Carrier — Direct Freight
Quote, label and auto-manifest Direct Freight consignments.
Smooth Ship books Direct Freight Express consignments on your own account, prints the labels, finalises the manifest before cut-off every weekday and pushes tracking back to Shopify.
Direct Freight without the dispatch-portal detour.
On-demand quotes
Direct Freight Express pricing quoted live against every order, shown alongside Australia Post for an honest comparison.
Your own account
Connect your Direct Freight account and rates. Smooth Ship books consignments under your contract.
Labels in a click
Create the consignment and label straight from the order — auto-printed to your Zebra printer if enabled.
Auto-manifesting
Consignments are finalised automatically every weekday afternoon before the cut-off. No one has to remember.
Multi-box consignments
Ship one order as several parcels under a single consignment with per-parcel weights and dimensions.
Authority to Leave
Set ATL or signature delivery options per order as part of the normal pack-and-ship flow.
Combine same-address orders
Orders heading to one destination merge into a single consignment — fewer labels, less freight.
Tracking sync
Consignment tracking is written back to Shopify so customers get their updates automatically.
Quoted vs charged
Shipment history records what was quoted and what was charged, flagging any variance for review.
The 5:45pm manifest, handled.
Forgetting to finalise consignments before the daily cut-off is an expensive mistake. Smooth Ship finalises outstanding Direct Freight consignments automatically every weekday afternoon — daylight-saving aware, no human required.
Direct Freight questions
Yes. You connect your own Direct Freight Express account and Smooth Ship quotes, creates labels and auto-manifests consignments under your rates.
Put Direct Freight on autopilot.
Connect your Direct Freight account and try every feature free for 30 days.
Most shipping tools stop at the label. Smooth Ship checks the box before it leaves.