Guides
How 3PL billing works, what goes wrong on an invoice, and how to get the money back.
Guides
- How to turn a 3PL quote into a rate card you can audit againstA 3PL quote is written to sell. A rate card is written to check invoices. How to rewrite one as the other: units, tiers, free allowances, minimums and exclusions.Read
- Seven 3PL billing errors you can find from the invoice aloneDuplicates, arithmetic errors, new fees, creeping surcharges and spikes show up in the invoice itself. How to find each one, and what proof to send your 3PL.Read
- Minimums, peak windows and dispute windows: the contract terms that decide your creditThree contract terms decide whether a disputed 3PL charge comes back: how the minimum is billed, when peak surcharges may apply, and how long you have to dispute.Read
- What is a 3PL invoice audit?A 3PL invoice audit checks every line of a fulfilment invoice against the contract and your own order records. What it checks, what it finds, what it costs, and how to run one.Read
- How to dispute 3PL charges (and actually get the credit)The dispute window, the evidence and the letter decide whether a wrong 3PL charge comes back. Find the error, prove it from the contract, write the dispute, track the credit.Read
- 3PL accessorial fees: the complete list, and how to check each oneEvery extra fee on a 3PL invoice beyond pick, pack and storage: carrier surcharges passed through and warehouse extras, each with its trigger, its invoice names and how to check it.Read
- DIM weight explained: how dimensional pricing inflates a 3PL billDIM weight is the carrier's size-based weight, and you pay whichever is greater. The divisors FedEx, UPS and USPS publish, how wrong item-master dimensions repeat on every order, and how to check.Read
- 3PL invoice audit services compared: Feeproof, Implentio, ThreeTracks, WareAudit, FreightOpticsFive services check 3PL invoices, at published prices from $59 to $1,000+ a month. What each publishes about its price, what it needs to start, what you get, and who it is built for.Read
- Implentio alternative: Feeproof vs Implentio for 3PL invoice auditingCompare Implentio ($1,000+/mo enterprise platform, API integration, multi-week onboarding) with Feeproof ($59-$299/mo flat SaaS, instant file upload, zero API logins).Read
- WareAudit alternative: Feeproof vs WareAudit for 3PL invoice auditingCompare WareAudit ($149-$599/mo, ShipBob/ShipHero API tokens, paid dispute add-on) with Feeproof ($59-$299/mo, universal CSV/PDF support, included dispute letters).Read
3PL invoice audits
- Fulfyld invoice auditWhat Fulfyld's published price list says, and five things to check on every Fulfyld invoice: extra picks, storage tiers, returns, receiving hours and fees outside the list.Read
- Simpl Fulfillment invoice auditWhat Simpl Fulfillment's published pricing says, and what to check on every Simpl invoice: per-order rates by weight, the $750 pay-the-difference minimum and fees that should not appear.Read
- ShipBob invoice auditWhat ShipBob's published rates say, and nine checks that follow from its own rules: six invoice types, per-WRO receiving, URO daily fees, storage pro-rated by the day and a 90-day correction window.Read
- ShipMonk invoice auditShipMonk publishes its billing machinery, not a rate card: daily accrual, twice-monthly invoices, 10 PM storage snapshots and Period Adjustments. Six checks that come out of its own rules.Read
- ShipHero invoice auditShipHero publishes a bundle, not a rate card: one flat per-order rate with pick, pack, box and postage inside, and no zone pricing. Ten checks at the bundle's edges.Read
- Radial invoice auditRadial publishes no rates at all, so the contract's rate exhibit is the price list. Checks from its published Fast Track and Payment Solutions terms, and what to demand in the exhibit.Read
- Stord invoice auditStord publishes no prices, but its terms publish clocks and caps: disputes waived after the due date, increases accepted after 30 days of silence, storage in full months from custody. Nine checks from those rules.Read
- DCL Logistics invoice auditDCL publishes its billing machinery in detail: a numbered invoice skeleton, twice-monthly freight under GF01/GF02/GF03 codes, and a Non-Optimal Node Fee with a published condition. Nine checks.Read
- J&J Global Fulfilment invoice auditJ&J publishes no prices at all, so the Proposal is the rate card. Nine checks from its UK Terms: four price-increase routes, a January CPI uplift, claims that can close in 14 days and a liability cap of the lower of 25% of spend or £20,000.Read
- Bigblue (UK) invoice auditWhat Bigblue's UK pricing publishes in GBP, and eleven checks: pack rates by plan and shipping warehouse, a minimum fee that is a floor and not an extra line, the 2026 peak windows and a six-week deadline after which an invoice is deemed accepted.Read
- Hive invoice auditHive publishes its billing machinery, not its prices. Ten checks from the GTCs and Claims Policy: claims under 2% rolled into the next invoice, the EUR 85-per-pallet disposal rate, a 2.5% customs advance commission and damage claims that close in four days.Read
- byrd invoice auditbyrd publishes a pricing structure and a storage formula, not a price list. Nine checks: the Article 6 Ratio that can raise storage by up to 100%, three increase tracks with different rights, a EUR 100 non-DDP fee and hidden-damage claims that close in three days.Read
- Red Stag Fulfillment invoice auditWhat Red Stag Fulfillment's published 100% guarantees say, and nine checks that follow: heavy parcel thresholds, floor-loaded container fees, mixed-SKU sortation and a 30-day dispute clock.Read
- Flexport (Deliverr) invoice auditFlexport publishes bundled fulfillment tiers, not line rates: multi-unit discounts, automated Cubiscan tier bumps, 3x peak Q4 storage and aged inventory surcharges. Eight checks.Read
- Quiet Logistics invoice auditQuiet Logistics publishes high-touch apparel rules: base order fees, multi-tier unit picks, 3-grade return inspections, uncataloged VAS hourly labor and monthly minimum floors.Read
- Fulfillment.com invoice auditFulfillment.com publishes global direct-response terms: monthly active SKU maintenance, receiving dock rescheduling fees, address correction markups and a strict 15-day dispute window.Read
- Huboo invoice auditWhat Huboo publishes across the UK and Europe: monthly micro-hub subscriptions, Euro-pallet storage, UK VAT on commercial carrier shipping and post-Brexit customs documentation.Read
- Ryder E-commerce invoice auditWhat Ryder E-commerce (formerly Whiplash) publishes for omnichannel brands: retail EDI compliance prep, UCC-128 labeling, hourly VAS labor tracking and a 30-day dispute waiver.Read