Every feature,
working for your margin.
UpShipit starts with rates that beat Pirate Ship’s “free,” adds the carrier-invoice audit and refund recovery no one else runs, then layers on optimization, fulfillment, tracking, and analytics — the whole shipping problem under one login.
Rates that beat “free”
Pirate Ship’s rates are carrier-funded — the carrier sets the price and pockets the spread. We buy capacity at wholesale and mark it up to a number that still lands below that “free” rate. The all-in cost per parcel is the only figure that matters, and ours is lower on every label.
Wholesale-bought, still cheaper
We purchase carrier capacity in bulk and price labels below Pirate Ship’s carrier-funded rate. No software fee to start — the savings live in the per-parcel price.
Live rate quote on your real volume
Send a recent invoice and we quote your actual lanes and weights, not a brochure average. You see the per-parcel delta before you switch a single order.
Four carriers, one account
USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL under a single login — no juggling separate negotiated accounts or per-carrier portals.
Rate shopping at buy time
Every label is priced across all four carriers and ranked Best Value / Cheapest / Fastest, so you never overpay because of habit.
No-volume-commitment pricing
Our wholesale rate doesn’t require a minimum spend or an annual contract. Ship ten parcels or ten thousand — the rate holds.
All-in cost transparency
Surcharges, fees, and insurance roll into one number per parcel. No “base rate” theater that quietly balloons at checkout.
Audit & Recovery
Carriers overcharge, miss guarantees, and quietly keep credits you’re owed. UpShipit ingests every carrier invoice, flags each recoverable dollar, files the claims, and tracks them to credit. It’s free to audit — you only share a percentage of dollars we actually recover. Zero recovered, zero cost.
Late-delivery refunds (GSR)
When a guaranteed service misses its committed time, you’re owed the shipping cost back. We catch every late scan and file the Guaranteed Service Refund automatically.
Duplicate charges
The same tracking number billed twice — a quiet, common error. We reconcile invoice lines against shipments and claw back every double-bill.
Void & unused label credits
Printed a label and never shipped it? Carriers don’t volunteer the refund. We detect unused and voided labels and recover the credit.
DIM-weight errors
Dimensional-weight billed on the wrong dimensions inflates your invoice. We validate DIM math against your actual package profile and dispute the difference.
Residential surcharge errors
Commercial addresses wrongly flagged residential carry an unwarranted surcharge. We catch the misclassification and recover it.
Address-correction surcharges
Address-correction fees applied to valid, deliverable addresses are disputable. We verify and recover incorrectly assessed corrections.
Saturday-delivery & accessorial errors
Saturday-delivery, declared-value, and other accessorial charges applied in error are flagged line-by-line and disputed.
Declared-value overbilling
Declared-value fees charged above the insured amount — or on shipments that never carried the coverage — get caught and credited back.
No-POD (missing proof of delivery)
No proof of delivery means the carrier can’t prove the parcel arrived. We surface no-POD shipments and pursue the refund on disputed deliveries.
Fuel-surcharge audit
Fuel surcharges are a moving percentage that’s easy to misapply. We re-derive the correct fuel rate per shipment and dispute overcharges.
Claims filed & tracked to credit
Every detected error becomes a filed claim, tracked through the carrier’s dispute process until the credit lands back in your account.
Filed before the window closes
Carriers give you days, not weeks: UPS and FedEx ~15, DHL 14, OnTrac 15. We watch every weekly invoice and file the moment an error is detectable — a manual audit can’t move that fast, and a missed window means the money is gone for good.
Every source, one source of truth
We reconcile raw carrier invoices and EDI 210 against your tracking, your WMS/3PL manifest, ShipStation, and your returns platform — resolving a per-account waterfall so a charge is never double-counted and a claim is never phantom.
Pay only on recovered dollars
The audit is free. You share a percentage of money we actually put back in your account — never a flat fee, never a charge for finding nothing.
Optimization
Beyond the per-label rate, where your money leaks is the service, the zone, the box, and the contract. UpShipit surfaces dollar-ranked opportunities so the biggest savings rise to the top — and benchmarks your negotiated rates against the market so you know if you’re actually getting a deal.
Service downgrade detection
When a cheaper service still meets the delivery window, we flag it. Stop paying for Express when Ground arrives in time anyway.
Zone skipping
Consolidate and inject parcels deeper into the carrier network to cross fewer zones. We identify the lanes where zone skipping pays off.
DIM right-sizing
Oversized boxes get billed on dimensional weight. We recommend the right box per SKU so you stop paying for air.
Contract benchmarking
We compare your negotiated rates against market benchmarks for your volume and lanes — so you know whether your “discount” is real.
Carrier-mix recommendations
Some lanes are cheaper on USPS, others on UPS or DHL. We model your shipment history and recommend the optimal carrier split.
Dollar-ranked opportunities
Every optimization is sized in real dollars and sorted biggest-first, so you fix the high-impact leaks before the rounding errors.
