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Create a Commercial Invoice, Proforma Invoice, or Packing List

Fill in your shipment details, review the document in your browser, then download a clean PDF for international shipping paperwork.

Built for shipping documents, not general client billing.

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Which flow?

  • Commercial invoice — value, goods, and parties for customs and carriers.
  • Proforma invoice — a draft for your buyer before the final sale invoice.
  • Packing list — what’s packed and how it’s counted.
  • No account needed. Review the PDF and compare related documents before download.

Shipping document drafts without reformatting old files

Crossborder Docs is built for small sellers and operators who keep rebuilding shipping documents in spreadsheets, old PDFs, or copied templates. The goal is to make common paperwork faster to repeat and easier to review before export.

Right now, the tool covers three document types for common international shipping paperwork. It does not store a full account history, and it does not replace legal, tax, customs, or carrier guidance.

Pick a starting point

Commercial Invoice Generator

Use this when you need declared value, buyer and seller details, and line items for international shipping paperwork.

Start a commercial invoice →

Proforma Invoice Generator

Use this when you need a buyer-facing draft with quoted values before the final commercial invoice is issued.

Start a proforma invoice →

Packing List Generator

Use this when you need a clean list of what is packed, counted, and shipped in each order.

Start a packing list →

When people use each one

These documents overlap on names, addresses, and line items, but each one answers a different shipment question.

Start with a commercial invoice when the open question is about declared value, goods description, and who sold what to whom. It is usually the customs-facing document in the set.

Start with a proforma invoice when the shipment is still at quote or approval stage and the buyer needs a draft before the final invoice exists.

Start with a packing list when the open question is physical: what is inside the shipment, how quantities are counted, and what a warehouse or receiving team should see at handoff.

If the shipment may need more than one of these, start with the FAQ or jump directly to the commercial invoice generator, proforma invoice generator, and packing list generator.

Why people use a tool like this instead of a blank template

The pain is usually not creating a PDF. The pain is catching wrong shipment details before the file has already been shared.

For many small teams, these documents are still created by copying an old invoice, editing a spreadsheet, or manually fixing layout issues in a word processor. That usually works until someone notices the wrong consignee, missing quantity, mismatched value, or an outdated reference number after the file has already been shared.

Crossborder Docs is meant for that narrow but recurring workflow. Enter the core shipment details, review the draft in the browser, and export a clean PDF without treating document formatting as a separate task. It will not replace customs judgment or lane-specific checks, but it can remove a lot of repetitive document cleanup from the process.

If the same shipment needs more than one document, keep the descriptions, quantities, references, and party details aligned. That is the practical difference between a useful shipping document set and three unrelated PDF files.

Common questions

Commercial invoice, proforma, or packing list?

Use a commercial invoice for final declared value, a proforma invoice for a buyer-facing draft before the sale is confirmed, and a packing list when handlers need to see what is packed and how quantities are counted.

What should I have ready?

Sender, recipient, document number, date, and your line items. You do not need an account to use the tool.

Is this different from a normal invoice maker?

Yes. This is for international shipping paperwork, not general client billing. Use it when a carrier, customs flow, buyer, or warehouse needs a commercial invoice, proforma invoice, or packing list draft.

See full FAQ

Before you start

If you are not sure which document you need, or want to check what goes in each field, these pages have the short version.

Commercial invoice vs packing list

Compare the two document types and see when a shipment may need both.

Read the comparison guide

How to create a commercial invoice for international shipping

Review the core details people usually need before drafting the invoice PDF.

Read the how-to guide

Proforma invoice vs commercial invoice

See where the quote-stage draft ends and the final sale invoice begins.

Read the comparison guide

How to create a proforma invoice for international shipping

Review the core details people usually need before sending a buyer-facing draft.

Read the how-to guide

Commercial invoice required fields checklist

Confirm the parties, invoice reference, line items, and the supporting details people usually miss before export.

Review the checklist

Packing list required fields checklist

Check parties, document reference, item descriptions, quantities, and matching details before you generate the PDF.

Review the checklist

How to write description of goods on a commercial invoice

Fix vague line-item wording before you preview or download the invoice draft.

Read the field guide

Not legal or customs advice

This prepares basic PDFs for typical international shipments. It does not replace legal, tax, or customs guidance, and carriers or authorities may reject a document that does not fit your case - confirm the final PDF against your shipment and destination rules.

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What you should expect from this list

The goal is not to start a newsletter business. It is to keep a small list of people who want to hear when a new document generator, a major workflow fix, or a useful guide is added.

If this project does not keep improving, the list should stay quiet. If it does improve, this is the simplest way to know without creating an account.