Creating Quotes

Get pricing estimates for vehicle transport before creating an order.

Prerequisites: The authenticated user must be associated with a customer (have the customer role). The customer is automatically determined from your API token — no customer ID is needed in the request body. See Creating Customers.

Endpoint

POST /api/customer/quote

Required Fields

Field	Type	Notes
origin.state	string	Required.
origin.postal_code	string	Required. Numeric.
origin.city	string	Optional.
destination.state	string	Required.
destination.postal_code	string	Required. Numeric.
destination.city	string	Optional.
location_type	string	Optional.
vehicles	array	Required. At least one vehicle. Maximum of 36 vehicles per quote.
vehicles.*.vin	string	Required.
vehicles.*.year	string	Required with make and model.
vehicles.*.make	string	Required with year and model.
vehicles.*.model	string	Required with year and make.
vehicles.*.type	string	Required with year/make/model. Enum: car, motorcycle, van, suv, truck, oversized, other.
vehicles.*.inoperable	boolean	Required.

Example

POST /api/customer/quote
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer your-api-token

{
  "origin": {
    "state": "GA",
    "postal_code": "30301"
  },
  "destination": {
    "state": "FL",
    "postal_code": "33101"
  },
  "vehicles": [
    {
      "vin": "1HGBH41JXMN109186",
      "year": "2024",
      "make": "Honda",
      "model": "Accord",
      "type": "car",
      "inoperable": false
    }
  ]
}

Response (200 OK)

VIN is accepted in the request and used to decode vehicle details, but is not included in the response. Retain the VIN from your request if you need it when creating an order.

{
  "status": true,
  "status_code": 200,
  "data": {
    "id": "q7k3m9x2n4p1q",
    "status": "active",
    "expires_at": "2026-04-11T12:00:00+00:00",
    "origin": { "city": "Atlanta", "state": "GA", "postal_code": "30301" },
    "destination": { "city": "Miami", "state": "FL", "postal_code": "33101" },
    "distance": 662.5,
    "vehicles": [
      {
        "id": "v1a2b3nanoid",
        "quote_id": "q7k3m9x2n4p1q",
        "year": 2024,
        "make": "Honda",
        "model": "Accord",
        "type": "car",
        "inoperable": false,
        "quoted_price": 595.00
      }
    ],
    "price_options": [
      { "type": "economy", "delivery_time": "7 business days", "price": 595.00, "delivery_eta": "04/22/26" },
      { "type": "expedited", "delivery_time": "4 business days", "price": 745.00, "delivery_eta": "04/17/26" },
      { "type": "enclosed", "delivery_time": "5 business days", "price": 895.00, "delivery_eta": "04/20/26" }
    ],
    "checkout_url": "https://...",
    "email_url": "https://..."
  }
}

Quote Expiration: Quotes are valid for 30 days from creation. When quote expiration is enabled for your environment, the status and expires_at fields are included in quote responses. After expiration, status becomes expired and the quote can no longer be used to create an order.

Retrieving a Quote

GET /api/customer/quote/{quote_id}

Use the id (nano_id) from the creation response.

Next Steps

→ Create an order using this quote to lock in pricing
→ Create an order without a quote for direct submissions