Shipping orchestration platform

Every parcel, orchestrated. From first mile to last.

One platform runs the whole lifecycle of a parcel: rule-based carrier routing, labels in 0.5 seconds natively and in 2–5 seconds when a carrier's API is in the loop, hub consolidation, normalised tracking and managed billing. Operators configure the rules once; V-TER Ship applies them to every shipment automatically.

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0.5s Native label generation
500K+ Parcels a week on a starting setup
99.9% Parcel accuracy
The V-TER Ship dashboard: parcels created today, yesterday and over the last seven days, above a thirty-day parcels-summary chart.
How it works

Configure once. Every parcel follows the path.

From registration to delivery, each parcel moves through a strictly controlled sequence. Nothing depends on a manual decision per shipment.

Registration

A parcel enters from wherever the order lives

Created in the UI, through the REST API, from a CSV/XLSX file in a standard or custom format with column-to-attribute mapping, by SFTP batch, or imported straight from a marketplace. Outbound and return parcels alike, including returns linked to an outbound parcel already in the system.

  • Address validation and geocoding on entry
  • Hub Detection rules assign the hub automatically
  • Creation validation rules block incomplete data at the point of entry
Routing

The rules pick the carrier, not an operator

Prioritised routing rules check weight, dimensions, destination country, ZIP range, parcel category, description keywords, incoterm, shipper and shipping solution, and select the carrier and service. Least Cost Routing can decide between eligible options.

  • Custom shipping solutions keep the underlying carrier invisible to the shipper
  • Geo zones group countries and ZIP codes so rate cards need no per-country rules
  • Multiple credential sets per carrier, by shipper, hub or shipping solution
Labels

Two label modes, so the hub never waits

A native label renders in 0.5 seconds through the API, the UI or a batch. A carrier-issued label takes 2–5 seconds, the difference being the carrier's API response time. Where the carrier label is not yet available, an internal system label lets physical processing start immediately.

  • Proprietary rendering to official carrier specifications where the carrier provides no label API
  • Batch printing for any parcel selection
  • All major thermal and document formats
Hub processing

Scan, accept, consolidate, hand over

The hub operator scans the parcel and sees all of its data; the status moves to Accepted. Parcels are consolidated into Parcel Groups; closing a group signals readiness for carrier handover, with optional carrier-side manifesting. Shippers can also create groups for consolidations handled outside system hubs.

  • Undeliverables interface: reason recorded, parcel flagged as returning to the shipper
  • Bulk operations: overwrite, recreate, mass-cancel, batch-print, export to CSV
  • Every action logged with user attribution
Tracking

One event set across every carrier

Statuses arrive from carriers in any format over SFTP, API or webhooks and are normalised into a unified set of system events. End recipients get e-mail notifications configurable by status, shipper, country, carrier and other parcel attributes.

  • Destination Address Successors remember corrected addresses and reuse them next time
  • Public tracking pages branded per operator
  • API request logs searchable by tracking number or shipper reference
Duties, taxes and billing

Cleared, paid and invoiced without leaving the platform

For DDU shipments the T&D module uses HSCodifi to determine the HS code from item descriptions or images, calculates duties and taxes, and holds the parcel at the hub until the recipient pays through a payment gateway. Rate cards apply to every operation automatically; the Invoice Planner issues invoices on schedule.

  • Billing trigger rules define when and how each rate card applies
  • Surcharges such as fuel or handling layered on top
  • Electronic pre-declaration through customs systems (ACP and equivalents)
Capabilities

A rules engine with the whole operational stack around it

Routing, billing and validation logic are configured, not coded. Everything else a first- or last-mile operator needs is already in the platform.

Integration

Plug into the stack you already run.

  • REST API

    Full programmatic access: parcel creation, tracking, management and label retrieval.

  • FTP / SFTP

    Batch data exchange: parcel import, tracking event export, carrier invoice upload.

  • Marketplace import

    Direct order ingestion from e-commerce platforms, each order becoming a parcel ready to route.

  • Customs systems

    Native connectivity to ACP and equivalent systems for electronic pre-declaration and automated clearance.

Rules

The logic that removes manual decisions.

  • Intelligent routing

    Prioritised rules over weight, dimensions, country, ZIP, category, keywords, incoterm and more.

  • Carrier credential rules

    Several credential sets per carrier under different shippers, hubs or shipping solutions.

  • Return address rules

    Return addresses assigned automatically by shipper, hub, carrier or destination country.

  • Validation rules

    Field-level checks by shipper, hub, carrier and other parameters, applied at creation.

Operations

What the hub and the support desk work in every day.

  • Dual-label mode

    An internal label lets the hub process a parcel before the carrier label exists.

  • Parcel Groups

    Consolidation at the hub or outside it, with optional carrier-side manifesting on close.

  • Address book

    Recipient addresses stored for reuse, with CSV/XLSX import and export.

  • Reporting

    General parcel report, acceptance report, undeliverables report.

  • Role-based access

    Granular roles for the operator, from Super Admin to Hub Worker, and for shippers.

Money and compliance

Every stage controlled, transparent and billable.

  • T&D module

    AI HS code prediction, duty and tax calculation, parcel held until paid, full transaction audit trail.

  • Managed billing

    Versioned rate cards in several formats, surcharges, Invoice Planner, carrier invoice reconciliation.

