Dashboard Lite: Calculate duties for marketplace listings

1. Create your account
2. Sign up with Google/Microsoft or enter your details
3. Select your country and currency
4. Verify your email and access Dashboard Lite
5. Tell us about your business:
   • Business name and URL
   • Country
   • Integration (Etsy, Shopify, etc.)

What's included free:

• Unlimited product classifications and duty calculations with Item Quoter (commercial and postal rates)
• Detailed shipping and tariff cost breakdowns with Shipment Quoter (coming soon)
• Multiple currency support for global sellers
• No subscription fees—pay only when you ship

Item Quoter serves as your quick, AI-powered tariff calculator for individual products, making it perfect for building duty costs into your marketplace pricing strategy.

How to get duty rates

1. Go to Dashboard → Item Quoter
2. Describe your item (be specific: "handmade ceramic mug" vs "mug")
3. Add your item price and currency
4. Add your made in country (where your item was manufactured, also called the product's country of origin)
5. Select destination country (United States)
6. Click Get result-->
7. Review duty rates (and compare postal vs commercial), then buffer them into your marketplace pricing

Best practices for accurate duty rates

Accurate descriptions: Use "sterling silver ring with gemstone" instead of "jewelry"

Country of origin: Where the product was made, not your business location

Pricing strategy: Add calculated duty as a buffer to your product or shipping listing price(s), depending on your pricing strategy

Example calculation

• Product: Handmade wool scarf
• Made in: United Kingdom
• Price: 85 USD
• Result: 9.6% general + 10% reciprocal tariff = 8.50 USD (postal) or 16.66 USD (commercial) duties
• Suggested price: 94 USD or 102 USD (includes buffer)

Need just an HS code? Enter item description only, optionally select destination for country-specific codes. No price or country of origin required.

Shipment Quoter will generate comprehensive landed cost calculations that show the total cost to deliver products internationally. This system combines product values, shipping costs, duties, taxes, and fees to provide transparent pricing for marketplace sellers planning their complete fulfillment costs.

Create a quote:

1. Go to Dashboard → Quoter and click New Quote
   • Select Manual quote
2. Enter details:
   • Ship-from address
   • Ship-to address (customer location)
3. Add products:
   • Product description
   • Country of origin, quantity, unit price
   • Optional: weight, dimensions
   • For multiple items, click Save and add another
4. Generate quote:
   • Click Get quote
   • Review comprehensive breakdown: product costs, shipping, duties, taxes, total delivered cost

Perfect for marketplace sellers:

• Product bundles: Calculate duties for multiple-item orders
• Shipping comparisons: Compare total costs across different carriers
• Business planning: Understand complete delivered costs to price competitively

Quote management: Edit details and click Quote again for updated calculations as your business needs change.

When to use Shipment Quoter vs. Item Quoter

Use Item Quoter for:

• Quick duty rates for individual products
• Initial pricing research
• Simple product classifications

Use Shipment Quoter for:

• Complete landed cost breakdowns
• Multiple items or bundles
• Specific shipping service comparisons
• Precise shipping cost calculations

Marketplace integration will streamline your entire fulfillment process by automatically importing your U.S. orders into Zonos Dashboard. This comprehensive solution handles everything from order management to shipment tracking, with direct connections to platforms like Etsy and access to discounted carrier rates.

Getting connected

To connect your marketplace account:

1. Go to Dashboard → Orders
2. Click Connect to [your marketplace]
3. Authorize the connection and agree to the terms of service through your marketplace's secure login
4. Return to Dashboard where you will be prompted to provide a payment method to print your labels
5. Your open U.S. orders from the last three weeks will automatically sync and you're ready to fulfill

Note: To compare carrier rates, click on an order and select Get rates. Box dimensions and weights are required to retrieve rates. Review the available postal and commercial options, then choose the rate that best fits your shipping needs.

Orders

Order management: Dashboard provides complete oversight of your imported orders with cost breakdowns and customer information. Learn more about order management →

Labels

Label creation: You can create shipping labels directly from imported orders. Choose from multiple carriers and service levels, with various label formats (PDF, ZPL) and sizes (4x6, 4x8) to match your printing setup. Learn how to create labels →.

To override the ship-from name and address on your label, add a fulfillment center in Dashboard. Go to Settings → Locations → Fulfillment centers and create a fulfillment center. The name and address you enter here will appear on the label.

Shipments

Shipment tracking: Once labels are created, manage all your shipments from one central location. Filter by status, service level, destination, and date ranges while accessing detailed shipment information, copying tracking numbers, and downloading packing slips as needed. Explore shipment management →

Pricing and features

This integration operates on a pay-per-shipment model with no monthly fees—you’re only billed when you create shipping labels. Charges are applied to your credit card at the end of each day for all labels created that day.

Labels with duties prepaid mean those duties are guaranteed upfront, ensuring your customers never face unexpected charges on delivery.

Key capabilities include automatic U.S. order import, express carrier rates with Zonos commercial discounts, label printing with prepaid duties, and comprehensive shipment tracking from creation to delivery.