Margin Intelligence
Carrier surcharges, peak-season fee stacking, and shipping-threshold math, synthesized from published carrier rate cards into per-package and per-order cost figures.
Agentis analysis of UPS's and FedEx's own published 2025-2026 peak-season surcharge schedules shows a standard residential Ground package's demand surcharge nearly doubles during the highest-volume week: from $0.40 to $0.60 at UPS, and from $0.50 to $0.80 at FedEx. USPS publishes no equivalent add-on surcharge.