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Well said,
Regarding carriers: I always check to see if they have a website also and it's content. I understand the smaller carriers (wife dispatching while husband drives or vice-versa)...
Biggest red flag is when a new 'carrier' has a website under construction with a picture of a truck, plane, train and cube van on it. I've seen this a few times and of course rebook elsewhere!!
Of course there is nothing worse than a broker trying to pass itself off as a carrier. How's about being honest with the world, brokers are service providers without fleets. Your insurance company will thank you for being honest with the world if it came down to a liability case - you could as a broker be held accountable for a variety of things if you 'are shown to be presenting yourself as a carrier'...
Keep well,
Mike
As my response is off the Routex topic, thought to start another thread.
as per theman, pardon my cutting and pasting from your Routex thread:
My 2 cents is:
- you have yet another broker without even a website .. how the heck are they marketing themselves
- they are widely believed to be living off of the double broker deal
- they're kicked off the Link so their access to Canadian carrier capacity is quite limited
Probably the end of the road for them.
Guys, I would urge that whenever you work with a new company (particularly a broker), check them out online! I can understand why a small carrier would not want an internet domain though I disagree with it. But as a broker, even though one is not necessarily counting on the internet to generate sales, I know for sure that my customers and prospects check out our company on the internet on a regular basis as a means of finding what's new and how we are presenting ourselves publicly. A broker without a website is a HUGE red flag as far as I'm concerned. The only thing that's worse is when a company who is obviously a non-asset based broker presents itself as a carrier.
Regarding carriers: I always check to see if they have a website also and it's content. I understand the smaller carriers (wife dispatching while husband drives or vice-versa)...
Biggest red flag is when a new 'carrier' has a website under construction with a picture of a truck, plane, train and cube van on it. I've seen this a few times and of course rebook elsewhere!!
Of course there is nothing worse than a broker trying to pass itself off as a carrier. How's about being honest with the world, brokers are service providers without fleets. Your insurance company will thank you for being honest with the world if it came down to a liability case - you could as a broker be held accountable for a variety of things if you 'are shown to be presenting yourself as a carrier'...
Keep well,
Mike
As my response is off the Routex topic, thought to start another thread.
as per theman, pardon my cutting and pasting from your Routex thread:
My 2 cents is:
- you have yet another broker without even a website .. how the heck are they marketing themselves
- they are widely believed to be living off of the double broker deal
- they're kicked off the Link so their access to Canadian carrier capacity is quite limited
Probably the end of the road for them.
Guys, I would urge that whenever you work with a new company (particularly a broker), check them out online! I can understand why a small carrier would not want an internet domain though I disagree with it. But as a broker, even though one is not necessarily counting on the internet to generate sales, I know for sure that my customers and prospects check out our company on the internet on a regular basis as a means of finding what's new and how we are presenting ourselves publicly. A broker without a website is a HUGE red flag as far as I'm concerned. The only thing that's worse is when a company who is obviously a non-asset based broker presents itself as a carrier.