Heavy is a fee, not a vibe
Heavy package shipping rates jump when the scale weight crosses the carrier's additional-handling threshold, and again when the package is no longer accepted as a parcel. A base-rate discount does not remove that fee. The Shipping Savers prices the UPS or FedEx service with the weight fees included in the comparison.
Size can hurt a light box. Weight hurts a dense one. If you have both, read oversized rates as well.
Parcel versus a pallet
One heavy carton to a business address is often still a parcel. Several heavy cartons to one address, or a single piece past the parcel limit, belongs next to an LTL quote. Compare them from the same weight and the same address. Do not use a rule of thumb from a different year.
Industries: machinery parts, filled containers, books in bulk, and anything sold by the case. Send scale weight, dimensions, and the charge you paid, including the handling line.
Weight fees, then the pallet question
List scale weight for the cartons you repeat. Compare that list to the carrier's current additional-handling weight rule, which you can read on the carrier's site the week you ship.
If the fee is already on the invoice, you do not need the rulebook to see it. Add the fee to transportation before you celebrate a base-rate discount.
Several heavy cartons, one address: price parcel and look at LTL. One heavy carton under the parcel limit: it is probably still a parcel.
Dimensions still matter. A heavy and long carton can pick up both fee families.
How it works
- Send a recent UPS or FedEx invoice, or a shipment export with ZIP codes, service, weight, dimensions and charges.
- We compare the same packages and the same service. The price you see is the label price.
- If the numbers work, you ship with UPS or FedEx on our account. Our fee is one cent per label, already included. There is no monthly fee and no contract.
What you pay us
The Shipping Savers fee is $0.01 per purchased label. It is already inside the price on the label. We do not add a monthly membership. Carrier charges, residential fees, fuel, delivery-area fees and other accessorials are part of that label price, not a second bill from us. Read the pricing page for the full explanation.
The only published before-and-after figure on this site is one real shipment: a 10 lb UPS Next Day Air package, 10 × 10 × 10 inches, New York to Los Angeles. It was $35.75 before and $16.78 with The Shipping Savers. That is not a rate for your lane. Your price comes from your own file.
Shopify and ShipStation
You can keep the software you already use to take orders. Shopify stays the store. ShipStation can stay the place where the team buys labels. On ShipStation, our Chrome add-on shows the rate next to the order, including when the order uses third-party billing. See discounted rates inside ShipStation and Shopify shipping rates.
Questions
What counts as heavy?
The carrier's current additional-handling weight threshold, which they publish and change. Send the scale weight. We will not invent a cutoff and call it permanent.
Is there a contract, monthly fee, or minimum volume?
No contract, no monthly fee, and no minimums. The only fee from The Shipping Savers is one cent per label, and it is already included in the price you see.
Do the packages still ship with UPS and FedEx?
Yes. The same UPS and FedEx services, drivers, and tracking. What changes is the account the label is priced on.
How do I get a real price?
Send a recent invoice or a shipment export. We price your packages. We do not publish a table of sample lanes, because a lane that is not yours is not your price.