Terms of use
Please read these terms; they limit our responsibility for errors. Last updated Nov. 10, 2026.
1. Agreement
These terms govern your use of ParcelAccessorials.com (the “site”), including its pages, calculators, the Accessorial Time Machine, datasets, downloads and API. By using the site you agree to them. If you use the site for an organization, you confirm you may accept these terms for it. If you do not agree, do not use the site.
2. What the site is, and is not
The site is an independent reference publication about published UPS and FedEx list charges. It is not a carrier, a carrier rating system, a quote, an invoice, an audit, or a substitute for the carrier’s own documents or your shipping agreement. Tool results are illustrations based on published list amounts and the rules we have transcribed; they are not offers, bids or binding prices.
3. Your responsibility to verify
Carriers change charges, rules and service areas, sometimes with little notice, and apply their own measurements and classifications. Before you rely on any figure for a business, pricing, purchasing, contracting, budgeting, billing-dispute or other decision, you must confirm it with the carrier’s current documents and your agreement. You are solely responsible for decisions you make using the site.
4. No professional advice; no savings promised
Nothing on the site is legal, tax, accounting, financial, procurement or other professional advice, and no professional relationship is created by using it. We do not promise savings, refunds, credits or any outcome.
5. Errors and omissions
Figures are transcribed from public UPS and FedEx documents and may contain errors, omissions, outdated information or transcription mistakes, including in historical, derived, pending or estimated figures. We are not responsible for errors or omissions or for any action taken in reliance on the site. Please report suspected errors through the correction policy; we will review them but do not guarantee a correction or a timeline.
6. Disclaimer of warranties
THE SITE, ITS DATA, TOOLS, DOWNLOADS AND API ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free or free of harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.
7. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PUBLISHER, ITS SPONSOR, AND THEIR OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, SAVINGS, DATA OR GOODWILL, OR FOR SHIPPING CHARGES, SURCHARGES, PENALTIES OR CARRIER ADJUSTMENTS, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON IT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SITE IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the smallest amount permitted by law.
8. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the publisher and its sponsor from claims, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your misuse of the site, your violation of these terms, or your use of site data in your own products or decisions.
9. Data license and attribution
Datasets, CSV downloads and API responses are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Attribute “ParcelAccessorials.com” with a link and do not imply our endorsement. The license covers our compilation, labels and structure; it grants no rights in UPS or FedEx documents or marks. The license’s disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability apply in addition to these terms. Site design, text, illustrations and code are not licensed except as stated.
10. API and automated access
The API is offered free, without any service level, and may change, be rate-limited (currently 60 requests per minute per IP) or be withdrawn at any time. Use the API or the CSV downloads instead of crawling pages. Do not attempt to bypass rate limits, access /admin, probe for vulnerabilities, or overload the service.
11. Acceptable use
Do not use the site unlawfully; to misrepresent site data as carrier-issued or as your own carrier rates; to build pages that imitate UPS or FedEx; to submit false, harmful or another person’s information through forms; or to interfere with other users.
12. Carrier documents, trademarks and links
UPS, the UPS shield, FedEx and related names are trademarks of United Parcel Service of America, Inc., FedEx Corporation and their affiliates. They are used only to identify the carriers whose published charges are discussed (nominative use). No affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement is implied. Carrier documents are linked, not hosted, and remain the property of their owners. Links to other sites are provided for convenience; we are not responsible for their content, availability or terms.
13. Sponsorship and contact requests
The site is sponsored by Contract Optimizer. If you submit a contact request, it is shared with Contract Optimizer with your consent so they can respond. Any services they provide are governed by their own terms, not these terms. See the sponsorship disclosure.
14. Privacy
Our privacy policy and cookie policy explain how we handle information.
15. Copyright complaints
If you believe material on the site infringes your rights, see the copyright and takedown notice.
16. Changes and termination
We may update the site and these terms at any time; the date above shows the current version and continued use means acceptance. We may suspend or end access for anyone who violates these terms.
17. General
If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These terms, with the policies they reference, are the entire agreement about the site.
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