Tips or Advice?

I can't speak for the rest of the brokerage community, but we're fine with new entrants. I know there are other brokers that are, as well - what we look at are at a carrier's SMS scores, primarily, to determine eligibility. There's other stuff, but that's our most common carrier disqualification. I know there are more than a few others out there that do the same.

That being said, what sort of equipment are you running? That'll help folks to give you advice on what you can do differently.

 

Plenty of Brokers & shippers out there that will work with new entrants, there are some that won't. It will just take some calling around to figure it out. Soon enough you'll be past any probationary period that some may have. Main thing is to make sure whoever you work with has good credit and solid payment history.

As for your equipment you'll have to market yourself to fit a specific need with your hotshot setup. Not everyone has hot shot freight but there are enough that do, you just have to do the leg work to find them.

 

Got it. I do a fair amount of work with hotshots - doesn't seem like they're hurting for work, either. I've got a few guys who call me when they're in certain areas we're working on that I can usually squirrel them up a load, be it from me or a coworker.

 

Talk about putting the cart before the horse.