Logistics Done Right · public estimator

Shipping costs, explained honestly

Live USPS / UPS / FedEx quotes for your package. See when dimensional weight beats the scale, and paint a per-state rate-band map from real carrier prices — not a fake zone blob.

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Try a package:

Package & route

Map runs one live quote per state (51 destinations) for this package from your From ZIP. First paint ~10–25s; cached about an hour. Click a state to set To ZIP to that sample city.

Dimensional weight live

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Actual (scale)
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Dim (UPS/FedEx ÷139)
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Dim (USPS ÷166)
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Enter dims to see whether size or weight drives cost.

Carriers often charge the greater of scale weight and dimensional weight. Big light boxes get expensive — that's the lesson, not a bug.

Rates to destination

Hit Estimate rates for live carrier quotes to the To ZIP.

Then paint the per-state map to see how the same package prices across the country — each state from its own sample ZIP.

US rate-band map

Per-state live ground-like rates for this package from your origin. Colors = equal-count quantile bands of those samples — not official carrier zones.

Paint the map to color each state from a real quote to a city ZIP in that state.

Methodology (LDR): we do not invent zones. For your package and From ZIP we request live Shippo rates to one representative ZIP per state (usually a major city). We prefer the cheapest ground-like service (Ground Advantage, UPS/FedEx Ground, Home Delivery, etc.) so the map teaches distance and billable weight — not overnight air. Colors are relative quantiles of those samples only. Real door-to-door prices vary by exact ZIP, residential surcharge, carrier account, and surcharges. Estimates are educational examples, not an offer of service.