Services for Business Customers – Price Calculator, API & Discounts

When each service pays off

The price calculator pays off from the very first consignment: it returns a fixed price without registration and without a follow-up call, and it shows the economy and express price side by side. That removes the classic quotation process, which traditionally costs half a day in freight forwarding. For occasional shippers this is usually all that is needed.

From around ten consignments a month the calculation shifts towards high-volume shipper rates. Not only because of price: a framework agreement secures fixed terms without individual negotiation, prioritised capacity at peak times and a dedicated contact who knows your consignment profile. In seasonal peaks in particular — tyre changeovers in spring and autumn, trade fair periods, the run-up to Christmas — guaranteed capacity is often worth more than the discount.

The API integration becomes interesting as soon as booking itself turns into a workload. Anyone generating consignments daily from a shop or ERP system saves not only time but avoids transcription errors in addresses and dimensions — the most common cause of additional charges and failed delivery attempts. High-volume rates and the interface combine: bookings placed through the API are automatically billed at the agreed special rates.

All three services build on the same consignment record, so they combine without extra effort. A framework agreement changes the rates the calculator applies; the API places bookings against those same rates; and the tracking link stays identical regardless of how the consignment was created. That matters in practice: shipping departments rarely use one channel exclusively, and a consignment booked through the interface should be traceable by a colleague who only ever opens the web form.