Order ingestion & pick/pack
Shipping is only half the platform — first the orders have to get in, cleanly, from everywhere you sell. Connect a store in one click, import a spreadsheet, push from your own API, or let your warehouse system feed us. Every source normalizes to one order shape, and a native pick/pack floor means you don’t need a separate WMS unless you want one.
One-click channel connect
Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Woo, TikTok, Walmart — OAuth in one click and orders start flowing. No keys to paste, no developer to hire. New channels are config, not a code release, so coverage keeps growing.
One order shape, every source
Each channel, WMS, CSV, and API runs through an adapter that normalizes to a single internal order — so automation, rate-shopping, and reporting work identically no matter where the order came from.
CSV import with auto-mapping
Drop a spreadsheet and we detect your columns automatically, preview the rows, and let you fix any mapping before import. Save the mapping once and every future file just works.
Native pick lists with custom sorts
Build pick lists sorted by bin location, SKU, name, or quantity, then scan to pick — Ready → Picking → Picked → Packed. A lightweight WMS built in, with QC scan-verify so the wrong SKU never ships.
Pick-to-tote batch picking
Batch a wave of orders into totes and walk the floor once. Progress bars track each tote so two pickers never collide, and the line keeps moving during peak.
Bidirectional WMS sync + Sync Health
Already run SkuVault, Finale, Pulpo, or a homegrown system? Connect it over REST: stock levels, bin locations, and tracking sync both ways. A per-source flow toggle decides who owns pick/pack, and Sync Health explains every failure with a one-click retry.
Fulfillment
A full order-management workflow sits on top of the rates. Sync your stores, batch and rate-shop orders, automate the repetitive decisions, and print labels fast — the same fulfillment depth as ShipStation, with cheaper rates and an audit underneath.
Orders grid
Every order from every connected store in one sortable, filterable grid. Batch select, rate-shop, and buy labels in bulk.
Automation rules (IF/THEN)
Assign services, add insurance, set package types, and tag orders automatically. Set the rule once; it runs on every matching order forever.
Rate shopping per order
Best Value / Cheapest / Fastest computed across all four carriers on each order, with your automation rules applied first.
Fast label printing & scan workflow
Thermal-ready labels, batch printing, and a pick-and-scan flow that keeps the line moving during peak.
Multi-store sync
Connect your storefronts and marketplaces so orders flow in and tracking flows back automatically — no manual exports.
Bulk actions & presets
Saved package presets and bulk operations cut clicks on the orders you ship a hundred times a day.
Tracking & Returns
Post-purchase is part of the shipping experience. Branded tracking pages and a self-serve returns portal keep your customers informed and your support inbox quiet — all under your brand, not the carrier’s.
Branded tracking pages
A tracking page in your colors and logo — not a generic carrier screen — with live status across USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL.
Proactive delivery notifications
Automatic shipped / out-for-delivery / delivered alerts keep customers informed and deflect “where is my order?” tickets.
Self-serve returns portal
Customers start returns themselves and get a prepaid label, reducing support load while you control the rules and rates.
Exception & delay alerts
Stuck, delayed, or exception shipments surface immediately so you can intervene before the customer complains.
Analytics
Spend and savings in one view. The Shipping Cost Report shows what you’re paying; the Recovery Report shows what we’ve clawed back. Together they prove the “cheaper than free” claim in your own numbers.
Shipping Cost Report
Cost per parcel, by carrier, service, zone, and store — trended over time so you can see the rate advantage compound.
Recovery Report
Every recovered dollar, categorized by refund type and tracked from claim to credit. The receipts behind the audit.
Carrier & service mix
Where your volume goes and what it costs per lane — the data behind every optimization recommendation.
Savings dashboard
Rate savings vs. your old tool plus recovered dollars in a single number you can take to your CFO.
Wallet & funds control
Pay-as-you-ship runs on a prepaid balance instead of a card swipe per label. Load funds once, set an auto-reload threshold so the pack bench never stalls, and watch every credit, label charge, and refund land on one ledger. An exposure cap keeps spend inside the limit you set.
Prepaid balance
Load funds by card or ACH and every label draws against the balance — no per-shipment checkout, no card declines mid-batch.
Auto-reload
Set a low-balance threshold and a reload amount; the wallet tops itself up before the floor runs dry so labels never pause.
Exposure cap
Cap how much can be reserved at once. Spend stays inside the limit you set, even during a peak-season label surge.
Full transaction ledger
Every credit, reserve, capture, and release on one running ledger — reconcile the wallet against your labels line by line.
Funds-gated buying
A label can’t be bought without funds reserved first, so you never oversell the balance or float a charge you didn’t fund.
Refunds back to balance
Voided and unused-label credits flow straight back to your wallet balance — ready to spend on the next shipment.
See it on your own numbers.
Two figures, one invoice.
Send us a recent carrier invoice and we’ll show you how much cheaper your labels would be on UpShipit and how much we can recover from what you’ve already paid.