Shipping Rule Automations for
Perishable Orders
A box of salmon shipped Ground from Maine to Phoenix in July is a $200 mistake. Build the rule once, and ShipFare stops it from happening — every order, every time, no matter who's at the packing station.
Automate Complex Perishable Shipping
Logic With Ease
Your team makes hundreds of decisions a week — which carrier, how much dry ice, what insulation, which warehouse. Encode the right answer once and ShipFare runs the rule on every order, no matter who's packing.
Build Rules for Any Cold-Chain Scenario
Conditions on product type, destination, weight, weather, customer selection, or any combination. "If frozen + zone 5+ + summer, then overnight + 5 lbs dry ice." The way your most experienced packer thinks — codified.
Trigger Automated Actions That Save Time
Pick the carrier service. Add the right insulation. Set the dry ice quantity. Route to the closest warehouse. Bump the ETA. ShipFare runs the action automatically the moment the order matches the rule — no checklist, no human reminder, no exceptions.
Keep Every Shipment Consistent and Error-Free
Whether it's a seasonal hire on day three or your most senior packer on day three thousand, the rules apply the same way. No more "who packed this?" post-mortems after a spoilage refund. The decision was already made.
Popular Condition and
Action Combinations
Condition ("if this")
- If weather at the destination is above 90 degrees
- If the order contains frozen items
- If shipping zone is outside your 1-day range
- If the order weighs more than 20 pounds
- If the customer selects priority shipping
Action ("then that")
- Then automatically add insulation or extra ice packs
- Then require overnight delivery
- Then restrict certain carrier services
- Then split the order into multiple boxes
- Then select the fastest eligible service