How to reconcile courier shipping charges in Pakistan

Merchants often pay courier invoices without checking rate cards, zones, or weight. That is how overcharges slip through — especially on high-volume Shopify COD stores using Digidokaan, PostEx, or TCS.

Start with your agreed courier tariff: weight slabs, within-city versus same-zone versus different-zone rates, plus fuel and GST percentages. Then compare each AWB or CN on the invoice to the expected charge for that route and weight.

Also compare product or fulfillment weight to the weight the courier billed. Small packaging differences are normal; large gaps are worth disputing before payment.

A simple weekly routine helps: export the invoice, match consignments to orders, flag mismatches, and send a short dispute list to the courier with AWB numbers and expected versus billed amounts. Over time this becomes a courier shipping reconciliation process your finance team can trust.

If Digidokaan invoice overcharges or inflated parcel weights keep showing up, automate the comparison instead of relying on spreadsheets alone.