Get ready for
2025 Peak Season with FlavorCloud
At FlavorCloud, we're here to ensure a seamless peak season for all your logistics, compliance and trade risk. Our AI-powered platform ensures accuracy and lowers your cost. Get essential peak season information here to provide your customers with a seamless cross border shipping experience.
Localized Market Pricing
Include duties and taxes in your product price to increase conversion
Market Specific Pricing that Optimizes Conversion
Optimize your pricing of product for each local market with dynamic SKU based landed costs and shipping included. Localized market pricing allows you to create market specific product prices at checkout, inclusive of duties, taxes and fees. This helps improve conversion by offsetting sticker shock caused by rising landed costs and tariffs.
By bundling duties, taxes, and fees into the product price, brands show the total cost upfront market by market. This clear pricing strategy builds trust, prevents cart abandonment, and drives higher international conversions. Talk to a FlavorCloud expert today to implement.
41%
increase
Increase Conversion Rates
Merchants using localized pricing with FlavorCloud have seen conversion rates increase from 3% to 41% in just two weeks in key markets like South Korea, Japan, and Italy.
70%
average
Lower Cart Abandonment
By eliminating surprise costs, FlavorCloud merchants consistently achieve lower cart abandonment rates and higher storewide conversion rates compared to the global average of 3.2% .
+13x
uplift
Protect Margins & Stay Competitive
Localized pricing doesn’t just improve conversions, it also protects margins by accounting for rising tariffs and duties upfront, ensuring you stay competitive in volatile global markets.
Surcharges
Standard & Express Surcharges
Secure the most competitive cross border offering
Express shipments:
Demand surcharges during peak season typically range from $0.05–$1.90 per lb or $1.10–$4.25 per package, depending on region and service level. Additional surcharges for special handling, large packages, and over-maximum limits may apply, and can run as high as $540 per package. These surcharges are dynamic and change throughout the season.
Standard shipments:
Most standard services will not incur demand surcharges, though some economy products may see up to $0.32 per parcel depending on carrier and shipping window.
Our routing intelligence dynamically selects the winning carrier and presents all-inclusive, guaranteed shipping rates at checkout so that any seasonal surcharges are automatically accounted for upfront.
Holiday Schedule
Holiday shipping deadlines
Get your customers their products on time. Know your shipping cut offs
Read our blog to find out exact dates for Christmas and New Year cut off dates to ensure your buyers get what they ordered in time.
Expectations
We strongly encourage setting the right expectations for your customers across your website.
Rates
FlavorCloud rates will show the estimated time in transit at checkout for transparency.
Shipping
We highly encourage offering expedited shipping options to your customers this peak season.
Peak Readiness
Stay ahead with smarter operations
100%
transparent
Processing Times
Did you know that with FlavorCloud, you can build your order processing time into the days in transit that are displayed with shipping rates at checkout? You can customize these processing times by service level by emailing a FlavorCloud team member.
For example, if you are fulfilling express orders faster than standard or learn that your 3PL is overburdened during an explosive peak season, you can work with one of our team members to set the correct processing times for you.
We encourage you to consider the conversion implications of extending the transit times displayed at checkout.
Balance the importance of proper expectation setting versus offering the fastest shipping speeds in delicate work! Contact us at support@flavorcloud.com to discuss the right option for you.
100%
accurate
New Product Launches
If you plan to release any new products during peak season, remember to have your HS codes, product weight, and country of origin configured for all products to avoid shipping disruptions. Review your product catalog at least once a year.
We recommend conducting a review of your product catalog at least once a year to ensure accuracy, optimize performance, and maintain compliance across all markets you serve.
You can do this on the Products page in the FlavorCloud app, where you can also classify your products at the click of a button using our HS classification tool.
If you’re using a WMS, be sure to review your customs information (HS codes, product descriptions, and country of origin) in that system to confirm that no outdated data is being transmitted.
Stay prepared for Peak with FlavorCloud on your side
Stay informed through our status page with real-time updates on system information, incidents, and maintenance activities. Want to go beyond system updates? Explore our blog for expert insights and tips to help your business grow.
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Helpful Answers
Frequently asked questions
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In need of additional help?
As always, our team of cross border shipping experts will be available five days a week to support you with your international shipping needs. During peak season, FlavorCloud support is available from 8am to 8pm EST, covering the majority of shipping origins and carrier operating hours. We're here when you need us. Reach us at support@flavorcloud.com for anything you need this peak season.
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