For Brands · Cost visibility
Real shipment cost, in real time.
Most 3PLs don't know a shipment's real margin until the carrier invoice lands weeks later. RocketFuel reads carrier cost at label generation and deducts it — plus your markup — in real time, so cost and margin are visible per shipment.
Know the cost when it ships, not at month-end.
- The carrier invoice True cost arrives weeks late.
- Month-end margin math Profit is a guess until then.
- Per-shipment blind spots No cost signal at label time.
The New Normal
- Cost at label time
- Margin per shipment
- No month-end surprises
What you can see per shipment.
- Real-time deduction Carrier cost is read at label generation and deducted from the balance immediately — including your markup.
- Margin per shipment See profitability on every shipment, not in a quarterly review. Thin-priced customers surface immediately.
- Ledger-backed history Every shipment and adjustment recorded with the resulting balance. Answer "why is this balance what it is?" any time.
- Markup applied live Your rate rules resolve at label time, so the number you see already reflects what the customer pays.
- WMS-agnostic Sits on top of 100+ WMS and shipping APIs — no warehouse workflow change to get the cost signal.
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Recharge Meter
Per-shipment cost visibility is built into the Recharge Meter — it reads carrier cost at label generation and deducts it (with your markup) in real time, recorded to a ledger.
Frequently asked questions
How does RocketFuel know the carrier cost?
It reads the label purchase price directly from your WMS or shipping platform at label generation — the same number the carrier will bill — so the cost you see is the real one, not an estimate.
Does the cost include my markup?
Yes. Your markup rules resolve at label time, so the deducted amount already reflects cost plus markup. Margin is visible per shipment, not reconstructed at month-end.
What happens when a carrier adjustment changes the cost later?
The adjustment reconciles automatically and re-runs through your markup, then applies to the balance — so the per-shipment record stays accurate after the fact.
See it run on your operation.
30-minute live demo. We'll walk through your billing model and run the math on your last 90 days.