Quotes

Quotes are shipping options with different prices depending on the promise of time to deliver. Prices may differ depending on the area/city .

You can choose from 3 types of Quotes that depend on each city. If you are a company with less than 100 deliveries a day, you are most likely to use these available fares to create a delivery in our system.

Note: There are fares previously arranged with certain companies that will be generated automatically when a delivery is created using this endpoint . Learn more about contracts and covenants with companies that have specific operation rules and volume contacting to our team at http://shippify.co

Types of Quotes

There are 3 types of Quotations you can choose that will have different prices, pickup and delivery scheduled times.

Flex

This type of rate divides the day into two parts by half a cut-off time:

  • When a task is created before the cut-off time.

  • When a task is created after the cut-off time.

For both cases different configurations can be made regarding the day and time the task will be scheduled, the most popular ones are:

Flex same day

  • When a task is created before the cut-off time, the task is scheduled for the same day.

  • When a task is created after the cutoff time, the task is scheduled for the next business day.

Flex next day

  • When a task is created before the cutoff time, the task is scheduled for the next day.

  • When a task is created after the cutoff time, the task is scheduled two business days in the future.

Express

This rate type sets the earliest possible pickup time, and only that can be chosen.

Regular

This rate type provides the user with several time windows from which they can choose one to create their task. A date/time of the user's choice can also be provided.