The free TMS for ecommerce brands
Warp TMS manages the freight side of an ecommerce business: inbound from suppliers, replenishment into 3PLs and FBA, and wholesale into retail DCs, at $0 with no seat limits or load caps. Parcel is not part of the TMS, and this page says so in plain terms.
By Troy Lester, Co-Founder & CRO
$0 software fees · No seat limits · No load caps · Inbound, replenishment, and wholesale on one board
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Is there a free TMS for ecommerce?
Yes. Warp TMS is a free TMS for ecommerce brands: quote and book the LTL and FTL freight behind your parcel operation, from supplier inbound to FBA replenishment to retail wholesale, with invoice audit and reports, at $0 with no seat limits or load caps.
Can a TMS manage freight into Amazon FBA?
Yes. Freight into Amazon FBA is LTL or FTL like any other lane, and Warp TMS quotes, books, and tracks it beside your other freight at $0. Book it through Warp or through your own carrier and keep it on the same board either way, with the invoice audited against its quote.
Does an ecommerce brand need a TMS if it has a 3PL?
Often yes. A 3PL runs your warehouse, but the freight between nodes, supplier inbound, replenishment into the 3PL, and wholesale out of it, is still yours to buy and audit. A free TMS gives that freight a system of record without adding software cost to a margin sensitive operation.
Warp customers
The freight side of ecommerce, on one board
Behind every parcel promise sits a freight operation: pallets from suppliers, replenishment into warehouses, wholesale into retail DCs.
Ecommerce teams run more freight than they think, and most of it lives in forwarded emails: the supplier's forwarder handles inbound, the 3PL books replenishment, wholesale ships on whatever the retailer's routing guide says.
Warp TMS puts all of it on one board. Quote LTL and FTL in seconds with Warp's bookable rate beside marketplace carriers and your own contracted rates.
Book the winner, or record freight someone else booked so it still gets tracked, audited, and reported.
The software costs $0 at any volume, which matters in a business where the freight line comes straight out of contribution margin.
What an ecommerce team gets at $0
Six jobs cover the freight side of an ecommerce operation. All six ship today in Warp TMS, all six work on freight from any carrier, and none of them costs anything.
Inbound
Supplier freight, on the record.
Quote and book inbound LTL and FTL from suppliers and ports to your warehouses, or record freight your supplier booked, so inbound stops living in a forwarded email.
Replenishment
Warehouse to warehouse, weekly.
The recurring lanes between 3PLs, FBA, and your own warehouses run on the same board every week. Batch quote the whole replenishment list from a pasted spreadsheet.
Wholesale
Retail POs into retail DCs.
Wholesale orders ship as freight with routing rules and delivery appointments. Consolidate multiple POs headed to the same DC into one correctly priced truck.
Audit
Margin protection, automated.
Every carrier invoice compared to its quote at the charge level, duplicate PRO detection, and new accessorial flags. On thin ecommerce margins, overcharges are inventory you already sold.
Track
One answer to where is it.
Live tracking on freight booked through Warp with hourly sync; freight with your other carriers tracks by milestone on the same board. Your team stops refreshing five carrier sites.
Report
Landed freight cost, visible.
Spend and service by lane, carrier, and mode with XLSX and CSV export, so the freight line in your unit economics comes from data instead of a guess.
Where the TMS ends and the parcel stack begins
Warp TMS quotes and books LTL and FTL. It does not buy parcel labels, and pretending otherwise would waste your evaluation.
The honest boundary: your parcel rating, label buying, and last mile carrier mix live in your parcel stack, and Warp TMS doesn't replace them.
What it manages is everything that feeds that stack: the freight that positions inventory where the parcel network takes over.
Teams running zone skipping or pool distribution feel this boundary most, because the upstream freight leg is exactly where the savings live.
The freight services behind those models, including zone skipping and pool distribution, are covered on the ecommerce freight shipping page; the TMS is the software that keeps the resulting lanes organized, audited, and reported.
Need to move ecommerce freight, not manage it?
This page is about the free software. The freight services themselves live on the ecommerce freight side.
If you came here to price a shipment rather than adopt a system, ecommerce freight shipping is the service page: warehouse to customer box truck and cargo van, zone skipping for parcel, pool distribution for regional DCs, and instant all inclusive rates.
The TMS earns its place once those shipments recur enough to deserve a system of record.
Start wherever your week is: book a lane today on the service side, or put the whole freight operation on the board first. Both are self serve, and the software side costs nothing.
Frequently asked questions
Can Warp TMS book parcel shipments?
No. Warp TMS quotes and books LTL and FTL freight; parcel label buying is not part of the TMS today.
It manages the freight legs that feed a parcel operation, and the Warp network separately offers parcel aware services like zone skipping on the freight side.
How does Warp TMS handle inbound freight from suppliers?
Quote and book inbound LTL or FTL directly, or record shipments your supplier or forwarder booked so they land on the same board.
Purchase orders consolidate into one correctly priced truck when several arrive together, and every carrier invoice gets audited against its quote.
Can my 3PL work inside my Warp TMS account?
