Bookable quotes are guaranteed by Arta for 30 days and require full address and object details. Non-bookable quotes are estimates that can be generated using less specific address details.

Information required to generate a non-bookable quote request

• Origin & Destination Locations
  • Postal Code + Country OR City, State/Region + Country
• Object Details
  • Dimensions
    • Height
    • Width
  • Object Type (from a list Arta Object Types Metadata Endpoint)
  • Value
  • Fragility (Y|N)
  • CITES – Is the object covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Y|N)

Additional information is required to generate a bookable quote request.

• Origin & Destination Locations
  • Complete origin and destination addresses
    • Address Line 1
    • City
    • State/Region (Varies by country)
    • Country
    • Postal Code
  • Origin & Destination Contacts
    • Name
    • Email Address
    • Phone Number
• Object Details
  • No additional details are required to book vs quote.

Each quote request response from Arta includes a Bookable flag that denotes whether the included quotes are bookable or are non-bookable estimates.  If a request is not bookable, we’ll enumerate the missing fields required to book.

Full list of fields that a client can provide on a Request

• Origin & Destination Locations
  • Addresses
    • Location Title
    • Address Lines 1, 2, 3
    • City
    • State/Region
    • Postal Code
    • Country
  • Contacts
    • Name
    • Email Address
    • Phone Numbers
• Object(s) Details
  • Height
  • Width
  • Depth
  • Weight

  • Unit of Measurement (Imperial | Metric)

  • Object Title
  • Object Description/Notes
  • Object Type (from a list Arta Object Types)
  • Value + Currency
  • Fragility (Y|N)
  • CITES – Is the object covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Y|N)
  • Object Public Reference
    • A client-defined label identifying the object being shipped to your teams and customers. This value will appear in notification emails and shipment detail pages if provided.
  • Object Internal Reference
    • This field can be used to pass through any data that you may want returned unaltered for your own later usage.
  • Object Images
• Additional Shipment Details
  • Insurance
  • Public Reference
    • A client-defined label identifying the shipment to your teams and customers. This may be used to describe an order or other relevant resource in your system. This value will appear in notification emails and shipment detail pages if provided.
  • Internal Reference
    • This field can be used to pass through any data that you may want returned unaltered for your own later usage.
  • Shipping Notes
    • This field can be used to pass through any notes to Arta that a client or their customers might want to provide about the request. This information may be shared with our carriers. Please note that requests or comments impacting pricing may result in additional charges.
  • Requested Services
    • Additional services you’d like included in your quotes. Learn more about Arta Services
  • Currency
    • The currency that the quote should be returned in. Supported currencies are available in the currencies metadata endpoint.
  • Preferred Quote Type
    • Optionally instruct the Arta API to return a subset of quote types for this request.