  • Audit trail

    Who did what to which parcel, and every API request with method, code, URI and timing.

Technical documentation

Integrate against the API reference, not a PDF.

V-TER Ship is API-first: what the UI does, the REST API does too. The public reference documents every endpoint with its request and response schemas, and it lives on the example environment, next to a running system.

Open the API documentation → Public reference on the example environment, no account needed.

  • Parcels

    Create, update, cancel and query parcels, one at a time or in batches.

  • Labels

    Retrieve the carrier label or the native render in the formats the hub prints.

  • Tracking

    Read the normalised event set of any parcel, the same across every carrier.

  • Batches

    Create parcels and request their labels in bulk through the batch endpoint, rather than one call per parcel.

Why it pays

Built for operators who need more than parcel handover

Every stage of the operation becomes controlled, transparent and billable, with a depth of configurability off-the-shelf TMS products do not reach.

Single point of control

  • The full parcel lifecycle, from registration to delivery, in one interface
  • Custom shipping solutions keep carrier selection flexible and invisible to the shipper
  • A complete audit trail of every action: who, when, which parcel

Operational accuracy

  • Routing rules eliminate manual carrier selection and the errors that come with it
  • Address normalisation and Destination Address Successors cut delivery failures
  • Validation rules stop incomplete or incorrect parcels at the point of entry

Managed billing

  • Precise per-operation billing removes disputes with shippers
  • Invoices on a schedule replace manual month-end work at any volume
  • Carrier invoices reconciled against what was actually shipped
In the V-TER ecosystem

V-TER Ship runs on its own. It runs better connected.

Every V-TER platform shares one data layer and one API, so connecting two of them is configuration, not an integration project. Here is what each one does for V-TER Ship.

Rate cards, least cost and invoicing

V-TER Ship Billing

Rate cards, surcharges and the Invoice Planner run inside V-TER Ship: every parcel event that should be billed becomes a transaction, with no spreadsheet in between.

Explore V-TER Ship Billing Carrier connectivity API

Last Mile Connect

Every carrier V-TER Ship routes to is reached through Last Mile Connect: one API for booking, labels and tracking across 200+ carriers, new ones added by configuration.

Visit Last Mile Connect (dedicated site) Customs compliance AI

HSCodifi

The T&D module calls HSCodifi on every DDU parcel: HS code from the item description or image, duties and taxes calculated, and the parcel held at the hub until the recipient has paid.

Visit HSCodifi (dedicated site) Warehouse management

Fulfillment WMS

Pack confirmation in Fulfillment WMS creates the parcel in V-TER Ship with weight and dimensions already captured, so label and carrier are settled before the box leaves the packing station.

Explore Fulfillment WMS Hub-to-hub network management

V-TER Linehaul

Closed Parcel Groups become bags and pallets in V-TER Linehaul, so the hub-to-hub leg, its customs gating and every departure scan stay on the same parcel record.

Explore V-TER Linehaul Reverse logistics

V-TER Returns

A return created in V-TER Returns is linked to the outbound parcel already in V-TER Ship, and its label is issued through the same carrier network.

Explore V-TER Returns White-label parcel forwarding

EasyForward

EasyForward operators create and route their forwarding shipments through V-TER Ship: their rate cards, their carrier rules, the label printed in the warehouse.

Explore EasyForward
Who it is for

First mile, last mile, and everything between

The platform adapts to the operational model of each company, from the routing rule set to the branding of its public tracking pages.

First-mile logistics operators

Hubs and consolidators receiving parcels from online stores and handing them off to last-mile carriers.

3PL/4PL companies and postal operators

Parcel flows from multiple shippers across several hubs, with separate billing per client.

E-commerce platforms

Direct control over label generation and tracking for parcels created from customer orders.

Operators with customs operations

DDU shipments that need duties and taxes calculated automatically and collected from the recipient.

FAQ

Common questions

Hours for a first connection. V-TER Ship connects to your existing marketplaces and carriers, and V-TER's team handles the carrier mapping; you validate the rules and the output. A standard onboarding then covers hub and shipper configuration, routing rules, carrier credentials, testing of booking, label, tracking and billing, and a phased go-live without interrupting current operations.

A native label, one V-TER Ship renders itself, takes 0.5 seconds per parcel through the API. A label issued by the carrier's own API takes 2–5 seconds: that wait is the carrier's response time, a third-party dependency V-TER Ship cannot shorten. For bulk runs the batch endpoint takes the parcels in one go instead of one call each, and the internal system label keeps the hub moving while carrier labels are still being issued.

V-TER Ship keeps a carrier fallback queue. If a primary carrier's API is unavailable, the system can re-route to a pre-configured fallback carrier or hold parcels in a pending queue with operator alerts. No parcel is silently dropped.

Yes. A return can be created as a standalone parcel or linked to an outbound parcel already in the system, with return addresses assigned automatically by rule. For a full reverse-logistics operation, with a consumer portal and hub inspection, V-TER Returns runs on the same data layer.

Whatever the operation needs on day one. T&D, the Invoice Planner and Geo Zones are activated as needed, and the platform runs standalone or alongside Last Mile Connect, Fulfillment WMS, HSCodifi and V-TER Returns without additional integration work.

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Replace manual processes with one automated platform.

Test V-TER Ship on 10–20 parcels and see the difference for yourself: routing without decisions, labels without waiting, and billing that closes itself.

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