All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. Do you ship? Get the refunds you deserve! Sign up, sit back, get paid. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes What are UPS Fuel Surcharges Did you know that each UPS package you send has a published rate and an additional fuel surcharge not included in the published rate? What is UPS Hundredweight? Tags: fuel surcharge ups. Brian Gibbs President of Refund Retriever Brian Gibbs founded Refund Retriever in while running his first eBay-based business and seeing the shortcomings of other shipment auditing companies.
How Refund Retriever Works. For Express services, Fedex charges from 5. For FedEx Express shipments, the related fuel surcharge is assessed on the net package rate plus applicable transportation-related surcharges. The current FedEx fuel surcharge can be found here. Surcharges account for a major part of shipping costs.
You may not be able to negotiate every surcharge, but you can work to eliminate them. Enlist the help of a shipment audit service to perform a comprehensive, automatic audit of individual accessorial charges to ensure accuracy. Leverage the advanced systems and experienced negotiators Share a Refund uses to analyze and negotiate pricing agreements for some of the largest companies in the world.
Surcharges are like quicksand. Share a Refund keeps shippers from sinking. As the third-party bill-to, the seller is neither the shipper nor receiver, but is paying the shipping charges. However, there are several other service fees that you may see. A general rule of thumb to always remember: if your shipment needs services that require extra effort from the carrier, there is probably an associated charge.
Most importantly, a thorough knowledge of the basics can help identify how they will impact your business based on your unique shipping needs. By understanding how these fees impact your shipping spend, you can create a better plan of action for both your shipping operations and your pricing strategy.
Oversized surcharges When it comes to parcel shipping, oversized shipment charges often lead the way in expensive fees. FedEx has three separate fees for larger shipments, and each has a different set of criteria. Oversized — Applies if your package exceeds 96 inches in length or inches in length and girth combined.
Unauthorized — Applies if your package exceeds inches in length, inches in length and girth combined, or pounds in weight. Additional Handling — Applies if your package exceeds 48 inches in length, 30 inches in width, and inches in length and girth combined; or if your packages weighs more than 50 pounds domestic or 70 pounds international.
Large Package — Applies if your package exceeds 96 inches in length or inches in length and girth combined. Additional Handling — Applies if your package exceeds 48 inches in length, 30 inches in width, or inches in length and girth combined; or if your package weighs more than 50 pounds domestic or 70 pounds international. Over Maximum Limits — Applies if your package exceeds pounds in weight, inches in length, or inches in length and girth combined.
Peak surcharges There are certain times when U. Without a plan to stay ahead of these fluctuating costs, it could be difficult to stay ahead of your shipping budget.
This knowledge can help shippers better plan for these costs and build a smarter budget. If you want to master the ins and outs of your parcel shipping costs, keep reading for a breakdown of UPS fuel fees and what you can do about it.
For protection against the fast fluctuations of the gasoline and diesel fuel market, carriers not just UPS tack a fuel surcharge onto invoices. These are calculated after the initial quote and apply to UPS's ground- and air-based parcel transportation services.
While your fuel surcharge will show up as a single line item on invoices, the total fee comes from multiple sources.
The fuel surcharge covers fuel costs for transportation services e. Many shippers wonder why UPS doesn't add fuel costs into the initial quote. The answer is simple: Fuel prices change too fast and frequently for UPS to know fuel costs for shipments that could be days or weeks away. Also, consider that some shipments change on-the-fly — UPS may need to add a fuel surcharge for Additional Handling, signature requirements or other required services left out at the time of booking.
Instead of calculating its fuel surcharge by EIA's exact fuel costs, UPS built a tier-based system that prescribes a surcharge based on fuel price ranges. Basically, the higher the "bracket" fuel prices fall within, the higher the surcharge percentage. For those trying to nail down exact costs, there could be hope for at least some of your fast-moving shipments. UPS bases fuel surcharges on average fuel prices from two weeks before the shipment.
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