Business shipping guides: by system, industry and job
Find the page for your setup.
Business shipping on GoatLabels means parcel labels for companies: one account quotes USPS, UPS and FedEx on domestic parcels, with DHL on international lanes, and orders arrive from a store connector, a CSV file or the REST API. This page lists every business guide by system, industry and job, with a line on what each one is for.
One account, no carrier accounts to open
USPS (up to 70 lb), UPS and FedEx side by side on domestic parcels, and DHL on international lanes, with no carrier account needed.
A prepaid wallet, a dated line per label
Top up a prepaid wallet and each label debits its own dated ledger line. A carrier adjustment after shipping, such as a re-weigh, posts to the same wallet.
Where should a business shipping team start?
Start with the page that matches how your orders leave the building. A company opening its first account should read the business shipping account page. A wholesaler shipping cartons to other businesses should read the B2B page. A team with several warehouses, a contract to compare or a system to connect has its own page below. Every guide on this page is about parcels, and every one says what GoatLabels does and where it stops.
Start here
- Business shipping account: UPS, FedEx, USPS or one account What each carrier's own business account is, what the GoatLabels application asks for, and how to start.
- B2B shipping software for wholesale parcels The parcel side of wholesale: quotes carton by carton, CSV and API intake, and a prepaid ledger.
- Enterprise shipping software compared How the enterprise systems and the lighter label tools differ on price, carriers and ERP fit, with GoatLabels' limits stated.
- Multi-location shipping software For teams with several warehouses or stores: saved ship-from locations and spend per site on one wallet.
- Multi-carrier shipping software for B2B teams The two ways to get several carriers in one tool, your own carrier accounts or carriers included, and how they differ.
- Shipping rate shopping software for B2B parcels How comparing carriers parcel by parcel works, and what a team needs in place for it to hold up.
- Shipping labels for wholesale distributors Emailed purchase orders, ERP exports and portal orders worked from one queue.
- High-volume shipping labels without a subscription What shipping thousands of parcels a month looks like on one flat plan.
Which guide covers your ERP or accounting system?
There is one guide per system, and each one describes the same two routes: a file you export, or a call to the REST API. GoatLabels has no native ERP connector and writes nothing back into an ERP by itself, so each guide names the export, the fields a label needs, and how the tracking number and the cost get back to the order. If your system is not in the list, the general ERP page covers the method.
- ERP shipping integration for parcel labels The general route for any ERP: export released orders as CSV or call the REST API. Start here if your system is not listed.
- NetSuite A saved-search export or the REST API, with no SuiteApp.
- SAP Business One Deliveries sent by CSV or the Service Layer, with no add-on to install.
- SAP S/4HANA Parcel labels for one business unit, from outbound deliveries, by CSV or REST API.
- Dynamics 365 Business Central Sales orders by Excel export or API, with no extension.
- Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Parcel lanes handled outside the rate engine, by CSV or REST API.
- Oracle ERP Cloud For teams outside the transportation module: shipments to labels by CSV or REST API.
- Infor CloudSuite Industrial and SyteLine Shipments sent as a file or an API call.
- Epicor Kinetic and Prophet 21 Parcel orders by CSV import or REST API.
- Acumatica Shipments by Excel export or REST API, with no carrier plug-in.
- Sage 100 and Sage Intacct Orders by CSV import or REST API.
- QuickBooks Enterprise Orders or invoices exported to CSV for B2B parcel labels.
- Odoo Delivery orders exported as CSV or sent by REST API.
- Xero Invoices exported as CSV, so you can post each label cost by invoice number.
- Zoho Inventory Packed orders sent by CSV or API.
- Fishbowl Sales orders by CSV or REST API, with no plugin.
- Brightpearl Goods-out notes sent by API or CSV.
- Cin7 Sale orders exported to CSV or sent by REST API. There is no Cin7 connector.
Which guides cover warehouse, order management and EDI systems?
These guides cover the hand-off from a warehouse or order system to a parcel label. GoatLabels prints carrier labels only: it does not create EDI documents or retailer compliance labels such as GS1-128, and it has no native WMS or OMS connector. Cartons arrive by file, by API or from a pack station, and the 3PL pages cover label buying for client volume.
- WMS shipping integration Hand cartons over by file, by API or from a pack station.
