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title: "Pirate Ship vs Sendle: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Pirate Ship or Sendle more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce shipping software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Pirate Ship vs Sendle: Which is searched more?

Is Pirate Ship or Sendle more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ecommerce shipping software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Pirate Ship and Sendle
- **Competitive set**: Ecommerce shipping software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Pirate Ship Share of Search**: 93%
- **Sendle Share of Search**: 0.61%

## Is Pirate Ship or Sendle more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Pirate Ship had more branded searches than Sendle among ecommerce shipping software worldwide. Pirate Ship had about 1.2 million branded searches, while Sendle had 8,100. Pirate Ship made up 93% of all ecommerce shipping software searches we track, and Sendle accounted for 0.61%.
- Pirate Ship was ahead of Sendle in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Pirate Ship’s share of searches among ecommerce shipping software worldwide moved from 87.1% to 93%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.2M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sendle’s share of searches among ecommerce shipping software worldwide moved from 4.3% to 0.61%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 8.1K.

## Top ecommerce shipping software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Pirate Ship was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Sendle did not appear in any of the five answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pirate Ship | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| ShipStation | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Shopify Shipping | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| eShip | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Sendle | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about ecommerce shipping software

- Asked ChatGPT "Which ecommerce shipping tool should I use?": 1. Pirate Ship, 2. ShipStation, 3. Shopify Shipping
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best ecommerce shipping tools?": 1. ShipStation, 2. Pirate Ship, 3. Shopify Shipping
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best ecommerce shipping tool for a small online store?": 1. Pirate Ship, 2. ShipStation, 3. Shopify Shipping
- Searched Google, AI Overview "ecommerce shipping software": 1. ShipStation
- Searched Google, AI Overview "shipping labels software": 1. Pirate Ship

Not named in any answer: eShip and Sendle.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for ecommerce shipping software worldwide in September 2026?

- Pirate Ship’s share of searches among ecommerce shipping software worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 91.6% to 93% in September 2026.
- In September 2026, Sendle fell from 3rd to 4th among ecommerce shipping software worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | Pirate Ship estimated searches | Pirate Ship Share of Search | Pirate Ship rank | Sendle estimated searches | Sendle Share of Search | Sendle rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.2M | 87.1% | 1 | 60.5K | 4.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 86.8% | 1 | 49.5K | 4.2% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.2M | 88.4% | 1 | 60.5K | 4.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.2M | 86.5% | 1 | 90.5K | 6.3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 1M | 89.5% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.6% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.2M | 91.1% | 1 | 14.8K | 1.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.2M | 90.6% | 1 | 14.8K | 1.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 1.2M | 91% | 1 | 12.1K | 0.89% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.2M | 91.6% | 1 | 9.9K | 0.73% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.2M | 91.6% | 1 | 9.9K | 0.73% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.2M | 92.8% | 1 | 9.9K | 0.74% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.2M | 93% | 1 | 8.1K | 0.61% | 4 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pirate Ship’s and Sendle’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Pirate Ship**: Measured on the search terms “pirate ship” and “pirate ship shipping”, summed into one figure.
- **Sendle**: Measured on the search term “sendle”.

- [Pirate Ship profile](/demand/global-en/brands/pirate-ship)
- [Sendle profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sendle)
- [All ecommerce shipping software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/shipping-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Pirate Ship or Sendle more popular in search?

In September 2026, Pirate Ship had more branded searches than Sendle among ecommerce shipping software worldwide. Pirate Ship had about 1.2 million branded searches, while Sendle had 8,100. Pirate Ship made up 93% of all ecommerce shipping software searches we track, and Sendle accounted for 0.61%.

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