About

Built after seeing too many
brands leave savings on the table

Because no one explained how carrier pricing actually works.

Keyan Bazargan

Keyan Bazargan

Founder & CEO

I started Iron Margin after seeing the same shipping cost problems across multiple businesses: brands trapped in bad contracts, 3PLs reselling marked-up rates, and zero leverage to negotiate better terms.

Most shipping consultants show up with a rate sheet, take their cut, and disappear. That approach burns carrier relationships and leaves you worse off by Year 3.

Iron Margin is different. We manage your carrier relationships over multi-year timelines, negotiate sustainable contracts, and run the same structured RFP process enterprise shipping teams use, applied to mid-market shippers who don't have an in-house logistics team.

We're not a software platform. We're not a freight broker. We're your outsourced VP of Transportation.

My background is shipping operations. Most recently I led logistics at Freak Athlete, integrating eight fulfillment centers across domestic and international operations and cutting landed cost by double digits. Before that, logistics at Greenerprinter, a commercial print manufacturer. UC Berkeley, BS in Business and Data Science.

Talk to your outsourced VP of Transportation.

Start with a 30-minute intro call. We learn your setup, prepare a complimentary shipping evaluation, and walk you through your savings potential on a follow-up call.

30-minute intro call. No commitment. Get Your Free Evaluation

Common questions

We act as your outsourced VP of Transportation. We run carrier RFPs, negotiate contracts, and run structured 3PL searches when you need a new fulfillment partner. You get senior shipping leadership without hiring a team.
No. We negotiate better rates with your existing carriers first. If a new carrier offers meaningfully better pricing, we'll flag it, but you always decide.
4 to 6 weeks from kickoff to a fully onboarded carrier. Week 1 we send RFPs. Week 2 we present the recommendation. Weeks 3 to 6 we onboard the new carrier and review the first invoices.
Most shippers who come to us have negotiated before. We benchmark against our full carrier dataset. If you're already at market, we'll tell you. If not, we find the gap.
We offer a gainshare option for clients who'd rather pay only if we save: 75/25 split on the first 12 months of new carrier invoices, with a refundable deposit credited against the gainshare invoice or returned in full if we don't find savings.