Shiplify

Shiplify provides accurate, real-time access to location data to help you identify LTL, Truckload, and Drayage accessorials such as residential, limited access, and liftgate.

Though Shiplify was originally designed with LTL in mind, it is not limited to any specific shipment type and will also function on Truckload and Drayage shipments. However, not all accessorials may apply or behave the same way across different shipment types.

Carriers, shippers, and 3PLs can align on which locations may trigger accessorials, increasing transparency and eliminating the headaches associated with unexpected fees.

Benefits

• Reduced Accessorial Costs — Know which accessorials apply before shipping, helping reduce unexpected fees.
• Increased Efficiency — Save time on each shipment with faster, more accurate accessorial identification.
• Smoother Workflows — Seamless integration makes adding this tool to your process simple and effortless.

How it Works

When creating a shipment, the Shiplify logo appears in the Origin and Destination sections. Once a complete address is entered — including the company name — Shiplify automatically verifies the location data and surfaces suggested accessorials.

The behavior after that depends on the shipment type:

 The system uses a combination of location types and attributes to accurately identify the accessorials relevant to each specific location. Shiplify's confidence level in each result determines whether accessorials are applied automatically. 

 Automatic Accessorial Logic

The system automatically applies or removes accessorials based on the location data returned by Shiplify.

Liftgate

• Added if the location has no dock AND no forklift (the location has no way to unload without one).
• Removed if the location has a dock OR a forklift.

Residential

• Added if the location type is: Residential, Private Residence, or Apartment/Condo.

Airport

• Added if the location type is: Airport.

School

• Added if the location type is: School or University.

Military

• Added if the location type is: Military Base.

Important Rules

The following rules apply to all automatic accessorial selections:

• The system only acts on results where Shiplify's confidence level is A1 (highest confidence). If the confidence level is lower than A1, no accessorials are automatically selected.
• Any accessorial that does not apply is automatically removed from the shipment. For example: if the location is not residential, the Residential accessorial will be removed.
• Location types that Shiplify does not recognize (such as Farm/Estate) are ignored — no accessorial will be added or removed for unrecognized location types.

 Confidence Code

Shiplify returns a confidence code with each attribute. These two-character codes represent confidence in the corresponding attribute. The first character (A or U) indicates whether the location of the provided address was confirmed. The second character (1–4) indicates the relative level of confidence in the attribute's accuracy.

Possible codes: A1, A2, A3, A4, U1, U2, U3, U4

Results That Meet Shiplify's Data Quality Standards

• A1 — Location and attribute both confirmed. The tariff item is correct approximately 99.5% of the time. Only A1 results trigger automatic accessorial application.
• Blank result — An empty list indicates Shiplify is fully confident that no tariff items should be charged for that location.

Results That Do Not Meet Shiplify's Data Quality Standards