carrier label suite, particularly for SMB and mid-market e-commerce shippers.
• EasyPost: EasyPost provides a multi-carrier shipping API (rates, labels, tracking, addresses, insurance) for e-commerce platforms and developers — overlapping PluginHive's technical approach of stitching together direct carrier APIs for merchants.
• ShipperHQ: ShipperHQ is a shipping rate engine and checkout-level rate-shopping solution for e-commerce platforms including WooCommerce, Shopify, BigCommerce, and Magento — directly comparable to PluginHive's checkout-rate and multi-carrier capability.
• Ordoro: Ordoro is shipping and inventory software for SMB e-commerce merchants with multi-carrier label generation, rate shopping, and tracking — directly comparable in target customer and product scope to PluginHive.
• Veeqo: Veeqo (acquired by Amazon) is a shipping and inventory platform for e-commerce SMBs with multi-carrier label printing, rate shopping, and marketplace integration — a direct competitor at the SMB shipping-software tier.
• Starshipit: Starshipit is a multi-carrier shipping label and checkout rate engine for Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and Magento merchants — overlapping PluginHive's multi-platform shipping-label suite, with stronger penetration in Australia/NZ.
• Pirate Ship: Pirate Ship is a low-cost shipping label platform focused on USPS, UPS, and DHL for SMB merchants, offering deeply discounted rates — competing head-on with PluginHive's USPS, UPS, and FedEx shipping label products on price and accessibility.

Regional players

• Shiprocket: Shiprocket is an India-based shipping aggregator and label platform for SMB e-commerce merchants across Indian and international carriers — comparable in product scope but operating primarily in the Indian market alongside PluginHive (which is India-built but sells globally).

Broad incumbents

• Shopify Shipping: Shopify Shipping is the platform's built-in multi-carrier shipping, label, and rate-shopping capability for Shopify merchants — an incumbent threat that bundles comparable features into the storefront, limiting PluginHive's Shopify app differentiation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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