Bid on Shipping Loads
Bid on Shipping Loads
Bid on shipping loads using the largest shipping load board in the industry.
If you’re looking to bid on shipping loads more efficiently and effectively, DAT is the best place to do it. With 400 million new loads posted each year, DAT has the most loads available and provides the tools you need to understand what the going rate is.
- Locate your most profitable routes to optimize your earnings.
- Access spot market rates based on real invoices.
- Identify where your services are in high demand.
Locate your most profitable routes to optimize your earnings.
Find the best paying routes to make sure you always pick the perfect load.
DAT’s online shipping load board doesn’t just help truckers find the best paying loads, it also helps them find the best paying routes using market rate data on 68,000 lanes. Plus, DAT’s TriHaul feature in the DAT Load Board allows you to understand the most efficient routes for each of your loads while helping you find shipping loads for the backhaul!
Access spot market rates based on real invoices.
Use up-to-date, accurate market rate data to approach each negotiation with the insights you need to get the best rate possible.
Before you bid on shipping loads, it’s important that you know the going rate for similar loads. DAT’s shipping load board provides you with in-depth data on market rates so you can make competitive bids and secure the best paying loads every time.
When you subscribe to DAT, you can access average spot market rates for either a 15-day or 30-day period that’s based on real data from invoices.
Identify where your services are in high demand.
Determining where your services are needed most can help you improve your earnings.
Supply and demand can vary a lot from lane to lane, and your services might be in much higher demand on one lane than another. You shouldn’t leave it up to guesswork to find where your services are needed the most. Both the DAT One Pro (Formerly TruckersEdge Pro) and DAT One Select (Formerly Power Select) packages let you view locations where trucks are leaving vs. entering so you can maximize your time on the road.
If you want to bid on shipping loads, you must first identify the appropriate rate for the load. This requires a strong understanding of the load’s criteria (a difficult broker or a long route might make high-paying loads not worth the trouble) and the going rates for comparable loads and lanes.
Once you’ve identified the right rate, you can get started on the bidding process. Your best bet is to charge a price as close as possible to the market rate. You can use DAT’s shipping load board to find market rate estimates based on actual invoice data, so you can make as accurate an estimate as possible.
Traditionally, truckers had to call brokers and shippers to negotiate load rates with information they picked up from faxes or truck stops. Now, all you need to do is simply access your supplier’s website or get their contact info from the listing on the DAT shipping load board and use our pricing tools to identify the going rate and make a competitive offer.
When you subscribe to DAT’s shipping load board, you’re not just signing up for the largest database of loads in the country, you’re investing in a tool that can optimize your performance.
When finding the right loads for your trucking operation, it’s important to consider the amount of time it will take to deliver the load, the route you must take, if you can get a backhaul, the trustworthiness of your broker, and more. DAT’s load boards have all the tools you need to find the best load at the best rate every time.
When it comes to understanding market rates for shipping loads, DAT has you covered with DAT RateView.
DAT RateView is an online tool that brings real-time freight rates to your fingertips. With RateView, you can access spot market rates based on $24 billion of actual transactions from real brokers and shippers across the country.
Rateview is integrated into many DAT load board packages and is also available as a standalone software service.
Lots of load boards include some sort of rate tool — but not all rates are created equal. At DAT, our data is based only on actual transactions between carriers and load providers — we don’t include bids or asking prices in our calculations. The process is automated and immediate, so that the numbers submitted to DAT reflect changes in the spot market as they happen.
Negotiating prices is essential when bidding on shipping loads, but it can be challenging without access to key information on market and lane rates. Arming you with important information on lane rates, areas of high demand, and more, DAT helps you enter negotiations with confidence and get the prices you deserve. When you understand the complete picture of how much your loads are worth, negotiating the right rates is a piece of cake.
“The DAT Load Board is the only one I use, and I really don’t see any interest in trying any other one.”
- Brian Stone, Stone’s Trucking LLC
"DAT Load Board is awesome. They even teach you how to book a load and how to use it on your computer or cell phone app. Highly recommend DAT!"
- Francis Gatmaitan, Alpha Trucking
Make the best bids on shipping loads with DAT!
With DAT, you gain access to the accurate market rate data you need to bid on shipping loads effectively. Choose from hundreds of thousands of loads and make the most of your time on the road. Get started with DAT today!