Private Load Boards

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  1. yang19

    yang19 Bobtail Member

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    Hi, I've heard that brokers sometimes have their own private load boards. Is this true and how common is this? I'm interested in diving into this industry and was wondering if brokers just mainly use global loads such as on DAT or do brokers mainly use private load boards?
     
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  3. JimmyTwoTimes

    JimmyTwoTimes Medium Load Member

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    It depends on the size of the brokerage, the larger they are the better chance they have their own load board. Almost every broker out there uses DAT and/or other public load boards to some extent though.
     
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  4. yang19

    yang19 Bobtail Member

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    Do you know if there's a need for load boards even at small brokerages? I'm wondering if that could be a possible opportunity in this market.
     
  5. JimmyTwoTimes

    JimmyTwoTimes Medium Load Member

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    There is, but they typically just go to DAT. When your brokerage is small any additional overhead is tough on your business, and realistically I would imagine it would be hard to compete with the capacity per dollar spent that DAT offers by selling private load boards to brokers.
     
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  6. TX2Day

    TX2Day Medium Load Member

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    There are formats out there for not a whole lot of money for a broker to have his own load board by the end of the day.

    FYI
     
  7. ElmerFudpucker

    ElmerFudpucker Medium Load Member

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    But getting a carrier to check your board when you only have a half dozen loads is a different matter.
     
  8. TX2Day

    TX2Day Medium Load Member

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    True, but that was not the question.
     
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  9. Pepper24

    Pepper24 Road Train Member

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    There are a good number of private load boards just of the top of my head Landstar ,TQL,CH Roberson,Mercer,Tennessee steel hauler.Admial merchant
     
  10. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    Transfix, Ryan, Nolan, RXO/XPO, Werner, JBHunt, Uber, Convoy, etc.
     
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