Yes. Invite 3PL contacts by email under one of six roles with a capability matrix, so they can see and update the freight that touches their building without owning your org.
The account, the data, and the export rights stay yours.
About the Warp freight network
More about the Warp freight network
Warp is a technology-driven freight network that combines cargo van, box truck, LTL, and FTL capacity under one operating system. Shippers get instant rates, real-time tracking, and access to 70+ cross-dock facilities and 14,000+ cargo vans and box trucks — with 80%+ US LTL zip-to-zip coverage and nationwide FTL, box truck, and cargo van.
The network is supported by 24,000+ vetted FTL carriers.
Unlike traditional brokers, Warp uses AI to match the right vehicle to every load based on weight, dimensions, urgency, and cost targets. Cross-dock operations reduce transit time by eliminating unnecessary terminal transfers.
Pool distribution and zone-skipping programs help enterprise shippers lower per-unit delivery costs while maintaining tight appointment windows.
Self-serve shippers can quote, compare, and book freight online in under two minutes. Enterprise accounts get dedicated capacity planning, committed rate programs, and a named operations team. Every shipment includes scan-level visibility from pickup through final delivery.
Warp operates across the contiguous United States with regional density in the Southeast, Texas, Midwest, and Northeast corridors.
Cross-dock facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, Savannah, Orlando, Charlotte, Indianapolis, Columbus, Denver, New Orleans, and Milwaukee support faster transfers and fewer touches on recurring lanes.
Freight modes and vehicle types
| Mode | Max payload | Max cube | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo van | 3,500 lbs | 400 cu ft | Time-sensitive, last-mile, light pallets |
| Box truck | 10,000 lbs | 1,500 cu ft | Regional distribution, no dock required |
| LTL | Per-pallet | Shared trailer | Lower per-pallet cost via cross-dock routing |
| Dry van / FTL | 42,000+ lbs | Full 53-ft trailer | High-volume lanes, recurring programs |
Cargo vans handle loads up to 3,500 pounds and 400 cubic feet, ideal for time-sensitive deliveries, last-mile retail replenishment, and lightweight palletized freight.
Box trucks carry up to 10,000 pounds and 1,500 cubic feet, fitting most regional distribution and store delivery needs without requiring a loading dock.
Dry vans and full truckloads move 42,000+ pounds for high-volume lanes and recurring programs. LTL shipments share trailer space on optimized routes through Warp cross-docks, reducing per-pallet cost by consolidating multiple shippers on the same vehicle.
Warp does not default every shipment to a 53-foot trailer. The AI engine evaluates load weight, cube, delivery window, and cost to recommend the right vehicle. Shippers see all available mode options with live pricing in one comparison screen before booking.
Cross-dock operations
Cross-docking at Warp facilities eliminates warehouse storage. Inbound freight is sorted and transferred directly to outbound vehicles, typically within hours.
This reduces dwell time, lowers damage risk, and compresses delivery windows. Warp cross-docks support pallet-in, pallet-out operations with scan-level tracking at every handoff point.
- Atlanta — Southeast retail flow
- Chicago — Midwest manufacturing and replenishment
- Houston — Texas industrial distribution
- New York — dense Northeast delivery
Facility locations are selected for corridor density: Atlanta handles Southeast retail flow, Chicago serves Midwest manufacturing and replenishment, Houston covers Texas industrial distribution, and New York supports dense Northeast delivery. Each facility operates on appointment-based scheduling to prevent congestion and maintain throughput consistency.
Enterprise freight programs
Enterprise shippers get committed rate programs, dedicated account management, and custom SLA design. Warp builds lane-by-lane rate structures that account for volume commitments, seasonal variation, and mode flexibility. Operations teams monitor shipment execution daily and intervene proactively when exceptions occur.
Self-serve freight quoting
Shippers enter origin and destination, load details, and delivery requirements to see live rates across all available modes. Quotes include estimated transit time, vehicle type, and total cost.
Booking takes one click. After booking, shippers track every shipment with real-time GPS location, milestone updates, and proof of delivery documentation.
Industries and use cases
Retail shippers use Warp for store replenishment programs that deliver to hundreds of locations per week on tight appointment windows. Apparel brands use zone skipping to bypass regional parcel sortation and reduce per-unit delivery cost.
Food and beverage companies rely on time-definite delivery for perishable goods. Manufacturing operations use Warp for inbound vendor consolidation, combining multiple supplier shipments into fewer, fuller loads through cross-dock facilities.
Distribution companies use pool distribution to serve multiple delivery points from a single origin, splitting full truckloads at cross-docks into smaller last-mile vehicles.
Urgent freight recovery covers emergency capacity needs when primary carriers fail or demand spikes unexpectedly. Middle-mile optimization reduces cost and transit time on the longest segment of multi-leg shipments.
The freight behind your parcels deserves a system.
Create your free account at warptms.com, paste this week's replenishment list, and watch it become priced lanes. The software stays $0 whether you ship ten loads a month or a thousand.
$0 software fees · No seat limits · No load caps · Inbound, replenishment, and wholesale on one board
Performance figures are computed from Warp network data. See our methodology.
By Troy Lester