For freight forwarders, shippers & courier franchises

Quote freightin seconds.Not email chains.

Qotery reads your customer's quote request, spots what's missing, prices it against every carrier you have rates for and estimates the duties, taxes and carrier fees at import. Set your markups and it drafts the reply. Your desk sends it in seconds instead of spending hours of back and forth.

14-day free trial. No credit card required.

01The problem

Quoting by hand takes twenty minutes. Every time.

Find the price list for the zone, work out which surcharges apply, add your markup, research the duties and taxes, write the reply. Here's the same request, done both ways.

Today

20 minof research and sums

  1. 09:14 · Customer

    Can you quote 3 boxes to Rotterdam? 600 × 400 × 350, 18 kg each. Cotton T-shirts, £2,400.

  2. Then, after + 1 min

  3. 09:15 · You

    Finds the FedEx, UPS and DHL price lists for the Netherlands zone…

  4. Then, after + 3 min

  5. 09:18 · You

    Decides the size must be mm, works out volumetric weight, then which fuel and surcharges apply…

  6. Then, after + 2 min

  7. 09:20 · You

    Adds the markup to each option…

  8. Then, after + 2 min

  9. 09:22 · You

    Hunts for the T-shirts' commodity code, then the duty rate, Dutch VAT and each carrier's import fees, and works out the sums…

  10. Then, after + 12 min

  11. 09:34 · You

    Types up the reply: two options with duties, and a question about the postcode.

Twenty minutes on every quote, before anyone says yes.

With Qotery

10sto a priced reply

  1. 09:14 · Customer

    Can you quote 3 boxes to Rotterdam? 600 × 400 × 350, 18 kg each. Cotton T-shirts, £2,400.

  2. Then, after + 10 s

  3. 09:14 · You, drafted by Qotery

    Two options for your 3 boxes, read as 60 × 40 × 35 cm: FedEx International Economy at £168.40, or DHL Express Worldwide at £214.30. Estimated duty and import VAT: €1,061.43 and €1,080.40, plus carrier fees of €26.54 + £2.05 and €21.61. Could you confirm the size and send the postcode?

  4. Then, after + 15 min

  5. 09:29 · Customer

    Option 2 please. Postcode is 3011 AB.

Priced and drafted in seconds, questions already asked.

02How it works

From request to quote in one screen.

Qotery does the reading, checking and pricing so your team only has to decide and hit send. Here's one request, start to finish.

  1. 01Read2.0s

    Send it the request

    Click Qotery in Outlook, forward the email to your Qotery address, or paste it in. Postcodes, pieces, weights and dimensions are pulled straight out of it.

    Sarah Mitchell

    Harbour Apparel · Quote please: 3 boxes to Rotterdam

    Hi team,

    Could you quote 3 boxes from Leeds LS11 to Rotterdam, NL? 600 × 400 × 350 cm, 18 kg each. 600 cotton T-shirts, made in China, worth £2,400.

    Collection Thursday if possible.

    Thanks, Sarah

    What Qotery read

    From
    Leeds LS11, GB
    To
    Rotterdam, NL
    Pieces
    3 boxes
    Weight
    18 kg each, 54 kg in all
    Size
    600 × 400 × 350 “cm”
    Goods
    600 cotton T-shirts, made in China
    Value
    £2,400
    Collection
    Thursday

  2. 02Check4.0s

    It checks what you would

    Millimetres labelled as centimetres, a missing postcode, no Incoterm, stackability: flagged before you quote, not after.

    Before you quote

    • Size looks like mm, not cmRead as 60 × 40 × 35 cm
    • No destination postcodeAsked for in the reply
    • No Incoterm givenDuties shown as DAP, for you to confirm

    Volumetric50.4 kg

    Chargeable54 kg

  3. 03Price6.0s

    Every carrier, your rates

    Every carrier you hold rates for, priced from your own rate sheets. Slide the margin and every price updates at once. Cheapest and Fastest marked.

    Your carriers, your ratesMargin 8%

    8%

    You make £11.42 on the cheapest option. Drag to try your own.

  4. 04Duties & taxes8.0s

    Duties and taxes, estimated

    Qotery suggests the commodity code, then works out the import duty and VAT from the destination's official tariff and tax rates, and each carrier's fees for handling them. No separate subscription, no research: your customer gets a clear estimate with the price.

    Duties & taxesInto the Netherlands

    Commodity code6109 10 00 10 T-shirts, knitted, of cotton
    Goods
    £2,400.00 at €1 = £0.8595
    €2,792.32
    Freight
    FedEx, £142.77
    €166.11
    Customs value
    €2,958.43
    Duty
    12%
    €355.01
    Import VAT
    21% Netherlands
    €695.82

    Duty and import VAT€1,050.83

    FedEx disbursement
    2.5%
    €26.27
    FedEx inbound processing
    £2.05

    Worked out for every option you quote, with that carrier's own fees. Standard rate assumed.

