Features

Everything you need to explain shipping costs

RateRunners tracks every shipment from order to payment — calculating expected costs, matching invoices, flagging discrepancies, and explaining every charge.

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The shipping financial layer

Shipping finances are broken.
RateRunners connects the money.

RateRunners sits between shipment activity, billing, and payments—creating a single financial layer for parcel shipping.

Operational Layer

Orders

OMS / Shopify

Fulfillment

3PL / WMS

Carrier

Ship & deliver

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Track the Money

Expected vs. billed

Move the Money

Card, ACH, wire

Estimated Cost

Rate card pricing

Adjustments

Surcharges & corrections

Vendor Invoice

Reconciliation

Payment

Card, ACH, wire

Financial Layer

Expected vs. billedBilling workflowsAP / AR visibilityCredit card, ACH, wireShared financial truth

Fast onboarding

Clarity in minutes, not weeks.

Connect your systems and start explaining shipping costs immediately. No consultants. No long implementations.

  • Self-serve onboarding
  • Connect Shopify in minutes
  • Invite 3PLs securely
  • Upload rate cards
  • No consultants required

Clarity in minutes, not weeks.

Setup
Connect Shopify
Connected
2
Invite your 3PL
Pending invite
3
Upload rate cards
Not started

1 of 3 steps complete

Shipment visibility

Every shipment. Fully explained.

RateRunners connects order data, fulfillment data, and carrier data so every shipment has a clear financial story.

  • Unified shipments dashboard
  • Order → 3PL → Carrier mapping
  • Shipment status tracking
  • Cost attribution per shipment
  • Historical shipment archive

Every shipment is visible, traceable, and explainable.

Shipment Detail

Delivered
Order#2041
SourceShopify
FulfillmentBest Fulfillment Co.
CarrierUPS Ground
Weight2.4 lbs (DIM: 3.1 lbs)

Cost attribution

Base rate$4.80
Residential surcharge$2.00
Fuel (15%)$1.02
Total$7.82

Cost estimation

Know the cost before it ships

RateRunners calculates expected shipping costs using negotiated rate cards and shipment details.

  • Rate card ingestion
  • Expected cost calculation
  • DIM weight detection
  • Accessorial forecasting
  • Cost preview before fulfillment

Know the expected cost of every shipment.

Cost Preview

Pre-shipment

Package

12×8×6 in

2.4 lbs actual

DIM weight

3.1 lbs

Billable weight

Base rate$4.80
Residential surcharge$2.00
Fuel surcharge (15%)$1.02
Estimated cost$7.82

Parcel billing & reconciliation

Turn messy invoices into clean data

Carrier and vendor invoices are matched to shipments and compared against expected costs.

  • Invoice ingestion
  • Shipment-to-invoice matching
  • Accessorial detection
  • Expected vs billed comparison
  • Variance flagging

Brands know exactly what they're paying for.

Invoice Reconciliation

1 variance
Base rate
$4.80→$4.80
Residential
$2.00→$2.00
Fuel (15%)
$1.02→$1.02
Address correction
$0.00→$1.84
Variance+$1.84

Disputes & credits

Resolve billing issues without friction

When discrepancies appear, RateRunners helps teams flag, document, and resolve them quickly.

  • Automated discrepancy detection
  • Dispute creation
  • Evidence generation
  • Credit tracking
  • Full audit trail

Fewer disputes. Faster resolution.

Dispute #D-1284

Submitted
Shipment#2041
ChargeAddress Correction
Amount$1.84
ReasonAddress was valid at time of ship

Evidence

Original label
Carrier confirmation
Approve credit
Reject

Multi-tenant network

Brands, 3PLs, and carriers united

RateRunners provides a shared financial record across logistics partners. Relationships change. Your data doesn't.

  • Brand-owned accounts
  • Multi-3PL support
  • Carrier integrations
  • Vendor switching without data loss
  • Permission controls

Relationships change. Your data doesn't.

Network

Acme Commerce

Brand · Owner

Active

Best Fulfillment

3PL

UPS

FedEx

USPS

FastShip Logistics

3PL

FedEx

DHL

UPS

Integrations & connectivity

Eliminate manual data movement

Connect your existing tech stack and let data flow automatically.

  • Shopify integration
  • WMS integrations
  • Financial integrations
  • Carrier data ingestion
  • API-first architecture

Your existing stack, fully connected.

Connected

6 active
Shopify
ShipStation
QuickBooks
UPS
FedEx
USPS
+ Add integration

Payments & revenue operations

Move money as cleanly as data

Billing, reconciliation, and payments operate in one unified workflow.

  • ACH payments
  • Credit card payments
  • Invoice creation
  • Payment tracking
  • Vendor settlement workflows

Billing, payments, and reconciliation in one flow.

Payments

This month

Best Fulfillment Co.

ACH

$16,116.00

Paid

FastShip Logistics

ACH

$10,532.40

Processing

Express Carriers

Wire

$4,281.00

Pending
Total paid$30,929.40

Insights & analytics

Turn shipping clarity into better decisions

Analyze shipping costs, compare carriers, and optimize fulfillment with confidence.

  • Shipping cost breakdowns
  • Carrier comparison
  • Service-level analysis
  • Trend reporting
  • Exportable reports

Better decisions. Fewer surprises.

Cost Analysis

Last 90 days

Avg. cost/shipment

$8.42

Variance rate

3.2%

Total spend

$94.2K

UPS Ground
$8.42+2.1%
FedEx Home
$9.15+4.3%
USPS Priority
$6.89-0.8%