Methods of convincing Direct Shippers

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Reason: I don't want to discourage a such a young fellow.

 

Okay. Fair enough. Sounds like you're working hard, and that's to be commended.

So OP, how did you settle on brokering as your intended career path, and specifically, what made you decided you wanted to open your own brokerage?

 

And OP, where are you from that you call college university? lol. Like calling vacation holiday.

You moving to the US this summer?

 

First mistake is the thought of by non-recourse factoring you won't have to worry about being paid. It's non-recourse if the customer files bankruptcy.

Second mistake with factoring is you may at some point "borrow" that factored money to cover some other expense rather than pay the carrier. Assuming that your plan was to pay the carrier as soon as the invoice was factored to begin with.

Third mistake is thinking that a contingent insurance policy will cover everything. When there is a claim the customer usually stops all payments until resolved and paid. What are you going to do, tell the other carriers that as soon as it's resolved you'll pay them?

 

and don't take a measly 3% more like 50/50 there are many drivers willing to haul cheap don't waste your money foolishly. .. you have to eat too .... and you know the trucker will waste his extra money on chrome and chicken lights anyway

 

Talked to one driver this morning who wouldn't stop talking about his amazing new bumper and how he has it "almost paid off". He's also on 1 day quick pay and gets a comcheck for 40% as soon as he loads every time...