- Order management system shipping integration A release event buys the label by CSV or REST API, and a signed webhook returns the tracking number.
- EDI shipping labels The ASN, the GS1-128 carton label, the routing guide and the carrier label, and the one GoatLabels prints: carrier labels only.
- Extensiv 3PL Warehouse Manager 3PL parcel orders sent by CSV or API. There is no connector.
- Linnworks Open B2B orders exported as CSV or sent by REST API.
- Drop ship vendor shipping labels For suppliers in a retailer's drop ship program, when the program lets you buy your own labels.
- Warehouse shipping labels One print queue for a warehouse: store connectors, CSV import, the API, and PrintNode auto-print on Pro.
- Shipping software for 3PLs Label software that bills per label, not per client.
- 3PL shipping software: a buyer's comparison Published pricing, per-client billing, carriers and API across the tools a 3PL shortlists, GoatLabels included.
- Bulk shipping labels from a CSV The file format behind every export route on this page: map the columns once, check each address, buy row by row.
Which guides cover B2B storefronts and marketplaces?
These guides cover wholesale and business orders that start in a storefront or a marketplace. Store connectors: Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, eBay and Wix. Orders from other channels arrive by CSV import or the REST API, and each guide says which route applies to its platform.
- B2B ecommerce shipping software Storefront orders with company accounts, purchase orders and ship-to lists.
- Shopify B2B Wholesale orders through the Shopify connector, with CSV for draft orders.
- WooCommerce wholesale B2B orders through the WooCommerce connector, with a ledger by PO reference.
- BigCommerce B2B Orders sent by CSV or REST API.
- Adobe Commerce B2B Magento orders sent by CSV or REST API.
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud Labels bought by a flow or an Apex callout to the API, or by CSV. There is no native connector.
- commercetools A service of your own reads order messages and calls the REST API.
- Amazon Business Amazon Business orders beside your other B2B channels, by CSV or REST API.
- Walmart Marketplace Seller-fulfilled orders sent by CSV or REST API.
- Manage shipping for multiple stores Several connected stores worked from one To Ship queue.
Is there a guide for your industry?
Each industry guide is written for one trade, and each one is about parcels only. They cover what that trade usually ships, the reference that should travel with every shipment, such as a PO, a job number or a cost center, and the limits that matter in that trade, for example no hazmat service and no LTL.
- Manufacturers Parts, samples and small orders by parcel. No LTL.
- Industrial supply and MRO Heavy small parcels for MRO distributors.
- Auto parts distributors Odd-sized parcels, with no hazmat service.
- Electronics distributors Domestic cartons and international parcels, with no hazmat service.
- Medical supply Non-regulated consumables by parcel.
- Apparel wholesale Carton orders with the PO on every ledger line.
- Food and beverage wholesale Shelf-stable cases by parcel.
- Promotional products Multi-address orders from a recipient CSV, rebilled by job.
- Commercial printers Finished jobs shipped with the job number on every shipment.
- Corporate mailrooms Outbound parcels with a cost center on every shipment.
- Sales and marketing samples One wallet, with a rep or campaign reference on every shipment.
Which guides cover parcel spend, cost allocation and carrier rates?
These guides are for the people who answer for the shipping bill. They cover the ledger a prepaid wallet produces, how to split that spend by customer or cost center, what a carrier adjustment is, and how carrier contracts and volume discounts work if you also ship on your own carrier account.
- Parcel spend management For finance and operations: from the quote to a dated ledger line per label.
- Shipping cost allocation Allocate parcel spend by customer, order, job or cost center through the label reference.
- Bookkeeping for shipping costs A chart-of-accounts template with worked journal entries.
- Record shipping costs in QuickBooks and Xero Where each shipping line posts, and the limits of the export.
- Carrier billing adjustments Why a carrier charges more after shipping, and how to dispute it.
- Volume shipping discounts How carrier volume tiers and commercial pricing work, and who qualifies.
- How to negotiate UPS and FedEx rates The data to gather and the contract terms that matter.
- UPS discounts for a small business What UPS publishes about its own offers and price lists.
- The FedEx and UPS 2027 rate increase What changes, and when.
- LTL vs parcel shipping Where the weight and size line falls for B2B orders.
- Shipping software without an annual contract Contract pricing compared with pay as you go.
