COD shipping quote (cotización de envío)
Also known as: Cotización de envío · Cotizador de envíos · Shipping quote · COD rate quote
A COD shipping quote (cotización de envío) is the priced breakdown a carrier or COD platform gives for moving a cash-on-delivery parcel: freight by weight and zone, plus the collection commission, return-leg exposure and settlement terms that a prepaid quote never includes.
Merchants comparing Mexican and LATAM carriers usually start from a public cotizador, the online tool that prices a parcel by origin, destination, weight and dimensions. For prepaid parcels that number is close to the real cost. For COD parcels it is only the first line: doorstep collection adds a commission on the cash amount (typically a percentage with a minimum), and refused parcels add return freight that the merchant absorbs.
A complete COD quote answers four questions. What does the freight cost per zone? What percentage and minimum applies to the collected amount? Who pays the return leg on a refusal, and at what rate? And when is the collected cash settled, in which currency? Carriers price these terms by negotiated contract, so quotes vary between accounts and years.
The practical comparison metric is the all-in cost per delivered order, computed across confirmed, delivered and refused parcels together. COD platforms simplify the exercise by publishing one rate card that bundles freight, collection and settlement across several carriers under one contract.
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Cash on Delivery (COD)
Cash on delivery (COD) is a payment method where customers pay for products at the time of delivery rather than during online checkout. The carrier collects cash from the customer and remits it to the merchant through settlement cycles.
Settlement cycle
A settlement cycle is the published cadence on which a COD platform transfers collected cash from its accounts to the merchant\'s bank account. Faster cycles preserve merchant cash flow; slower cycles indicate operator risk or weak finance ops.
Reconciliation (COD)
Reconciliation in COD is the process of matching cash collected by carriers at the doorstep with the orders shipped — per order, per carrier, per day — to produce an auditable accounting of money owed to the merchant.
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