These billing types control who is financially responsible for shipping costs when labels are created. ShipWise lets you configure them per shipment, rule, or integration.
Billing types:
- Prepaid
- Recipient
- Collect
- Cash on Delivery (COD)
- Third Party
Prepaid Billing
Prepaid billing is the most commonly used method and is the default billing type in ShipWise.
Shipments made through the Web App or On-Premises are billed to the shipper's carrier account or debited from their existing account balance.
Recipient Billing
With Recipient billing, shipments are billed ot the customer's carrier account.
Shipments made through the software are billed to the recipient's carrier account. Recipients must have a carrier account number that can be entered at the time of shipment by the shipper.
Carrier account number is required.
Collect billing
With Collect billing, shipments are billed to the customer's carrier collect account.
- Primarily used for Business-to-Business (B2B) shipping.
- Receiving party must have an existing carrier Collect account.
- Collect billing does not require the recipient to provide an account number at time of shipment.
- If a shipment is shipped with Collect and the recipient's account is not a Collect account or the recipient does not have a carrier account, the shipment cost will default back to the Shipper.
Cash on Delivery (COD) Billing
With COD billing, shipment costs are collected from the recipient by the delivery driver at time of delivery.
COD is supported by some carriers directly
Please note: COD is not supported by ShipWise.
Third Party Billing
With Third Party billing, shipment costs are billed to a 3rd party that is neither the shipper or the recipient.
- Third Party billing is common where the shipper may be fulfilling for a larger company.
- Shipping cost may have already been collected by the 3rd Party at time of sale.
- The Third Party company may use its leverage with the carrier to negotiate better rates for its shipments.
- If a Third Party fails to pay the shipment cost it wlll be billed back to the default account it was shipped with.
In ShipWise, Third Party billing can be used for individual orders during the shipping process or applied automatically with trigged under specified conditions.
ShipWise only supports Third Party shipping from the following carriers:
- FedEx
- UPS
- DHL Express
Required information for Third Party Billing for each carrier:
- FedEx: The account number and the billing address for the account.
- UPS: The account number and the billing zip code for the account.
- DHL Express: The account name and the account number.
More Information:
A detailed overview of how to use Third Party Shipping in ShipWise can be found here: Third Party Billing in ShipWise