- Pay-as-you-go shipping software When paying per label wins, and when it does not.
Which pages help you compare shipping software before you buy?
These pages are for a buyer with a shortlist. The RFP template gives you the questions, the comparisons set published plans and limits side by side, and each one says where GoatLabels does not fit. If a must-have on your list is something GoatLabels does not do, these pages say so before a call does.
- Shipping software RFP template The requirement areas to cover and the questions to put to every vendor.
- Shipping API comparison Per-label fees, metered calls and carriers, shipping API by shipping API.
- Shipping API for developers The REST API: create a shipment, compare rates, buy the label.
- A ShipStation alternative for B2B shippers A sourced plan comparison for B2B parcel teams.
- A ShipHero alternative for parcel labels For teams that need labels and rate comparison, not a full WMS.
- GoatLabels vs Redo OMS A Shopify order management system set beside a multi-store label tool.
- Operations hub Stock counts, reorder alerts and purchase orders on the Pro plan, and what it does not do.
What does GoatLabels do for a business, and where does it stop?
GoatLabels buys parcel labels for a business from one account: it prices USPS (up to 70 lb), UPS and FedEx side by side on domestic parcels, and DHL on international lanes, with no carrier account needed. It stops at the parcel: it is not an ERP, a WMS or a freight broker.
What GoatLabels does and does not do. Orders come in from a connected store, a CSV file of up to 500 rows or the REST API, which is on both plans. You read each carrier's price for the packed parcel and buy the label from a prepaid wallet, and each label is a dated ledger line that carries your reference, such as a PO or an order number. Label prices are the same on the Free and Pro plans, and Free covers 50 shipments a month.
The limits: there is no native ERP, WMS, OMS or EDI connector, no freight or LTL, no retailer compliance labels and no hazmat service. You cannot bring your own carrier contract. A quote is the price at purchase, not a final cost, because a carrier adjustment such as a re-weigh can post to the same wallet later. Sign up in seconds. Your first top-up may need an approved application; the business shipping account page lists what it asks for. Support is by email and the in-app assistant, with no phone line.
What are business teams reading on the blog?
The blog carries the working detail behind these guides: field lists, checklists and worked examples for operations and finance teams.
Start with build vs buy for an ERP shipping integration, the field checklist for an ERP order export, budgeting B2B parcel spend for the 2027 rate changes, 20 questions for a shipping software RFP, how to pilot a shipping platform on one account, a year-end carrier contract review checklist, who pays shipping on net terms orders, multi-carton B2B orders, one PO and many labels, allocating parcel shipping costs by customer, a warehouse workflow from CSV to printed labels, LTL vs parcel for wholesalers and distributors, retailer routing guides for parcel shippers, signature and declared value on B2B parcels, shipping API vs shipping software for developers.
Business shipping on GoatLabels: FAQ
- Does GoatLabels connect to my ERP or warehouse system?
- Not natively. GoatLabels has no native ERP, WMS, OMS or EDI connector. Beyond its store connectors, orders arrive by CSV import or the REST API, and nothing is written back into an ERP automatically.
- Can a business use its own UPS or FedEx contract on GoatLabels?
- No. GoatLabels cannot use your own UPS or FedEx account, contract or negotiated rates, so a discount a carrier gives you stays on that carrier's account.
- Does GoatLabels handle freight or LTL?
- No. GoatLabels is parcel only. It does not sell freight, LTL or pallet shipping, and it does not print retailer compliance labels such as GS1-128.
- What does business shipping cost on GoatLabels?
- You pay per label from a prepaid wallet. Free covers 50 shipments a month, Pro is one flat monthly price with unlimited shipments, and label prices are the same on the Free and Pro plans. High-volume shippers can ask about custom pricing, which we review account by account.
- How does a business get started on GoatLabels?
- Create an account and quote a real parcel. Your first top-up may need an approved application. You can also send a few typical orders through the shipping review form, and a person prices them across the carriers with you.
Bring a few real orders.
We price them with you.
GoatLabels prices USPS (up to 70 lb), UPS and FedEx side by side on domestic parcels, and DHL on international lanes, paid from a prepaid wallet with a dated ledger line per label. Orders arrive from a connected store, a CSV file or the REST API.
Label prices are the same on the Free and Pro plans.