Chamber Dashboard
Providing real-time performance and visibility KPIs on your customers & documents
Chamber Inbox
Enabling you to see documents to certify as well as historical documents
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Review Applications
From your Chamber's Exporter / Forwarder members applying for origin and movement Certificates
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Stamp Supporting Docs
Enabling you to see documents to certify as well as historical documents
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Certify
One-click to easily certify & return CO and Trade Documents to the applicant if requested to return digitally, or print and manually sign if a wet signature is required
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Certified Docs Verification
All essCert-certified docs can be verified by anyone, including Customs Authorities, banks' doc checkers, or the importer to confirm the original document issued. Verification can be done at the top of this website via essCert Verification or, if applicable, the ICC CO Verification page
Accounting / Billing
If the applicant didn’t pay by credit card, essCert easily manages all credits for pre-paying customers, invoicing for post-paying customers as well as connects to your Chamber's CRM or Accounting Systems
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Reports
Enabling you to run PDF reports for internal purposes, or Excel reports for statistical purposes
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Free Chamber / Government essCert Trial
Trial essCert Express free-of-charge, no strings attached, no hidden charges
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End-to-end process control
Easily configure which documents can be submitted, pricing, minimum data required for reporting, how applicants can pay (i.e., by credit card, in advance, by invoice), if certified docs can be printed by applicants or just the Certifying Body methods, etc. (See Exporter/Forwarder experience here)
Up 95% time savings
Eliminate up to 95% of back-office administration time reviewing, processing and charging for certification, allowing processors to scale , increasing admin efficiencies and reducing admin costs
Powerful Reporting + BI
Automates / calculates VAT receipts, end-of-year reports for Governing Authorities or Statistics Bodies along with real-time reports on utilization, export statistics, etc., saving yet more time
Eliminates System & Operation Costs
Use of essCert eliminates the need to buy or develop, maintain and host your own Certification platform, saving time, hassle and overhead cost. Completely remove courier and postal costs associated with paper submission and returns.
Satisfied Chamber Members
Faster, easier digital application process eliminates lost time from errors and in-person document delivery, which, along with faster turnaround of certified documents and digital return, accelerates payment receipts for applicants
and reduces payment delays on exports
Major Compliance Improvements
Significantly reduces risk of liability and fraud, while also increasing visibility and auditability
Enables Flexible Working
Online application (and digital delivery) allows Certifiers to work wherever and whenever, fitting with the new-normal approach of hybrid or flexible working
Fast
Applications are immediately available to your certification team, even if they are working remotely or across different offices. When using digital return, certified documents are immediately available to the applicant
Tried & Tested Solution
essCert is the leading trade document certification platform globally, serving 400+ Chambers of Commerce and Certifying Bodies across the globe
Free 24/7 Support
Our helpdesk is available to your users 24 hours per day, seven days a week, if you require assistance or face any issues
Multi-Lingual Solution & Notifications
Solution available in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Latvian, Lithuanian & Portuguese. Hungarian, Russian & Arabic coming soon
We are known for our great customer response, so using essCert to get the Certificates of Origin within a couple of hours is a huge help.
P&G
Aaron Gleeson
We have been working closely with essCert for over seven years and have developed a first-class working relationship. Over the years nothing has been a problem to the essCert Support Team and have upgraded the system and process to suit. The development to meet all the Chambers’ needs has been second to none, in order to work with all our compliance requirements. Nothing can compare to the friendly, professional and “can do attitude” of all the staff, keep up the great work.
Edinburgh Chamber
Annette Kinghorn, Sr. Certification Officer
We have found essCert of be a very fast and efficient service. Using essCert has saved time, money & effort. We achieved up to a 50% reduction in processing costs.
Bolloré Logistics (SDV)
Titus Thomas
essCert gives us a lot of flexibility in organising company’s division of labour. Sales offices all around the world can apply for and issue their own Certificates of origin and get other documents certified. If needed an application can be sent from the office in Miami and printed out in the office in Dubai. essCert gives us also the possibility to have a good and easy overview over all documents that our company has applied for and of course it is more convenient to fill in all applications on-line, not mentioning that the whole process is much faster.
