Dutyline
A commerce-platform duty-disclosure layer that classifies merchant SKUs, estimates current US import charges, and preserves the amount shown for each order.
Small cross-border merchants now face duties on shipments that previously moved under de minimis treatment, while the shopper still expects the checkout total to be understandable before purchase. SKU classification, tariff overlays, cart presentation, and later evidence live across tools built for customs specialists or larger merchants. The opening is a small-merchant layer that turns current duty data into an itemized pre-purchase estimate and remembers exactly what the buyer was shown.
The owner or ecommerce-operations lead at a 10-to-100-person cross-border merchant that must present US import costs without enterprise customs infrastructure.
Verified 2025 de minimis changes and current fee-transparency pressure create immediate operating urgency.
A small cross-border merchant has a narrow catalog, checkout, and customer-surprise problem with visible ownership.
The direction has several inbound connections, while the stored convergence score remains moderate.
Verified de minimis changes create a sharp small-merchant problem, supported by current tariff data and expensive incumbent options, with a clear recurring commerce workflow.
The named tariff-specific FTC rule in the invention record could not be verified, one assumed interface remains unverified, and established cross-border vendors can add lower-priced compliance packaging.
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