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Reduce your parcel shipping costs.

Attack rates, surcharges, and unfiled claims at the same time.

Most shippers chase one lever at a time. Real savings come from working three together: the rates in your contract, the surcharges on every invoice, and the claims you never filed. We run all three off your data.

Three layers of savings
Contract ratesOften above market
Surcharges / accessorialsUnaudited
Unfiled claimsMoney owed to you
Carrier mixRarely optimized
Modeled against your own shipment data.

Why shippers overpay

Parcel cost hides in three places, and fixing only one leaves most of the savings behind.

Above-market rates

Carrier agreements have hundreds of negotiable terms. Most shippers never optimize more than a few.

Surcharge leakage

Accessorials, DIM, and handling fees are easy to misapply and rarely audited line by line.

Money left unrecovered

Late deliveries, lost packages, and damage are all refundable or claimable, if you file in time.

How ShipScience helps

One engagement, every lever, all grounded in your real shipment data.

Lower your rates

Rate Negotiations targets every key term in your carrier agreement.

Rate Negotiations →

Recover surcharge overcharges

ActiveAudit audits invoices and disputes errors automatically.

ActiveAudit →

File every eligible claim

SimpleClaims recovers loss and damage you would otherwise eat.

SimpleClaims →

Optimize the carrier mix

My Next Carrier finds cheaper, better-fit carriers for your lanes.

My Next Carrier →

Rates, surcharges, and claims are usually owned by different teams or no team at all. We work them together so the savings compound instead of canceling out.

Frequently asked

How much can we actually save?

It varies by your rates, surcharge exposure, and unfiled claims. Our free analysis quantifies all three against your own data before you commit to anything.

Do we have to switch carriers?

No. Most savings come from your existing carriers through better rates, audited surcharges, and recovered claims. We only recommend switching when the data clearly supports it.

Find your savings across all three layers

Free analysis on your actual shipment data.

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