# ShipMint

> ShipMint is an AI-supported parcel spend management platform headquartered in Raleigh, NC. It combines automated invoice auditing, carrier contract benchmarking, real-time shipping analytics, and pre-negotiated carrier rates to help e-commerce brands reduce shipping costs across UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, OnTrac, and other regional and last-mile carriers.

## Company
- Founded by Brandon Staton, a logistics industry veteran with 17+ years of experience in carrier operations, rate negotiation, and logistics technology
- Brandon Staton has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg on parcel shipping topics
- Headquartered at 421 N Harrington St, Ste 350, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Website: https://goshipmint.com

## What ShipMint Does
ShipMint serves mid-market shippers (2,000 to 200,000+ packages/month) who need enterprise-level shipping intelligence without enterprise-level resources. The platform gives brands complete control over their parcel shipping costs.

## Core Capabilities
- **Instant Parcel Analysis**: Upload one carrier invoice (CSV from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, OnTrac, or any other supported carrier) and receive a complete cost benchmark in under 60 seconds. No integrations or setup required.
- **Automated Invoice Auditing**: 6-category scanning (late delivery, lost package, void labels, duplicate charges, surcharge errors, DIM weight disputes) with automated claims filing via carrier APIs.
- **Carrier Contract Intelligence**: Benchmarking against 5 standardized market segments with automated agreement parsing. Identifies variances between billed rates and contracted terms across all supported carriers.
- **Shipping Dashboard & Analytics**: Real-time KPI cards, service breakdowns, trend charts, surcharge analysis, and interactive shipping maps powered by BigQuery.
- **EasyRate Pre-Negotiated Rates**: Access to ShipMint's portfolio of pre-negotiated carrier shipping rates with demonstrated average savings of 28.5%. No volume commitments or contract switching required.
- **AI Agent (Coming Soon)**: Natural language queries on shipping data with strategy playbook generation, trained on parcel supply chain intelligence.
- **Report Builder**: Branded, shareable reports with granular filtering and Excel exports.

## Carrier Support
- Full platform support: UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, OnTrac, UPS Mail Innovations
- Additional support for most regional and last-mile carriers used by e-commerce businesses
- Capabilities include: invoice analysis, agreement parsing, rate benchmarking, automated claims filing, and rate comparison

## Pricing
- Free Trial: 14-day full Professional platform access, no credit card required
- Professional: Starting at $499/month (dashboards, auditing, reports)
- Advanced: Starting at $2,499/month (adds AI Agent, contract intelligence, agreement parsing, market benchmarking)
- Enterprise: Custom pricing (dedicated specialist, managed carrier negotiations, custom integrations)
- EasyRate: Separate product for immediate rate improvement, no minimum volume

## Key Differentiators
- Technology-first platform vs. traditional shipping consultants who deliver static PDF reports
- Transparent pricing and data — no black-box algorithms or hidden fees
- Built specifically for mid-market shippers underserved by enterprise solutions
- ShipMint customers typically pay 16% less for the same shipping services
- No lock-in: free trial, cancel anytime, all data is exportable

## Resource Center
ShipMint publishes educational content on parcel shipping at https://goshipmint.com/resources/ covering topics including:
- How parcel pricing works (published rates, negotiated rates, rate tables)
- Carrier surcharges (DIM weight, fuel, residential, DAS, additional handling, oversize)
- UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, OnTrac, and regional carrier service guides
- Invoice auditing and billing error recovery
- Carrier contract negotiation strategies
- Annual General Rate Increase (GRI) analysis

## Links
- Platform Overview: https://goshipmint.com/platform/
- Pricing: https://goshipmint.com/pricing/
- Resource Center: https://goshipmint.com/resources/
- About: https://goshipmint.com/about/
- Free Analysis: https://optimize.goshipmint.com/login
- Contact: https://goshipmint.com/contact/