Thank you for partnering with Flexport to power your logistics needs – we want to help you achieve your best Peak yet.
From mid-October through mid-January each year, as with most peak seasons, many of our carrier partners are adding peak surcharges to cover the additional equipment, trucks, and labor needed to manage the higher volume of packages through the holiday season. Carrier peak surcharges are rates per package that vary by package weight, zone, and/or your peak volume’s increase relative to non-peak volume. This year, there is a lot of variability by carrier, but they range from DHL’s $0.25 per package to UPS’s >$2.00 per package. You can find published surcharges by carrier at their websites linked here: UPS, DHL, Ontrac, and USPS.
But there is good news! We have worked hard to negotiate these surcharges on your behalf - as we know that keeping costs low is critical. In the table below, we outline the surcharges for shipments larger than one pound. While surcharges are unavoidable, we estimate that Flexport is saving merchants up to $1 per order on orders less than one pound, and up to $3 per order on orders more than one pound! If you were to self-ship with any of the large carriers, your costs could be dramatically higher.
Below is a breakdown of the fees we will charge. We will have one charge per order for unit based merchants (per shipment for zone based pricing merchants), and vary the charge based on weight. Unit based pricing merchants’ charges will be based on the total weight and size of the items in an order; zone based pricing merchants’ charges will be based on their package billable weight. We charge this way because our carrier selection depends on package weight and size and so the peak surcharges we get vary based on package weight and size. Peak fulfillment surcharges will appear as separate line items in your invoices.
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Order Billable Weight (lb) |
Charge Per Order |
Peak surcharges are applied once per order, regardless of the number of units in the order. Total Order Billable Weight: If the total gravitational weight of all items in an order is <1lb, we will charge for the total gravitational weight of all items in an order; otherwise we charge the greatest of 1) the total gravitational weight of all items in an order 2) the total cubic inches volume of all items in an order / 166. |
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<= 1 lb | $0.00 | ||||||
1-6 lb | $0.30 | ||||||
>= 6 lb | $0.50 |
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Shipment Billable Weight (lb) |
Charge Per Shipment |
Peak surcharges are applied once per shipment. Total Shipment Weight: If the shipment is <1b, we will charge for the gravitational weight of the shipment; otherwise, we charge the greater of the 1) shipment's gravitational weight 2) shipment's cubic volume (in) / 166. |
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<= 1 lb | $0.00 | ||||||
1-6 lb | $0.30 | ||||||
>= 6 lb | $0.50 |