Return economics & unit-cost model
The same numbers ReRoute uses internally — per-return handling cost, breakeven against incumbent 3PL and returns vendors, and projected savings across the 90-day pilot term. Slide the monthly return volume below to recompute against your own operations.
Warehouse labor · packaging · carrier pickup · inspection · agent decisioning.
- Inspection + condition grading handled by the agent, not a human QC pass.
- Disposition decision (restock / return-to-vendor / liquidate / donate) at the same decision point as inspection.
- Customer-facing communications drafted and sent without an agentic handoff loop.
Cheapest incumbent per-return cost: $0.00. ReRoute’s per-return cost: $0.00. 90-day ReRoute total: $0.00. Cheapest-incumbent 90-day total at your volume: $0.00.
| Vendor | Per-return cost | 90-day cost @ 500 returns/mo | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReRoute | $0.00 | $0.00 | Internal model |
| Generic 3PL (manual handling + label printing) | $0.00 | $0.00 | Batch 2 §3.1 |
| Loop Returns (mid-market returns SaaS) | $0.00 | $0.00 | Batch 2 §3.2 |
| ReverseLogix (enterprise returns platform) | $0.00 | $0.00 | Batch 2 §3.3 |
Range: 50–5,000 returns / month. The pilot term is 90 days; we project over the full term using your monthly volume.
Based on 1,500 returns handled across the 90-day pilot term.
Numbers update live as you slide. Recompute the table above for a vendor-by-vendor comparison.