Another "Uber for freight"?

Scalping is an integral part of freight markets and it will continue to be present on both ends. There is always going to be a desperate broker needing to move a load at all costs and a desperate carrier willing to go somewhere for a cheap pay. I just see these apps as a good replacement of many mindless calls and asking about trivial things. Brokers could provide more info on existing loadboards already, and some do but for the most part not disclosing too much info until the call is made is a part of the game.

 

I received a cold call from an Uber sales rep today trying to get me to sign up for their load board. I explained that I have contracted freight and wasn't interested, but he just kept doubling down with the hard sell and wouldn't take no for an answer. I finally just hung up and blocked his number.

 

If you really want your app to be crazy wild successful, you need to somehow establish very good detention and TONU pay.

If everything else worked smoothly, you had plenty of knowledgeable staff to handle any real problems, and you had a quick pay, that would probably explode.

 

I pull a drive van for hire.
Out of 58,584 total loaded miles for which my YTD average is $2.75 per miles

Uber paid me YTD
$ 22074 for 8,009 miles $2.76 per mile
Convoy paid me YTD
$ 38,591 for 13,056 miles $2,95 per mile

They both have given me 35% of my work load so far this year. I actually like their app based load booking and the simplicity of it. They pay on time (Quick pay for free) and they respond to issues at a satisfactory level (room for improvement). I am content with them. If I were to pull freight exclusively for them - if possible at all - I would be doing all right considering my cost side of business.

 

You'll be doing good until every owner operator in on this email boards and drive carrier prices down.

 

No THANKS....rates are cut low enough already.