BillerudKorsnäs
Export Coordinator, Stockholm, Sweden
We switched on essCert's credit card facility for key customer segments and gained immediate improvements in cash-flow and credit control, with related time and money savings for our accounts team. The introduction of credit cards plus the invoicing and VAT receipts options was positively received by most customers. The team at essCert were very responsive, nothing was too much trouble and we are delighted to now have these payment options – which are very flexible and easily controlled by us.
Aberdeen & Grampian CC
Gordon Prentice, Finance & Admin Director
The essCert system is extremely beneficial to us as previously someone from the office had to physically drive to Ballina, complete the details in the Chamber offices and wait for approval before returning to the office with the paperwork. The essCert service has simplified the process and in removing the necessity to travel to Ballina it means that person is in the office focused on activities generating value for PEL Waste Reduction Equipment.
PEL Waste Reduction
Kevin O'Malley, Sales & Marketing Manager
Very prompt and efficient support team.
Unsworth Global Logistics
Ian Short, Export Department
essCert digitizes all required origin, movement + trade docs, with key doc types listed below. Click here for more details on essCert Doc coverage
- Various Country Specific Certificates of Origin (i.e., AU, AIG, AR, IE, LV, SI, UK, etc.)
- Arab Certificate of Origin
- AIG Declaration of Origin
- European / EC Certificate of Origin
- GSP Form A
- ATR / ATR.1 Movement Certificate
- EUR-MED Movement Certificate
- EUR.1 Movement Certificate
- International Import Certificate
- Invoice Declaration
- Miscellaneous Certificate
- Other Supporting Documents
- ATA Carnet (coming soon)
- Various Free Trade Agreement Certs, i.e:
- ChAFTA
- IE-CEPA
- JAEPA
- KAFTA
- MAFTA
- PAFTA
- SAFTA
- TAFTA
essCert provides three package levels for Chambers of Commerce / Government Authorities to pick and choose from based on your needs
essCert Express
- Online Exporter or Forwarder registration
- Online application for Exporter or Forwarder
- Access to our existing library of 37 Certificate templates
- Draft Certs in essCert or upload PDF Certs and distribute via essCert
- Online review, approve and certify by Chamber or Government Body
- Digital Return (create finalized signed/stamped Certificates which are securely returned via essCert as PDFs and printed by Exporter, Forwarder, or emailed to Importer)
- Email notifications of key events to ensure nothing is missed
- Basic reporting tools providing insight into use
- Online verification tool for buyers, banks and Customs Authorities
- Chamber hub, allowing small Chambers to have processing provided by larger chambers if desired
- Multilingual user interface & email notifications, supporting English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Latvian, Lithuanian & Portuguese. (Hungarian, Russian & Arabic coming soon)
- Hosted by ICE Digital Trade (formerly essDOCS) on AWS (Ireland + Germany)
- Constant service security monitoring, regular patches and upgrades
- 24-hour Support to Chamber (by phone & emails)
- GDPR Compliant
essCert Enterprise
everything in Express, plus:
- Add your own proprietary Certificate formats
- Accounting, Tracking & Payment modules (Credit card charging module, Deposit account system, Invoicing system)
- Enhanced reporting
- Handling and Recording of paper (i.e., Non-electronic) COs
- Option to add additional language pack small fee will apply)
- API to connect Chamber Accounts software or CRM systems and remove data-reentry
- ICC CO chain verification interface
- Customs/Supervisory portal
- Freight Forwarder Agent module
- Direct support to exporters
- API to corporate systems of major exporters
- OCR tool to automate applications from ERP generated invoices
- White-labelled to promote your brand
essCert Hybrid
everything in Enterprise, plus:
- Chamber / Country hosted database, to provide complete control of your data
- ICE Digital Trade (formerly essDOCS) hosts and maintains the application (approx. 12 updates per year)
Note: a fully hosted option is also available, but not recommended
Pricing
No upfront fees
Flexible packages, pay-as-you-go or
subscription pricing to fit your budget and needs
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subscription pricing to fit your budget and needs