Parcel Consolidation & Zone Skipping To Slash Shipping Costs
The new way to scale DTC. Save 20-40% on your parcel shipping costs — without having to outsource fulfillment or invest in costly systems.
Parcel Shipping Costs Are Out of Control
Did you know the average direct-to-consumer brand spends 12-15% of revenue on small parcel shipping? Shipping these orders long distance is extremely costly, and can totally erode profits. Even the best supply chain planning capabilities can’t prevent this entirely.
Rising Costs
Parcel fulfillment costs keep getting higher, and long-distance shipments increase these costs dramatically.
Adding Complexity
More sales channels and supply risk leads to inventory imbalances and expensive long-distance shipments.
Customer Expectations
Many consumers expect fast & free shipping, raising the bar for businesses to compete in eCommerce.
FlexChain’s Zone Skipping Solution
Zone Skipping is a logistics process that batches and ships long-distance shipments as LTL/FTL to a warehouse near your end customers. From there, your preferred parcel carriers handle the final delivery as local shipments, resulting in 20-40% savings. FlexChain's proprietary technology optimizes this process in just a few minutes, while our network of carriers and strategically placed warehouses handle all middle-mile logistics seamlessly. The best part? We integrate with your existing operations, allowing you to continue using your preferred parcel carriers and shipping on your own accounts. You won’t find such a turnkey, end-to-end solution anywhere else!
Here’s how our solution works:
Step 1: You Send Shipment Details
Basic company, warehouse, and product information.
Step 2: We Analyze Your Data
Identify opportunities to combine and ship packages by LTL/FTL/Air to warehouses near your customers, then hand off to preferred carriers for local delivery.
Step 3: We Build Detailed Load Plans
For you to review and approve optimized shipments, with line-level view of costs and estimated savings for each to inform decisions.
Step 4: We Handle Middle-Mile Logistics
From your warehouse to the parcel carrier warehouse, ensuring seamless delivery with end-to-end visibility.
Step 5: You Enjoy Savings
Guaranteed, or we don’t get paid.
And our results speak for themselves.
See our solution in action—how we instantly transform a client’s 763 parcel shipments out of Northern California into 5 zone skip loads, saving them 38%
Curious what your business could save? Try our calculator.
Provide some basic details about your shipments to see an estimate of the potential savings you can achieve with our zone skipping service. These estimates are based primarily on the information you provide and are meant to give you a general idea of your potential savings. For a more detailed and personalized analysis, schedule a demo with us.
Exclude surcharges.
Average weight of your parcels in pounds. Must be between 0 and 150 lbs.
Percent of your parcel shipments traveling 600+ miles (Zone 5-9).
High Impact Use Cases
Streamline National Carrier Shipments
Reduce shipping costs and transit times by leveraging optimized middle-mile zone skipping with FedEx, UPS, and USPS networks.
Regional Parcel Carrier Injections
Easily access regional parcel carrier networks (OnTrac, LSO, CDL, etc.) that are otherwise out of range for savings up to 40%.
International & Crossborder Parcel
Avoid hefty shipping markups and per-unit customs processing by batching international parcels for local hub delivery.
FlexChain’s Commitment to You
We work with your supply chain. Ship from your warehouse with your carriers.
Our solutions are technology-backed and good for businesses of any size.
Efficiency
Cost Savings
Comprehensive solution. Quick implementation. No tricky software.
Save up to 40% per year on parcel shipping costs right away.
Scalability
Control
Frequently Asked Questions
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We work entirely around your existing setup. Our custom API makes it easy to receive shipment data from your TMS/WMS, and we also support SFTP and flatfile integrations.
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Yes! Through our tracking interface, you and your customers can track zone skip loads and their associated parcels from the moment they leave your warehouse.
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We support any and all parcel carriers you use or wish to use, national, regional, and global. And we can ship either using your negotiated rates or ours.
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Yes, we can handle zone skip loads as air shipments and then directly inject to carrier warehouses.
Ready to Transform Your Parcel Shipping?
No more over-priced long distance shipments. Take your fulfillment to the next level with FlexChain as your dedicated partner and start saving today.