Distinguish the $, $$, and $$$ benchmark tier, scenario monthly estimate, profile service rate card, display-currency conversion, and accepted contract snapshot.
Who can do this
- Anyone can compare public price signals and profile pricing.
- Only a signed-in client can sign a contract and view its locked relationship pricing.
Before you start
- Use one consistent scenario when comparing monthly estimates.
- Know the services, quantities, pricing drivers, add-ons, and currency that matter to the planned workflow.
Steps
- On Search Results, use $, $$, and $$$ only as relative benchmark tiers across the eligible shippers. The tier is calculated from a configured benchmark scenario and is not a literal number of dollars.
- Apply your typical-case scenario to request Est. cost/month for the entered receiving, fulfillment, and estimated storage pattern. Compare providers using the exact same inputs.
- Open the profile and read Services & Pricing. For each required service, identify whether it is fixed, per selected unit, base plus additional units, or volume-tiered.
- Expand/read volume tiers and included or separately priced subservices. Match the pricing driver to your operating quantity: item, carton, pallet, weight, floor/volume storage, or another displayed unit.
- Read the currency note. Fulfield can display a preferred-currency conversion using live FX, but the shipper pricing currency remains the billing and locked contract currency.
- Review packaging-size definitions where packaging services use small/medium/large categories; the shipper-defined dimensions determine which price applies.
- Before signing, read the Pricing Schedule inside the agreement rather than relying on the result card. If pricing is revised while the agreement is open, the request can be rejected until refreshed terms are reviewed.
- After approval, use the contract detail as the operative pricing snapshot. Later public profile changes do not silently rewrite accepted pricing; changes follow the contract/amendment workflow.
Fields and decisions
- Price Tier is relative and benchmark-based; it is useful for narrowing, not budgeting.
- Estimated monthly cost includes only scenario services that can be evaluated from the provider price configuration. Taxes, carrier postage, unusual handling, optional add-ons, minimums, or missing services may not be represented.
- Fixed means one configured amount for the service. Per-unit means price times its driver. Base-plus-additional includes a base allowance and extra-unit prices. Tiered means the unit rate changes by volume band.
- Display currency is for comprehension. Contract and billing currency are tied to the shipper service configuration even when the converted number is shown.
- Quote or Contact for details means the public profile does not expose a computable amount; it does not mean zero.
- Packaging size names are shipper-specific when definitions are displayed. Do not assume Small means the same dimensions across providers.
Finished when
- You can trace every important estimated amount to a service, pricing model, quantity driver, tier, and currency.
- The contract pricing schedule matches the terms you intend to request.
What this changes
- Changing display currency changes only displayed conversions.
- Signing and shipper approval creates the locked contract pricing snapshot; public comparison does not.
Common problems
The scenario estimate differs from a manual profile calculation.
Check units, pallet status, volume tier, storage model, and whether every required service is included. Treat the contract schedule as authoritative.
A profile says From rather than one price.
Read the base allowance, additional-unit rules, tiers, or subitems that determine the final amount.
Converted display currency changes.
FX display can move. Evaluate the shipper pricing currency and contract snapshot for the actual obligation.
Pricing changed during signature.
Stop, refresh/reopen the profile and agreement, and review every affected price before signing again.
Safety checks
- Do not compare one shipper in native currency with another converted amount without confirming currencies.
- Do not treat a scenario estimate as an invoice forecast or accepted quote.
- Do not sign when a required service shows Quote/Contact unless the intended contract terms are clear.
- Contact support when the agreement pricing schedule cannot be reconciled with the refreshed profile, currency labels conflict, a tier is calculated outside its displayed range, or contract detail differs from the accepted agreement. Include the service, driver, quantity, currency, and contract reference.
Owner: Fulfield Product Support | Content version: 2026.09.01.1 | Last verified: 2026-09-01