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March 15, 2026 · Dalean Barnett

New: weight-based pricing rules

Pass fuel surcharges and other variable costs through to your customers automatically — without rebuilding your rate sheet every time the market moves.

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Fuel costs swing. Air freight rates change. Customs duties get reweighted. And every time one of those numbers shifts, couriers running on flat per-package pricing are stuck eating the difference — or rebuilding their rate sheet by hand.

Weight-based pricing rules fix that.

How it works

You configure a rule once: a base rate, a per-unit weight rate, and any surcharges you want to pass through. Courier Connect handles the math on every package automatically.

Base rate:         $5.00 per package
Weight rate:       $1.20 per lb (over 2 lbs)
Fuel surcharge:    8% of total

A 5 lb package on that rule charges:

$5.00 + (3 × $1.20) = $8.60
$8.60 × 1.08 (fuel) = $9.29 final

No formulas in spreadsheets. No copy-paste between systems. The customer sees the full breakdown on their invoice, and your team sees the same in the package detail.

What you can do with it

  • Pass fuel surcharges directly to customers — adjust the percentage when fuel moves, every future package gets the new rate
  • Tier by weight band — different per-pound rates for 0–5, 5–20, 20+
  • Apply rules per rate group — different pricing for retail vs. wholesale customers, partner programs, or special routes
  • Stack surcharges — fuel + air handling + customs prep, all on one configurable rule

Why this matters

For most of our customers, fuel was the biggest unpriced variable in their operation. They knew it was eating margin but the cost of changing rates every quarter was higher than just absorbing it.

This makes it trivial. Update one number; every future invoice carries it. The rules are versioned, so packages priced before a rate change keep their original pricing — no retroactive surprises for customers.

If you're already on the platform, look for Pricing → Rate Rules in the new admin. If you'd like a walkthrough, hit us up at info@postagelogistics.com.