A wholesale portal should give each known account a commercial ship-to address book they can select from at order or quote time. Week one on Parcel Build is that first working version: saved labels, defaults, and permissioned edits for trade destinations, without a carrier booking desk. You own the code. Flat monthly. See custom software for wholesalers. If ship-to address book in a wholesale portal is the gap, start a free 30-day build.
Which ship-to address book rules belong in week one (and which can wait)?
Week one can cover saved ship-to labels on the known account, a default destination at order or quote time, and permissioned edits so the right buyers can add or correct trade addresses. Carrier rate shopping, dock appointment windows, and full TMS can wait until that path earns its keep.
On Parcel Build, week one is a first working version of that path. Flat monthly. You own the code.
Why "email us the ship-to" creates wrong destinations and slow reorders
Every new destination arrives in an email thread. Someone types it into the order by hand. A digit slips. The shipment goes to the wrong site. The next reorder waits on another email because the address never lived on the account.
A commercial ship-to address book keeps approved destinations under the known account so buyers pick instead of retyping.
What stays out of month one
Defer carrier rate shopping. Defer dock appointment windows. Defer POD-driver capture. Defer full TMS. Month one is a commercial ship-to address book with saved labels, defaults, and permissioned edits for known accounts.
FAQ
Is a ship-to address book the same as multi-location carts?
No. A ship-to address book stores approved destinations the buyer can pick at order or quote time. Multi-location carts split one cart across several destinations in one submit. They can sit together later. Week one can prove the address book without cloning multi-location cart logic as the primary path.
Does week one need live carrier validation on every saved address?
No. Week one can store and select commercial ship-to labels for known accounts. Live carrier validation on every saved address can wait until that path earns its keep.
Next step
If ship-to address book in a wholesale portal is what feels hardest, start a free 30-day build. Name that gap on the form. We scope a free 30-day build on that problem: first working version in week one, flat monthly after if you want to continue.