The Financial Layer for Shipping

You're probably overpaying for shipping. You just can't prove it yet.

RateRunners catches billing errors, handles disputes, and moves payments — one system for every shipment.

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Popflex was charged $377 for a shipment that cost $7. RateRunners caught it in the first hour.

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Shipping is the largest unmanaged cost center in your business.

Your 3PL ships. The carrier bills your 3PL. An invoice arrives weeks later. Somewhere between the rate card and the final number, the math changed — and nobody flagged it.

Your ecommerce platform tracks orders.
Your shipping system moves packages.
Your accounting tool logs the invoice.

None of them tell you if the number was right.

How It Works

One shipment. Full financial truth.

From order to payment — every step tracked, every charge verified.

RateRunners

Shipment Journey

Order #2041 · UPS Ground

Complete
1

Order Placed

Synced

Shopify order synced to RateRunners

2

Estimated Cost

Calculated

Based on negotiated rate card

$7.21

3

Invoice Received

Mismatch

Carrier billed a different amount

$9.21

4

Needs Review

Flagged

Label Correction Surcharge

+$2.00

5

Reconciled by Vendor

Adjusted

Label Correction Surcharge removed

−$2.00

6

Ready for Payment

Verified

Final verified amount

$7.21

Verified & ready to pay

$7.21

Payment method

Shipment cost visibility

Know what shipping costs before the invoice arrives

See the expected cost of every shipment as it happens — before the invoice arrives. No surprises. No waiting on your 3PL to explain a number.

  • Real-time expected vs billed cost tracking
  • Per-vendor cost breakdown
  • Variance detection across all shipments
  • Multi-vendor visibility in one dashboard

You know what shipping costs before you're billed for it.

Cost Overview

This month

Expected

$24,180

Billed

$26,412

Variance

+$2,232

Best Fulfillment Co.

Est. $14,200 · Billed $15,880

Review

FastShip Logistics

Est. $9,980 · Billed $10,532

Verified

Invoice reconciliation

Every invoice checked. Every line verified.

Every invoice checked line by line against your agreed rates. Weight errors, rate mismatches, accessorial charges that don't match your contract — flagged automatically.

  • Shipment-to-invoice matching
  • Expected vs billed comparison
  • Accessorial charge detection
  • Automatic variance flagging

You have the rate card. Now you have the proof.

Invoice Reconciliation

2 variances
Base rate
$7.21→$7.21
Fuel surcharge
$1.08→$1.08
Residential
$4.15→$4.15
DIM weight adj.
$0.00→$2.40
Address correction
$0.00→$1.84
Total variance+$4.24

Dispute management

In app messaging. Credit same day.

When a discrepancy is flagged, your 3PL sees the same data you see — in the same platform. One message. No emails. No Slack. No phone calls. Credits happen in hours, not weeks.

  • Shared dispute view with your 3PL
  • In-platform messaging and resolution
  • Credit tracking and audit trail
  • Evidence attached automatically

Disputes resolved in the platform, not your inbox.

Dispute #D-1284

Resolved
Shipment#1841
ChargeWeight discrepancy
Billed$377.00
Should be$7.21

Resolution

You2:14 PM

WMS shows 150 lbs, Shopify shows 1.5 lbs. Looks like a data entry error.

Best Fulfillment Co.2:31 PM

Confirmed — entry error on our end. Full credit issued.

Credit issued-$369.79

Payments

One invoice. One payment. Every vendor.

One invoice. One payment. Across all your 3PLs and carriers. No more chasing bills from five different portals or reconciling wire transfers in a spreadsheet.

  • ACH and credit card payments
  • Consolidated vendor payments
  • Payment status tracking
  • Full payment history and records

Every vendor paid. Every payment on record.

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

Rate card compliance

Your contract, enforced on every shipment

Your rate card is a legal agreement. Every shipment is checked against what was contractually agreed — carrier rates, accessorial fees, weight bands. If something doesn't match, it's flagged before you pay.

  • Rate card ingestion and storage
  • Per-shipment contract verification
  • DIM divisor compliance checks
  • Accessorial fee validation

Your contract is enforced on every shipment, automatically.

Rate Card Compliance

97.2% compliant

Contract: Best Fulfillment Co.

UPS Ground 1-5 lbs
$7.21→$7.21
UPS Ground 6-10 lbs
$9.45→$9.45
UPS 2-Day Air 1-5 lbs
$14.80→$14.80
Residential surcharge
$4.15→$4.85
DIM divisor
200→139
Non-compliant charges2 flagged

Customer Story

$377 for a shipment that cost $7. Caught in week one.

A weight entry error — 1.5 lbs entered as 150 lbs — turned a $7 shipment into a $377 charge. RateRunners flagged the discrepancy automatically. One message to the 3PL. Their invoice was adjusted before they got billed.

$377

Recovered in hours

1 message

To resolve the dispute

Same day

Invoice adjusted

150 lbs

Weight error caught

“Absolutely a game changer! We now have complete visibility into our shipping spend and accountability with our 3PL.”

— Sam Livits, COO at Popflex

When you connect RateRunners, you can invite your 3PLs to join. Most brands share access with their vendors within the first week — no 3PL setup required to get started.

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