so there is a broker bidding platform as well??? like a loadlink but for brokers ..
No, these shippers have their own in house platforms that an outsider (like Uber) sets up. A load comes up and all of a shipper's brokers and carriers can submit a rate.. the shipper may jump on the first rate or he may let the thing marinate for a week before it finally gets assigned to someone. In my opinion its a stupid way to go about it. If a carrier has a truck available he isn't going to wait days until the shipper has gone through his tendering process. I've bid on loads and sometimes I get them... its a mixed feeling for sure, knowing that I just beat out a whole bunch of other people, and the truck I had for the load a week ago is long gone and probably thousands of miles away already. Hmm. maybe if they could set up something similar for haircuts.. someone somewhere in Toronto will probably cut my hair for 4 bucks..
I know that on this platform, customers need to create an account for the carrier or broker in order to proceed with operations
Dutch auction start high and how low can you go. They get one rate, my rate I am not dropping it. The truck can sit in the yard if I am going broke it would not be pulling shit down the street to make someone else rich as i lose it all. Rather sit on the couch if that is the case. Say no for a couple days and rates will change but i would take all of the live an die on the loadboard carriers to do it at once so good luck with that.
That's the way I am too. I give them what I consider a fair rate that's in keeping with the marketplace, and whatever happens from there happens. Most of the time I don't get the load but sometimes I'll get it on the second or third go around. With these bidding platforms it helps to figure out the system and to use it to one's advantage.. the cheapest rates always get first dibs, but just as often as not, they cannot cover the load.. it goes back out for tender.. and sooner or later it moves for a more reasonable rate. Sometimes the initial rates are good for a laugh.. 1.70/mi to Brooklyn, NY.. you KNOW that one is coming back 'round again..
so how do carriers get on - this way atleast more people are being realistic.....interesting way of doing business
Not the only way.. I worked for carriers for 20 years before starting my brokerage. I started out as a carrier also but quickly went to brokerage because I never seemed to have my two trucks in the right place at the right time... trucks in Toronto but prospect says "sure I could use help.. quote me Waco, TX to Atlanta, GA".. enough of those calls convinced to go broker.
Just curious, does Kim make wine deliveries?When everyone is struggling in business, this board is like a ghost town, and when business is good, everyone's here with their stories and comments.
Really, when everyone is struggling, that's when we should be here helping each other out.
Just my humble two cents worth for the day
Happy trucking everyone.