  5. 05Reply10.0s

    Compare, tweak, send

    Tick the rates you want to offer and Qotery drafts the reply in your company's name. Qotery never sends without you.

    Your replyDraft

    Tick the rates you want to offer and they'll appear here.

03Features

Everything between the request and the reply.

Built for busy quote desks at courier franchises and freight forwarders, with the checks an experienced operator would make.

  1. 01

    Reads any quote request

    Free-text emails, signatures, tables and replies. Qotery sorts quote requests from acceptances, POD requests and invoice queries, then pulls out the shipment.

    • Forward
    • Outlook add-in
    • Paste
  2. 02

    Catches what's missing

    Dimensions that look like millimetres, no stackability, missing postcodes, weights or Incoterms. Ask once, before you quote.

  3. 03

    Your rates, any carrier

    Upload the CSV or Excel rate sheets you already have. Zones, weight bands, per-kg excess, fuel and surcharges, checked before anything is saved.

    How rate sheets work
  4. 04

    Duties and taxes, built in

    Import duty and taxes, estimated for shipments into the EU, Great Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong from each country's official tariff and tax rates, with each carrier's fees for handling them into the EU, Great Britain, the US and Canada. No separate subscription, no researching rates: your customer sees what they'll pay at import alongside the price.

    • Commodity codes
    • Duty
    • VAT
    • Carrier fees
  5. 05

    Margin under control

    One margin slider for every carrier, or a different margin per service. Cheapest and Fastest marked for you.

  6. 06

    Replies drafted for you

    The “can you confirm” email, a supplier rate request, or a two-option quote in your company's name.

  7. 07

    Lives in Outlook

    Open the email, click Qotery and work in a side panel. No copying between windows.

    About the Outlook add-in
  8. 08

    Knows when they say yes

    When the customer replies “option 2 please”, Qotery matches it to the right quote and marks it accepted.

Carriers

Works with any carrier you have prices for.

Upload the rate sheet and Qotery does the rest. Familiar carriers get their own badges; anyone else can have their logo uploaded.

  • DHL
  • UPS
  • FedEx
  • TNT
  • Parcelforce
  • DPD
  • Aramex
  • Royal Mail
  • Evri
  • Yodel
  • GLS
  • Your own carriers

04Why it matters

The first accurate quote wins the job.

Customers ask more than one forwarder. Qotery gets your price out while everyone else is still asking for dimensions.

10seconds

from request to a priced, drafted reply

1email

to ask for everything that's missing

11+carriers

recognised, plus any you upload

0rate sheets

to open while you quote

05FAQ

Questions, answered.

Something else? Try it free for 14 days and see it on your own emails.

Which carriers does Qotery work with?

Any carrier you have prices for. Upload their rate sheet as CSV or Excel, with zones, weight bands, fuel and surcharges, and Qotery prices from it. DHL, UPS, FedEx, TNT, DPD, Parcelforce and others get their own badges; anyone else can have their logo uploaded. More about rate sheets

Do I need Outlook?

No. You can forward requests to your own Qotery address or paste them in. If your team uses Outlook, the add-in puts a Qotery button on every email. About the Outlook add-in

Where do my rates come from?

Your own negotiated rate sheets. Qotery never uses published or shared prices, so every quote reflects your buy rates and the margin you choose.

Can Qotery estimate duties and taxes?

Yes, for shipments into the EU, Great Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Qotery suggests the commodity code, then estimates the import duty and taxes from the destination's official tariff and tax rates, plus, into the EU, Great Britain, the US and Canada, each carrier's fees for handling them. Every option in your reply gets its own estimate, so there's no separate duty calculator to subscribe to and no researching rates. The reply states what the estimate assumes, such as the standard VAT rate.

What if the request is missing information?

Qotery flags it: dimensions that look like millimetres, missing postcodes, weights, stackability, goods descriptions or Incoterms. It drafts one polite email asking for everything at once.

Does Qotery send emails without me?

No. Qotery drafts; you review, adjust the margin if you like, and send.

What does it cost?

Start with a 14-day free trial of the Team plan, no card needed. Then choose Solo £49 a month (1 seat, 300 emails), Team £129 a month (3 seats, 1,000 emails) or Busy desk £299 a month (10 seats, 3,000 emails), excluding VAT. Past your allowance your admin can buy extra packs of 100 emails for £15, as many as you need; Qotery never buys them for you. See pricing

06Get started

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