For Brands

Better last-mile rates.
Defended every month.

Most brands leave 15–25% on the table on last-mile parcel costs. Once they find it, carriers claw it back. We find it, then we keep it. Plus 3PL oversight when you need a second set of eyes on your fulfillment partner.

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What we do

One service. Three pillars.

A single ongoing engagement. Four-month minimum, then month-to-month.

Pillar 01

Carrier Strategy

The first six weeks. Evaluate the current carrier setup, run the RFP across the right carriers for your shipper profile, negotiate, select, onboard the new accounts. Six weeks from kickoff to the new program going live.

Pillar 02

Ongoing Negotiation

Continuous rate renegotiation. SLA monitoring. Pricing checks. Re-RFPs when the market shifts. We keep carriers honest so the savings stay where they were on day one.

Pillar 03

3PL Selection & Contract Review

Light ongoing oversight of your fulfillment partner. Fit reviews as your volume changes, contract review at renewal, vetting of any 3PL you're considering, light intros to network 3PLs when a switch is on the table.

A note on 3PL searches

Two flavors of 3PL work.

The retainer version above is light, ongoing. We keep eyes on your current 3PL, flag fit issues, review renewal contracts, and weigh in on prospects you're considering.

If you need a full sourcing engagement, longlisting and shortlisting candidates, applying your SKU and order data to each one's all-in cost, running an apples-to-apples bid and contract review, that's a separate tiered product.

Confirmed Savings "

Iron Margin really meticulously got costs down. He saved us multiple 6-figures, and of course, that's something that's going to scale for us.

Benji Stark Elster
Benji Stark Elster
Founder and CEO, Freak Athlete

FAQ

Common questions for brands.

Rate brokers and freight aggregators make money by marking up carrier rates and taking a cut of every shipment you send. We charge a flat engagement fee. The carrier contract is yours, the rate is yours, and the savings stay yours. We get paid for the work, not for sitting in the middle of your invoices.
Monthly retainer, scoped on the evaluation call. The fee is always a fraction of the savings we surface, so you always net positive. We walk through the specifics once we have your data.
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.
You do. We negotiate on your behalf, but the contracts are between you and the carrier. No Iron Margin in the middle, no third-party billing layer, no hidden markup.
Once the new carrier is onboarded, the program stays live. Monthly invoice audits, SLA enforcement, renegotiation when carriers try to claw back, and re-RFPs when the market shifts. Plus commercial support tailored to your side of the table: 3PL selection and contract review if you're a brand, pricing strategy and client presentations if you're a 3PL. The work doesn't end at week six. That's where it starts compounding.
Yes. We can help whether you ship in-house or work with a 3PL. The negotiation work is the same; the integration step changes depending on who's running the labels.
Our fee is always a fraction of the monthly savings we actually surface, so you always net positive. If there are no savings, there's no fee. The math only works in your direction.
Four months minimum to give the program time to settle in, then month-to-month. Cancel anytime after that, no charges past the month you cancel in. No multi-year lock.
An export of your last 90 days of shipping. Each row needs at minimum: origin zip, destination zip, weight, dimensions, carrier, service type, and cost. Format varies by WMS (ShipStation, EasyPost, Shopify, Shiphero, Extensiv exports all work). We'll guide you through the export on the intro call.
Yes. Your shipping data, carrier contracts, and operational details stay confidential. Standard NDA on request before you share anything.

Ready to see your savings potential?

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.

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