Value Added Services (VAS)
Value Added Services are offerings provided outside of your standard rates. At Ship Essential we offer a wide range of VAS which can be found below. Please note that these services are subject to request and approval by the Ship Essential team.
Administrative
VAS | Rate | Notes |
New Integration Set Up Fee | $100 per Hour | Set up charge for new integration with ERP, EDI, etc |
Integration Support | $100 per Hour | Support with software integration |
Schedule / Arrange Pick Up or Delivery | $25.00 per Arrangement | Scheduling a Curri, Uber, Mothership, Local, LTL |
Opendock (Scheduling) Support | $25.00 per Appointment | Assistance with Opendock management |
Small Package pick up / delivery | $25.00 per Order | Arranging small parcel pick up or delivery |
Create Commercial Invoice | $50.00 per Hour | Creating a commercial invoice manually |
Shopify Support | $250 per Hour | Support for Shopify management |
Integration Support | $250 per Hour | Support for integration management |
Upload / Create PO | $25.00 per PO | Support to upload or create POs |
Upload / Create Order | $25.00 per Order | Support to upload or create orders |
Cycle Count Report | $250 per Hour | Executive summary report of the cycle count |
Order custom supplies | $50.00 per Hour | Supplies order management |
Request RTS | $15.00 per Order | Support to request Return to Sender packages |
Report, Basic | $100 per Hour | Basic custom report (one tab, minimal data manipulation) |
Report, Advanced | $250 per Hour | Advanced custom report (several tabs, advanced data manipulation) |
Report, In-Depth | $250 per Hour | In-depth data analysis projects |
General Administrative Work | $250 per Hour | General admin work billed in 15 minute increments |
Wholesale Support | $100 per Hour | Wholesale related support billed in 30 minute increments |
Inbound
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Open to Hang (FPA to GOH) | $2.00 per Unit | Change flat packed apparels to garment on hanger |
Add silica packet | $0.50 per Packet | Add silica packet inside item |
RTS package pull | $15.00 per Order | Request to pull RTS package |
Apply Rubberband | $0.15 per Unit | Add a rubberband |
Apply Hanger | $1.00 per Hanger | Applying a hanger to an item |
Apply Label Or Tag | $0.50 per Label or Tag | Applying a barcode, RFID, hang tag, etc to an item. Cost per tag/label applied. |
Apply Poly Bag | $0.65 per Bag | Applying standard garment bag or poly bag |
Lot tracking upon receipt | $25.00 per Lot | Upload and slotting of lot upon receipt |
Rush Receiving | 2x | Receive inventory faster than SLA |
Sort Items By SKU | $0.35 per Unit | Sorting inbound mixed cartons by SKU |
Inventory
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Photo Request for Inventory | $5.00 per Picture | Request for photo of inventory at warehouse |
Photo Request for Damaged | $5.00 per Video | Request for photo of damaged item at warehouse |
Damage pull | $15.00 per Unit | Request to pull damaged unit from inventory |
Adjust Inventory Locations | $50.00 per Hour | Adjusting slotting or inventory placement per brand request |
Label QC | $0.40 per Unit | Review of label on item to ensure it matches barcode |
Remove Labels | $0.50 per Unit | Removing labels from an item |
Outbound
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Apply Box Label | $0.25 per Label | Add Carton Labels, UCC 128 Label |
Photo Request of Packout | $50.00 per Hour | Request for photo of the packout process (30min. minimum) |
Video Request of Packout | $50.00 per Hour | Request for video of the packout process (30min. minimum) |
Check / Count Packing Supplies | $50.00 per Hour | Request to check or count packing supplies per unit |
Order Reship | $5.00 per Order | Request to reship orders in ShipHero |
Light QC at Packout | $5.00 per Order | Request for light QC inspection at packout |
Apply Stretch Wrap | $7.95 per Pallet | Applying stretch wrap to a pallet |
Bill To 3rd Party Shipping Label | $1.00 per Label | Cost per label generated systematically from a non-Ship Essential Carrier Account |
