Recharge Meter

Flip your cash flow.

3PLs have been forced to act like banks — fronting carrier costs and waiting weeks to be paid back. The Recharge Meter funds shipments in real time from a customer-prepaid balance. You get paid before you pay carriers.

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Four steps. Then it runs itself.

Step 1 of 4

Customer funds the meter

ACH or credit card stored with our PCI-compliant merchant processor. The customer sets a recharge amount and a threshold (e.g., recharge $10,000 when balance drops below $1,000).

Step 2 of 4

Shipments deduct in real time

As labels generate through your WMS, costs deduct from the customer's balance — including your markup. Instant. No invoice cycle.

Step 3 of 4

Auto-recharge fires

When the balance dips below threshold, RocketFuel charges the saved payment method automatically. Balance falls to $950 → auto-charge $10,000 → new balance $10,950.

Step 4 of 4

Funds land in your bank

Tokenized, PCI-compliant, deposited within days. RocketFuel never holds your money or stores card data.

What's in the meter.

  • Prepaid wallet Per-customer balance funded via ACH or credit card. PCI-compliant merchant processor — RocketFuel never holds card data.
  • Auto-recharge Drops below threshold, the saved payment method gets charged automatically. Set the amount and threshold per customer.
  • Ledger-backed history Every shipment, adjustment, recharge, and void recorded with the resulting balance. Always answer: why is this balance what it is?
  • Direct deposit Funds land in your bank account within days. RocketFuel never holds the money — straight from processor to your operation.
  • Net terms when needed Activity-date-based: Net 7 means shipments on the 1st accrue on the 8th. Predictable, controllable, never invoice-cycle dependent.
  • Third-party + LTL/FTL ready Mark accounts as third-party so RocketFuel skips them. Log freight via manual charges — full visibility without forcing parcel pipeline rules.

More across the platform

Billing Billing Lite

When a customer prefers traditional invoicing, run the full invoice workflow alongside the meter.

 Recovery Adjustment Reconciliation

Carrier adjustments reconcile and apply straight to the prepaid balance.

 Margin Advanced Rate Markups

Your markup deducts from the balance in real time, at label generation.

Frequently asked questions

What about third-party or LTL/FTL shipments?

Mark a parcel account as third party and RocketFuel won't bill for it; we also check third-party flags at the shipment level. LTL and FTL get logged through manual charges — captured without forcing them through the parcel pipeline.

Can I still offer net terms?

Yes. You can extend net terms to customers who need them, structured around shipment activity dates rather than a fixed invoice cycle — so the timing stays predictable. You set the terms without fronting the cost yourself.

Does my warehouse team need to learn anything new?

No. Your WMS still runs the warehouse. RocketFuel hooks into the WMS and shipping API at label generation; the billing automation runs in the background. Most warehouse teams won't even know it's there.

Ready to stop floating carrier costs?

30-minute demo. We'll show how the meter integrates with your WMS and run the math on cash flow recovery in your first 90 days.

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Built for a specific job: Get paid before you ship · Shipment cost visibility

  • Battle-tested across 100+ brand customers in production
  • Go live in as fast as one week
  • Free onboarding for your first 10 customers