By ShipTime
Bring Your Own Rates, (BYOR), is an enterprise shipping approach that allows businesses to use their existing courier contracts within a unified logistics platform.
For many high-volume shippers, courier pricing is negotiated over time based on volume commitments, regional density, and service-level requirements. These agreements are often strong on specific lanes but limited in flexibility. BYOR ensures those negotiated rates remain intact while eliminating the need to manage shipping across multiple carrier systems.
With ShipTime, businesses can connect their own courier accounts and surface those contracted rates alongside additional national and cross-border options in a single workflow. This creates a hybrid shipping model where each shipment can be routed based on cost, service level, and delivery requirements rather than being constrained to one carrier or rate source.
As this case study shows, BYOR is not about replacing enterprise contracts. It is about giving logistics teams more control, better visibility, and the ability to adapt shipping decisions as volume, geography, and demand evolve.
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The business operates multiple fulfillment locations across Canada and ships high volumes of parcel shipments daily. Like many enterprise shippers, they had negotiated strong courier contracts with preferred national couriers.
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However, they faced several challenges:
– Courier contracts were optimized for specific lanes, not every shipment
– Certain regions and service levels were overpriced under existing agreements
– Teams relied on separate courier portals to manage labels, tracking, and reporting
– Falling back to ad hoc courier accounts created inconsistent processes
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The result was higher average cost per shipment and limited visibility across shipping operations.
Rather than replacing existing courier contracts, the business needed a way to extend them.
A hybrid Bring Your Own Rates (BYOR) model allowed them to:
– Keep using negotiated courier rates where they performed best
– Supplement gaps with ShipTime discounted rates where coverage or pricing fell short
– Manage all shipments through a single shipping platform
This approach avoided the risk of consolidating too much volume with one courier while preserving flexibility and leverage.
ShipTime enables businesses to securely connect their own courier accounts alongside ShipTime discounted rates.
Within one platform, the business could:
– Connect enterprise courier accounts using BYOR
– Compare BYOR rates and ShipTime rates side by side
– Select the most cost-effective service per shipment
– Maintain consistent label creation, tracking, and reporting
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The platform dynamically (unless disabled) displays available options for every shipment without forcing teams to choose one rate source exclusively.
After implementing BYOR within ShipTime, the business saw immediate operational improvements.
By routing shipments through the best available rate per lane, the business reduced average shipping costs without renegotiating contracts.
ShipTime rates filled gaps where enterprise contracts were less competitive, particularly for regional deliveries and specific service levels.
Teams no longer switched between multiple courier portals. All shipments were processed through one interface with consistent workflows.
Shipping data across all couriers became visible in one place, supporting better cost analysis and decision-making.
For high-volume shippers, the goal is not to replace courier relationships but to make them work harder.
A hybrid BYOR strategy supports:
– Predictable cost control across fluctuating volumes
– Courier diversification without operational complexity
– Flexibility to adapt to seasonal demand or disruptions
– Scalable processes that support growth
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ShipTime acts as the logistics operating platform that brings these elements together.
This case study shows that enterprise shipping efficiency does not come from choosing one rate source. It comes from having the flexibility to choose the right rate for every shipment.
By combining BYOR with ShipTime discounted rates, the business reduced cost per shipment, expanded courier coverage, and gained centralized control without disrupting existing courier agreements.
For enterprise teams managing complexity at scale, hybrid shipping is not a compromise. It is a smarter way to Ship Smarter.
About ShipTime:
Ship Smarter – with ShipTime, we are a true partner beyond just discounted rates. We provide a best in class platform with features packed with features and backed by our legendary Heroic Support™ team.
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