Independent agents

osumike33 · Oct 13, 2013

I believe it was of the gross, but the talk did not get too far...and it's been a while so I can't be sure. But 6% of linehaul would be a bit more comparable to the 3 - 4% you mentioned.

wichris · Oct 14, 2013

3-4% is on linehaul. 6% of gross would be way too much.

Casual Trucker · Oct 14, 2013

osumike33 said: ↑

I tried searching on here for the answer to this, but couldn't find anything. I was approached by someone who acts as an independent agent - sets up loads with private shippers, we deal with the shipper, get paid and then pay the agent his commission, in this case 6%. I thought it sounded good, basically a sales rep for the company....anyone work with anyone like that? Takes the place of a broker, it seems, which is kind of a good thing. To those who might say 'get your own customers and save the 6%', yes that's an option, too, but it does not have to be an either/or thing, can do both. Anyway - I'd not heard of this with regard to very small carriers (as small as 1 truck) and just wondering if anyone is doing it, and whether it's worked out or not. In the back of my mind also I'm wondering if there is some sort of goofy regulation preventing this (not bonded and all that, like brokers) but can't see how there could be.
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Smart shippers hell even the dumb ones will never ship a load without insurance coverage.So that puts you back in to the broker game.You have to have insurance when you are booking loads or trucks and if you don't have it you are out.

LSAgentOZR · Oct 14, 2013

sounds like brokering to me. Just a round about way of doing it.

osumike33 · Oct 14, 2013

Casual Trucker said: ↑

Smart shippers hell even the dumb ones will never ship a load without insurance coverage.So that puts you back in to the broker game.You have to have insurance when you are booking loads or trucks and if you don't have it you are out.
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Who said anything about not having insurance?? Pay a pretty penny every month for that, unless there is something other than liability and cargo I'm not aware of (though a couple brokers now also require general liability as well, I have found).

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