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Competing with drivers on Fr8star

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by smolphry, Jun 27, 2019.

  1. Jun 27, 2019 #1
    smolphry

    smolphry Bobtail Member

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    I've recently started working for a broker that's just getting into freight. I've been bidding on fr8star with moderate success but every so often I get outbid by what I can only assume is a driver. Are there alternatives to fr8star that only allow brokers and not carriers to bid directly?
     
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  3. Jun 27, 2019 #2
    PPNLE

    PPNLE Road Train Member

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    Hell if I know. I wouldn't be on it, anyways, though. Those "open to everyone" bid sites are a massive time suck for little return.
     
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  4. Jun 27, 2019 #3
    LoneRanger

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    You mean there are sites that brokers can bid on freight along with drivers?
     
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  5. Jun 27, 2019 #4
    smolphry

    smolphry Bobtail Member

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    For real, I'm putting in entirely too much time for the return I'm getting. The company I'm with has mostly done cars and is just starting to really expand into freight. What's a better option than fr8star?
     
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  7. Jun 27, 2019 #5
    smolphry

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    Yep. It's nuts. I'll put in a bid and then someone will come in with an all in bid that's below my carrier pay.
     
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  8. Jun 27, 2019 #6
    Double Dime

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    I bid what I can do it for and if I get under bid by some ayhoo, so be it
     
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  9. Jun 27, 2019 #7
    PPNLE

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    Ironplanet's shenanigans, the name of which escapes me at the moment, immediately springs to mind. I spent some time early on in my brokering trying to snipe loads off of that. Just got to be too much of a headache looking for worthwhile stuff to bid on and then never getting it or getting the end customer trying to slice your throat for a few pennies more.
     
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