A complete breakdown of every feature — what it does, how it works, and who it's built for.
Every shipment, every carton, every scan — tracked in real time across all your 3PLs, forwarders, and destinations. No more "just checking in" messages.
CartonFlow pulls live data from FedEx, UPS, and your 3PLs to give you a single shipment list with status badges, ETAs, and destination routing. No more bouncing between carrier portals and WhatsApp threads.
Fill in origin, product, carton count, and destinations. Invite your 3PL to the shipment with one click.
Add your FedEx and UPS developer credentials once. CartonFlow pulls tracking data automatically for every carton.
Watch real-time scan events, status updates, and ETAs — all in one place. Get alerted before anything goes wrong.
Track FBA inbound shipments per carton. Get ETA alerts with enough time to update Amazon delivery windows before penalty deadlines.
Multi-destination routing to split inventory across warehouses, 3PLs, and DTC fulfillment centers in one shipment view.
Single dashboard instead of multiple carrier portals and email threads. Search, filter, and export everything your team needs.
Real-time AIS satellite vessel positions on an interactive world map. Know where your container is before your 3PL sends the WhatsApp or WeChat message — or doesn't.
The live map pulls AIS (Automatic Identification System) satellite data to show you your vessel's exact position, speed, heading, and ETA to destination port. Updated every few minutes.
⚠️ The Amazon delivery window problem
Amazon FBA delivery windows are 1 week. You can only change them until 24 hours before the window opens. If your 3PL tells you a shipment is late after that deadline — you're penalized, and your ability to inbound inventory can be restricted. Live ETAs give you the information you need, early enough to act.
Your 3PL or you adds the vessel name/IMO to a shipment. CartonFlow links it to live AIS data automatically.
The map updates in real time. Zoom in on your vessel, see current position, speed, and trajectory to destination port.
If ETA shifts or the vessel enters a delay status, CartonFlow alerts you — before the Amazon deadline window closes.
Amazon fees are rising. E-commerce margins are under pressure. Freight is one of the few costs you can actually control — if you put your 3PLs in competition.
You create an RFQ for a shipment, select which 3PLs to invite, and set a bid deadline. Each 3PL submits DDP rate bids per service combo (e.g. Matson CLX + UPS Ground). You compare side-by-side and award in one click. No phone calls, no ambiguous email quotes.
💰 The math
If you're spending $50K/year on freight and save 10% via competitive bidding, that's $5,000 saved — on a $129/mo platform. Most customers recoup the annual cost in a single RFQ cycle.
Select a shipment from your pending queue. Choose service combos to bid on and set a bid deadline.
Your invited 3PLs receive a notification, log into their portal, and submit DDP rate bids. They typically respond within 24 hours.
Compare bids side-by-side. Click Award on the winner. The 3PL is notified and the shipment is assigned. Done.
3PLs submit invoices directly in the platform — line items, totals, due date, everything. You review and mark paid. No PDFs over email, no lost attachments, ever again.
The invoice portal replaces the mess of PDFs sent over email and WhatsApp. 3PLs create invoices inside CartonFlow with full line-item detail. You see them instantly, review them, and mark paid. Your 3PL's portal updates in real time.
Threaded messages tied to each shipment, shared between your team and 3PLs. Every update, every question, every decision — in one place, searchable forever.
Every shipment has its own message thread in CartonFlow. Your team and your 3PL are both in it. Updates, photos, documents — all attached to the shipment, not buried in a chat app.
Stop using WhatsApp, WeChat, and email for logistics updates. All communication lives in CartonFlow, tied to the shipment it belongs to.
Need to find when your 3PL confirmed a container was loaded 6 months ago? Search it. Every message, every update, indexed and retrievable.
Your ops team, finance team, and 3PL are all in the same thread. No more "I forgot to CC you on that email."
See how your 3PLs are actually performing. On-time delivery rates, transit time trends, anomaly detection, and a weekly digest delivered to your inbox.
Give your distributors a portal to track their shipments, view documents, and communicate — without adding them to your internal WhatsApp groups.
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