Start free with no subscription, and buy your rate down as you grow. Our engine tracks the effective US duty regime daily — your pricing never depends on yesterday's tariff table.
For e-commerce merchants
No subscription to start. You keep your own payment processor. Priced under the like-for-like Zonos rate at every tier — and no competitor publishes a buy-down ladder.
$1.95/order + 10% of duty & tax
$0.95/order + 6% of duty & tax
$0.50/order + 4% of duty & tax
Managed Collection add-on: Processing passed through at cost + 0.5% when Stipendia collects.
Every other way to run Stipendia
Prepay your US import duty in two minutes — we collect and remit, no doorstep surprise. A $50 parcel clears for $2.43 in fees.
Platform licence from $25,000/yr incl. SLA & ITMATT. On-charge the standard handling fee — the margin is yours.
Duty, tax and screening across your seller network. Revenue-share structures available for facilitator-liability programmes.
Classification, landed cost and screening in one call. ICS2 pre-arrival filing from $0.15/consignment.
Duty-share from 10% down to 4% — you choose your rate. Every tier prices under the like-for-like published Zonos rate.
| Feature | Stipendia | Typical alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price (no subscription) | $1.95/order + 10% | Zonos Landed Cost: $2.00 + 10% of duty & tax |
| Rate buy-down ladder | 10% → 6% → 4%, published | Not published by competitors |
| HS classification | Included, AI, 134 languages | Often a separate per-lookup charge |
| Duty regime tracking | Engine tracks the effective regime daily | Static rate tables |
| Payment processor | Keep your own PSP (or add Managed Collection) | Often forced through vendor rails |
Zonos comparison based on its published Landed Cost pricing at the time of writing. Duty amounts depend on the effective US regime (currently Section 122, 10% flat, in force to ~24 July 2026) — our engine tracks the effective regime daily.
Merchants start free in minutes. Postal operators, marketplaces and logistics teams — talk to us about a pilot.