Stop paying retail carrier rates for perishable shipping. Perishable brands are absorbing rising refrigerated shipping costs driven by fuel surcharges, dry ice penalties, and dim weight charges that compound on every order.
ColdTrack provides access to a preferred national and regional carrier infrastructure along with the negotiated volume pricing needed to significantly reduce your cold chain logistics costs, and all through our ShipOS platform — without moving your inventory or changing how you pack
Keep your operation. Lower your cost per shipment.
Leverage Our Volumes.
We combine our shipping volumes to offer you access to pre-negotiated, deeply discounted perishable shipping rates through top-performing national and regional carriers.
Use Preferred Carriers.
Flexibility to pilot new carriers or concentrate volumes on another without penalties or minimum volume commitments.
Manage Everything From One Dashboard.
And management it all through ShipOS. ColdTrack’s transportation management dashboard offers connectivity to your orders and complete transparency on order tracking and delivery statuses.
From your fulfillment operation to your consumers’ doorsteps, on-time and at-temperature.
Cold Chain Costs
Where Your Cold Chain Cost Is Actually Coming From
Refrigerated shipping costs don’t stop at the carrier fee. When perishable brands ship in-house without volume leverage, costs stack up fast — and most of them are hidden:
Lack of retail carriers.
Without volume, you’re paying published rates. Regional carriers that could meaningfully reduce your refrigerated shipping cost require relationships you haven’t had the volume to build. ColdTrack has.
Fuel surcharges.
A variable cold chain cost that compounds with every shipment and adjusts with carrier network pricing — largely outside your control unless you have the leverage to negotiate terms.
Dry ice and dimensional weight structures.
Perishable-specific add-ons that penalize low-volume shippers on every parcel. They’re not optional, but their impact is manageable with the right partner.
Inefficient packaging.
Without cartonization logic, brands default to oversized boxes with excess coolant, inflating both materials cost and dimensional weight charges on every order.
Claims managed manually.
Carrier claims for late, lost, or temperature-compromised shipments are time-consuming and consistently under-recovered without a systematic process.
Bottom Line.
None of these costs are fixed and all can be managed with the right infrastructure. ColdTrack reduces cold chain logistics costs by optimizing every variable and leveraging our buying power.
What ColdTrack’s ShipOS Service Gives You
ColdTrack’s shipping software, ShipOS, and carrier rates are available as a standalone service. No need to move your inventory or change your packing operation. You plug into our carrier network and software and start shipping at our rates.
Enterprise carrier rates across trusted, reliable partners.
We leverage the full might of the tens of thousands of orders we ship each day to attract the best performing carriers at some of the industry’s lowest rates – all for your benefit.
ColdTrack ShipOS™ shipping software.
Our proprietary OMS evaluates every order and automatically selects the most cost-effective carrier and service level based on destination, transit time, and current rates. That’s ongoing optimization — built in, not a one-time rate card.
Automated cartonization.
Right-sizes box selection per order to minimize dimensional weight charges; one of the most overlooked cold chain cost levers for in-house shippers.
Weather-based coolant logic.
Automatically adjusts dry ice and gel pack quantities based on route and destination temperature. No over-packing on mild-weather shipments. No under-packing on hot ones. Less waste, lower average cost per order.
Automatic claims management.
Carrier claims for late, lost, or temperature-compromised shipments are time-consuming and consistently under-recovered without a systematic process. We take care of that for you. Automatically.
Real-time parcel tracking and carrier performance visibility
One dashboard showing where every order is and how carriers are performing, so you can manage-by-exception and put time saved to good use.
Request Your Rate Comparison
Why Most Perishable Brands Are Overpaying — And What to Do About It
Not all 3PLs negotiate carrier rates the same way, and that difference has a direct impact on your refrigerated shipping costs.
General or dry-focused 3PLs negotiate rates across dry goods, general freight, and temperature-controlled shipments combined. Perishable shipping represents a small fraction of their carrier volume — which means their 3PL shipping costs for cold chain reflect exactly that.
ColdTrack’s entire volume is perishable. Every parcel negotiated, every carrier relationship built, every rate secured exists within the context of cold chain. That concentration is why our refrigerated shipping costs are lower — and why a brand shipping 500 perishable orders a week gets access to pricing that reflects a significantly higher volume.
When evaluating the best 3PL options to reduce shipping costs, the right question isn’t just “who does fulfillment?” — it’s “who has the right volume in the right category?” Generalist 3PLs carry a built-in rate disadvantage for cold chain shippers. ColdTrack doesn’t.
This is an open lane most perishable brands haven’t found yet.
Fulfillment Consistency.
Your packing facility and team
Your existing SOPs and packing processes
Your inventory management
Your relationship with your co-packer or warehouse
Your Business.
Your carrier rates — lower, immediately
Your shipping software — ShipOS handles carrier selection and routing
Your coolant usage — optimized per order, reducing material waste
Your claims process — automated and tracked in one place
Integration with Shopify, WooCommerce, and other major eCommerce platforms is supported. For most configurations, onboarding can be completed in as little as one week.
Who This Is For
ColdTrack’s ShipOS platform and carrier rates service are designed for:
eCommerce brands shipping 200+ perishable orders per week, up to tens of thousands
Products requiring temperature control: proteins, seafood, meal kits, desserts, pet food, & more
Brands shipping their products with insulated liners, dry ice, and/or gel packs
Companies fulfilling through either DTC, D2B, or direct-to-patient channels
If you are at or approaching these volumes and still paying retail carrier rates, you’re leaving money on the table.
Find Out What You Should Be Paying
Protecting margins starts with a smarter cold chain logistics cost strategy. A rate comparison takes minutes, costs nothing, and you could be saving on every perishable shipment within days.
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