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Landed cost, settled before the border.

Dropo is customs and landed-cost software for shipping into Canada. Classify every product, show the full duty-and-tax total at checkout, and hand clean entry data to licensed Canadian customs brokers. Your buyer pays once, up front, with no bill waiting at the door.

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Illustrative example, not a quote: item value $120.00, duty $14.40, GST/HST $17.47, brokerage and fees $11.50, total landed cost $163.37 paid at checkout, then the shipment shows as cleared.

The problem

The surprise bill at the door.

Selling to Canadians is easy until the parcel reaches the border. Duty, taxes and fees that the buyer never saw at checkout show up afterwards, and that is where good orders go bad.

Fees nobody quoted

The cart shows a product price and a shipping line. The duty, tax and handling charges arrive later, often as a payment request when the courier is already at the door.

Refused and returned parcels

Buyers who did not expect to pay anything more may decline delivery. The parcel travels home, the merchant absorbs the freight both ways, and the customer is gone.

Carts abandoned at the last step

Shoppers who suspect hidden costs often leave rather than find out. Showing the whole price early turns an unknown risk into a number they can decide on.

How it works

Four steps from product to cleared.

Plug Dropo into your store or logistics platform once. Every Canada-bound order follows the same clean line.

  1. 01

    Classify

    Each product is matched to an HS tariff code from its title, description and category. You can review and override any result, and the code travels with the item from then on.

  2. 02

    Calculate

    One API call returns the full landed cost: duty, GST/HST/PST, brokerage and fees, itemized and ready to display.

  3. 03

    Collect at checkout

    The buyer sees and pays the all-in total up front, delivered duty paid. Nothing is left to collect at the door.

  4. 04

    Clear

    Dropo prepares clean customs data and documents, licensed Canadian customs brokers handle the entry, and you can follow it through to release.

Interactive demo

See a landed cost take shape.

Pick a category, set an item value and a destination province. The breakdown below is what your buyer would see at checkout.

Destination province

Illustrative example — not a quote. Real rates depend on HS code, origin and trade agreements.

HS code 6109.10 example
Cotton knit T-shirts
Item value
$120.00
Duty 12%
$14.40
Taxes HST 13%
$17.47
Brokerage & fees
$11.50
Total landed costpaid at checkout
$163.37

Delivered duty paid All amounts in CAD.

For developers

API first. One call per cart.

Send the items and the destination, get back a classified, itemized landed cost you can render at checkout. Platform plugins for store platforms are planned on top of the same API.

  • HS code returned with every line item
  • Duty, taxes and fees itemized separately
  • Same data reused for the customs entry
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POST /v1/landed-costAPI preview — subject to change
POST /v1/landed-cost
Authorization: Bearer $DROPO_API_KEY

{
  "destination": { "country": "CA", "province": "ON" },
  "currency": "CAD",
  "items": [{
    "description": "Cotton crew-neck T-shirt",
    "origin_country": "US",
    "unit_value": 120.00,
    "quantity": 1
  }]
}

// 200 OK
{
  "delivered_duty_paid": true,
  "items": [{ "hs_code": "6109.10" }],
  "breakdown": {
    "item_value": 120.00,
    "duty": 14.40,
    "sales_tax": 17.47,
    "brokerage_and_fees": 11.50
  },
  "total": 163.37,
  "currency": "CAD"
}

Who it is for

Built for everyone who ships into Canada.

Merchants

US and international online stores selling to Canadian shoppers. Show the real total at checkout, keep conversion honest, and stop paying to ship refused parcels home.

  • Landed cost at checkout
  • HS codes on every product
  • Platform plugins on the roadmap

3PLs & consolidators

Move mixed, multi-client volume across the line with consistent data. One classification and cost layer for every shipper you serve.

  • Clean data for the entry
  • Entry tracking through release
  • Per-client reporting

Marketplaces

Give thousands of sellers a single, predictable landed-cost answer, so every listing shows a price the buyer can actually pay.

  • One API for all sellers
  • Consistent classification
  • Buyer-facing totals

Also useful for Canadian importers who want to cost a shipment and prepare clean customs data before it arrives.

The buyer's experience

Same order. Very different delivery day.

Before Duty collected on delivery

  1. CheckoutPrice plus shipping. Duty and taxes are not mentioned.
  2. In transitThe buyer assumes the price is final.
  3. At the doorA request for payment arrives with the courier.
  4. OutcomeFrustration, a refused parcel, or a refund request.

After Delivered duty paid with Dropo

  1. CheckoutOne itemized total: product, duty, taxes, fees and shipping.
  2. In transitCustoms data is prepared and the entry is tracked.
  3. At the doorNothing to pay. The parcel is simply handed over.
  4. OutcomeA buyer who knew the price from the start.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Are you a customs broker?

No. Dropo is software: it classifies products, calculates landed cost and prepares clean customs data. Dropo is not itself a licensed customs broker. The customs entry is filed by licensed Canadian customs brokers that Dropo works with.

What is delivered duty paid?

It means the duty, taxes and fees are settled before delivery, so the buyer pays one total at checkout instead of a second bill when the parcel arrives.

How does classification work?

Dropo suggests an HS tariff code from the product title, description and category. You can review the suggestion and override it, and the confirmed code is reused for the landed-cost calculation and the customs data.

Are the calculator numbers real?

No. The calculator on this page is an illustrative example with simplified rates. It is not a quote. Real duty depends on the HS code, the country of origin, applicable trade agreements and current rules.

Which platforms do you support?

Dropo is API first. Platform plugins for popular store platforms are planned, but nothing is available to install yet. Early access starts with the API.

When can I use it?

Dropo is pre-launch and there is no public date yet. People on the early-access list hear first and help shape the API.

Early access

Get early API access.

Tell us what you ship into Canada and roughly how much. We will be in touch as early-access spots open.

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  • Pre-launch: nothing here is a live service yet