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SelectShip

SelectShip is DCL’s AI-powered domestic shipping platform that automatically chooses the optimal carrier and service for our customers

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Written by DCL Support
Updated over a month ago

SelectShip is DCL’s AI-powered shipping platform that automatically selects the best carrier and service for each order based on real-time factors like service performance, carrier capacity, and weather conditions. DCL customers can set the desired transit time and SelectShip generates the most optimal carrier and service.

Shipping Services Offered with SelectShip

Services offered by DCL for parcel shipments in the United States. SelectShip is only available for domestic parcel orders. International and LTL/FTL shipments will not qualify for SelectShip.

Here is a list of services, inclusions and exclusions, that will be offered with SelectShip.

  • Services: Standard, Next Day, 2 Day, and Expedited

  • Pickup and Delivery: SelectShip will be available at all facilities

  • Transit Time: Dependent on service picked at time of shipping

  • Surcharges: Fuel, Delivery Area Surcharge, and more will apply on top of the SelectShip transportation rates.

    • Note: The any residential fees are included in the transportation base costs

  • Dim Factor: No less than 200

  • Dangerous Goods: DG is available to ship with SelectShip

    • Note: DCL Transportation will need to validate what customer DG items we can support.

  • PO Boxes, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and APO/FPO: All supported with SelectShip without any unique rules needed from the customer.

Carrier

Type

Service

Transit Time (business days)

Destination

SelectShip

Domestic

Standard

3-7 days (depends on nodes)

50 states, PR

SelectShip

Domestic

Next day

next day

48 contiguous states

SelectShip

Domestic

2 Day

2 days

50 states, PR

SelectShip

Domestic

Expedited

3 days or less (depends on nodes)

50 states, PR

Parcel Service Coverage

  • Residential domestic parcel shipments

    • 50 contiguous states, APO/FPO, and territories

  • Commercial domestic parcel shipments

    • 50 contiguous states, APO/FPO, and territories

  • Shipments that require dangerous goods compliance

  • Not currently supported

    • LTL/FTL shipments

    • International shipments

How to Setup with SelectShip

Customer requirements to use this service

  1. Coordination of carrier tracking

    • Configuration and tests of carrier tracking for all services in each carrier portfolio will need to be verified to ensure each carrier is being properly populated in your system, including buyer facing tools.

    • See a list of carriers in DCL portfolio and sample tracking numbers and URLs below.

  2. Setup of SelectShip

    • Services should be mapped in customer system for all order types.

    • Update all buyer facing tools to reflect the service level your customers should expect (2 Day, Standard, etc).

List of Carriers and Services Offered with SelectShip

See the drop down section below for service-level tracking number examples.

SpeedX

Service

Tracking Number

Notes

Domestic Ground

SPXPHX102900000012

This tracking link does not follow a live package, since this carrier is still within our test enviornment

Domestic Air

Tracking will look exactly like Domestic Ground

OSM

Service

Tracking Number

Notes

Parcel Select

9261290318441700286487

Note that this is a USPS link, since they handle the end delivery

OnTrac

Service

Tracking Number

Ground

D10016329555744

FedEx

Service

Tracking Number

2Day OR

450824989541

UPS

Service

Tracking Number

Ground Service Residential

1ZC1D3840314621832

2nd Day Air

1ZC1D3840214620835

Next Day Air

1ZC1D3840114621701

DHL Global Mail

Service

Tracking Number

SM Parcel Expedited Max

9261290357478409601616

SM Parcel Plus Expedited Max

9261290357478409596912

SM Parcels Ground

9261290357478508831099

SM Parcel Plus Ground

9261290357478508811213

SM Parcels Expedited

9261290357478408220047

SM Parcel Plus Expedited

9261290357478508801320

USPS

Service

Tracking Number

Priority Mail PB

9405509105459162313880

Ground Advantage PB

9400109105459654365677

Understanding Tracking Numbers with Each Carrier

Carrier

Tracking Number Structure

Tracking

URL

DHL eCommerce

  • Starts with "GM", "LX", or "94"

  • Followed by long numeric strings (often 22–34 characters)

9261290357478304880413

OSM

  • Typically 18 to 34 digits long

  • Often begins with 420 (USPS routing code)

9261290318441700286487

UPS

  • 18 characters long

  • Always starts with “1Z”

  • Followed by:

    • 6-character shipper number

    • 2-character service level code

    • 8-digit package identifier (unique ID)

1ZC1D3840314402819

FedEx

12-digit numeric is the most common for Ground and Express. If it starts with 9611 it is 15-digits long and the final mile is delivered by USPS.

436616711699

FedEx One Rate

FedEx One Rate shipments utilize the same tracking number formats as standard FedEx services.

450824989541

USPS

22-digit numeric is the most common utilized for Priority Mail, First-Class, and Parcel Select. If it is 13-character alphanumeric it is an International, Registered, or Certified Mail shipment.

9405509105459654565490

OnTrac

Starts with a D or C followed by 14 digits. If there is a 1LS, LS, LX, or BN prefix it simply means it is within the region covered by LaserShip. (Note: LaserShip and OnTrac in 2021)

D10016329555744

SpeedX

Begins with SPX followed by 15 digits.

SPXPHX102900000012

FAQs

  1. What carriers will be included in SelectShip?

    1. OSM

    2. UPS

    3. FedEx

    4. FedEx OneRate

    5. USPS

    6. DHL eCommerce

    7. SpeedX

    8. OnTrac

  2. Can you select carriers you want to use and omit others? No, the flat rate pricing that is offered assumes all carriers are in the mix.

  3. Does SelectShip support multi-carton orders? Yes, it will select the best fit carrier and service per box.

  4. What about weather or capacity at sorting centers? Any dynamic changes in the carrier network will be known by the software real-time. Therefore, no action needed from the customer or the 3PL, it will adapt as needed.

  5. What is available in eFactory? You will be able to see the service level passed to DCL and the carrier and service selected per order.

  6. How does SelectShip handle multi-node customers? If an order is routed to a non-optimal node, there is a separate penalty fee due to the additional transit required.

  7. Are returns covered with SelectShip? Not at this time. It is likely to be included in the future.


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