Bill of Lading | $5.00 per Sheet | Creating a BOL for cartons or pallets |
Custom Packaging Materials Storage (Minimum 1 Pallet) | $45.00 per Pallet / Month | Storing custom packaging materials (minimum 1 pallet) |
Generic Label | $5.00 per Label | The printing of a generic label (i.e. Wholesale Generic Label, the incorrect printing & required fix, etc.) |
Manual Shipping Label | $10.00 per Label | Manual label generation or PDF labels provided and manually attached to package |
One-Way Pallet | $16.95 per Pallet | Pallets used to ship large orders |
Order Pull | $15.00 per Order | Order Pull (Fulfilled within 1 hour) |
Packing List | $4.00 per Carton | Creating and attaching packing list to carton |
Packing slip, premium (8.5” x 11”) | $4.00 per Slip | Premium packing slip printed on standard computer paper (8.5" x 11") |
Re-Boxing Item | $1.00 per Unit | Placing footwear or other item into a new box |
Remove Material | $0.50 per Unit | Removing a hanger, bag, etc from an item. Cost per material removed. |
Rush Order | $25.00 per Order | Rush fee for orders with a maximum of 20 units |
Sort Cartons | $50.00 per Hour | Sorting mixed cartons by requirement |
Weights & Dims | $5.00 per Carton | Providing Weights and Dims of carton |
Packout
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Add Ribbon | $1.00 per Ribbon | Add a ribbon |
Add Bubble Wrap | $3.00 per Carton | Add a bubble wrap dunnage |
Add Peanuts | $3.00 per Carton | Add peanuts dunnage |
Add Honeycomb | $2.00 per Unit | Add honeycomb dunnage |
Apply Tissue Paper | $2.00 per Unit | Add tissue paper |
Add Sticker | $0.15 per Sticker | Include a sticker |
Add Insert | $0.15 per Insert | Include thank you cards, notes, promotional materials, etc |
Apply Fragile sticker | $0.15 per Sticker | Add Fragile sticker |
Apply Heavy sticker | $0.15 per Sticker | Add Heavy sticker |
Apply sticker on carton | $0.15 per Sticker | Add carton sticker |
Add divider | $0.25 per Divider | Add inner dividers |
Fold To Pack | $0.25 per Unit | Folding an item to prepare it for packing |
Gift Note | $5.00 per Gift Note | Including Gift Note in order |
Void Fill | $2.00 per Carton | Adding dunnage to empty space in a carton to prevent movement during shipping |
Returns
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Return package pull | $15.00 per Order | Request to pull a return package |
Lint & Pet Hair Removal | $5.00 per Unit | Removing lint and pet hair from an item |
Deodorizing Item | $1.00 per Unit | Deodorizing Item with spray |
RMA Generation | $5.00 per RMA | Manual creation of an RMA in ShipHero |
Scuff & Dirt Removal For Footwear | $1.00 per Unit | Removing scuffs and dirt from footwear |
Steam Garment | $5.00 per Unit | Steaming a garment to remove wrinkles |
Special Project
VAS | Rate | Notes |
Supply Material Request | $50.00 per Hour | An order for packing supplies for pick up / delivery |
Cycle Count | $50.00 per Hour | Requested cycle count on SKU(s) or location(s) |
Special Projects | $50.00 per Hour | Special projects not covered by other services. More info can be found HERE. |
Cross-Docking | $3.33 per Pallet / Day | See More Info Here |
To request a VAS project, please complete the follow steps:
Step 1. Submit a request to support@shipessential.com. Please share as much information as possible, including links and documentation.
Step 2. A Ship Essential team member will get back to you to confirm that your Value Added Project has been approved and will provide the estimate for the project.
If you receive an email requesting additional information, please follow up to provide whatever additional information has been requested to approve your project.
Step 3. After your Value Added Project has been approved, a Ship Essential team member is assigned to your project and your project will commence
Step 4. Once completed your account will be billed for materials and labor.
Minimum $20 for VAS projects. If there are any services you are interested in that aren't listed here, please reach out to support@shipessential.com to see if it can be accommodated.