Automatically add
shipping charges
to every BC order.
MetaShip Auto Billing fetches live carrier rates, applies your configured mark-up, and adds the shipping charge line to sales quotes and orders — without a single manual entry.
Manual shipping billing
is costing you margin.
Every order processed without automation is an opportunity for missed charges, inconsistent mark-up, and reconciliation delays that eat directly into your bottom line.
Charges not added at quote stage are forgotten by invoice — lost margin that can never be recovered.
Different processors apply different rates. Inconsistency means unpredictable margins and customer disputes.
Rate lookup, calculation, and manual entry adds minutes per order — multiplied across daily volume, it becomes hours.
Re-entering shipping charges at the order stage is a second chance for error — amounts get changed, dropped, or mismatched.
Three steps. Fully automated.
Embedded in the MetaShip Get Estimate flow. No separate module — works from the moment you run a shipping estimate.
Fetch live rates
Apply charge + mark-up
Carry to invoice
Real Business Central screens.
Real shipping margin.
This is exactly what Auto Billing looks like inside your Dynamics 365 BC environment — from carrier selection to invoice.
| Carrier | Service | Base Rate | Total | Est. Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPS | Ground | $68.54 | $68.54 | 3 days |
| UPS | 2nd Day Air | $112.20 | $112.20 | 2 days |
| FedEx | Ground | $71.38 | $71.38 | 3 days |
| USPS | Priority Mail | $58.90 | $58.90 | 2–3 days |
Outbound Price Comparison — all carriers side-by-side in one screen
| Type | Description | Qty | Unit Price | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Golf Balls (Sleeve) | 10 | $30.00 | $300.00 |
| Item | Golf Hats | 15 | $20.00 | $300.00 |
| G/L Acct | SHIPPING CHARGES AUTO | 1 | $92.53 | $92.53 |
Shipping charge auto-added to quote with mark-up — ready for Make Order
Built for real shipping billing workflows.
Every feature your operations team needs – from rate fetch to third party billing – native inside Business Central.
Every carrier, side by side
Live carrier rates, delivery dates, and totals in one comparison screen. Select a row and MetaShip does the rest.
- UPS, FedEx, USPS & more
- Estimated delivery date per service
- Selection auto-fills the charge
Set once. Applied on every order.
Configure your mark-up percentage once in MetaShip Setup. Every charge is calculated and confirmed before any line is written.
- One-time setup, global application
- Confirmation pop-up before commit
- Charge type and amount auto-resolved
Charge carries through — no re-entry
The shipping charge and mark-up follow the quote through Make Order automatically. No re-entry at any stage of the cycle.
- Zero re-entry on conversion
- Mark-up preserved end to end
- Itemised on order and invoice
Both legs on a single quote
Run outbound and inbound estimates separately on one quote. Each direction gets its own charge line and independent mark-up.
- Separate lines per direction
- Independent mark-up each leg
- Designed for rental workflows
Standard or third-party, per order
Standard billing charges through your invoice with mark-up. Third-party routes directly to the customer’s carrier account. Switchable per order.
- Standard: mark-up on your invoice
- Third-party: customer account billed
- Mix both in the same environment
100% inside Business Central
Auto Billing runs entirely within BC — no middleware, no external apps. Triggered from the standard menu, posting to native BC records.
- Triggered from BC Home menu
- Posts to BC sales quote and order
- No connectors or sync required
Built for scale.
Ready for complex operations.
MetaShip Auto Billing is architected for organisations that need consistent shipping billing across teams, environments, and order volumes — not just individual orders.
A billing layer that scales with your BC environment.
Auto Billing is a native BC extension. It inherits your security model, user roles, and environment config — no second system for IT to manage.
- Deploys via standard BC extension pipeline
- Inherits BC user roles — no separate access management
- Configuration version-controlled with your BC environment
- Sandbox and production environments supported independently
One config, consistent across every team
Mark-up rules and carrier config are set at the environment level. Every user and warehouse applies the same policy — no drift.
No degradation at high order throughput
Rate fetching and charge creation are synchronous BC operations. No queues or batch windows — performance scales with your BC instance.
Per-order flexibility, uniform policy enforcement
Billing type is decided per order, not globally. Teams adapt to each customer while mark-up rules and audit requirements are enforced uniformly.
What happens under the hood, at every stage.
For technical teams evaluating integration depth — here’s exactly how Auto Billing processes a charge from API call to posted invoice line.
Carrier API call & rate resolution
On rate request, MetaShip constructs a carrier API payload from the BC sales quote — shipment details, package dimensions, and origin/destination. The API response is parsed and returned as a comparison table within BC. No data leaves BC outside of the carrier API call.
Carrier API → Price ComparisonBilling logic & charge calculation
On row selection, MetaShip reads the configured mark-up from MetaShip Setup, applies it to the selected carrier base rate, and resolves the final charge amount. A confirmation pop-up surfaces the base rate, mark-up percentage, and calculated total before any line is written.
Mark-Up Engine → ConfirmationQuote conversion & automation flow
On OK, a G/L account charge line is written directly to the BC sales quote. When Make Order is triggered, BC’s standard quote-to-order conversion carries the line — no MetaShip logic runs again. The charge flows through pick, shipment, and invoice as a native BC order line.
BC Sales Line → Order → InvoiceSee Auto Billing running inside your BC
Live demo on your own environment. Setup in under an hour.
Why BC teams choose MetaShip Auto Billing.
We were manually calculating shipping mark-up on every single order. MetaShip Auto Billing eliminated that entirely — the charge line appears automatically, with the right mark-up, every time. We’ve recaptured margin we didn’t even know we were losing.
The rental workflow support was the deciding factor. We dispatch and collect, so we need both outbound and inbound charges on one quote. MetaShip handles that natively — no workarounds, just two charge lines on the same quote.
Verified for Dynamics 365 Business Central. No custom dev required.
No middleware, no external sync. Operates entirely within your BC environment and security model.
Installs and configures in under an hour. No sandbox required.
Used across distribution, rental, manufacturing, and 3PL environments.
Objections & edge cases,answered.
Ready to automate every
shipping charge?
See MetaShip Auto Billing live inside your Business Central — real carrier rates, real mark-up, real charge lines on real orders.
No sandbox required · Works with your existing BC environment · Setup in under an hour