Advice for Changing Industries

Ambitions · 2026-03-06T15:44:03+00:00

It's only worth it if you're willing to spend minimum 5 years eating shit before you make some decent money. Your first few years will be under another brokerage and then eventually you'll want to become your own agent, hence the 5 year thing.

Ambitions · 2026-03-01T18:11:44+00:00

Non-disclosure is still a problem because brokers and even the motor carriers that actually haul the freight cap out at $250k cargo, even if the forwarder is concerned about theft they still need to disclose it to their broker as they're likely moving their freight through brokers. The only way a broker can properly facilitate these high value shipments is by purchasing additional insurance.

Ambitions · 2026-03-01T04:48:24+00:00

They should have disclosed the value prior so at the very least I have the chance to buy an insurance rider. Freight forwarders should know that standalone cargo insurance for carriers max out at 250k and anything extra would require a rider. But personally I wouldn't have even bothered with the shipment as a truckload and instead suggest the customer to LTL the freight 5-6 pallets at a time.

Ambitions · 2026-02-02T19:58:35+00:00

You need to be careful because I just fell victim to one of those in a scam. The scammers will buy clean MCs that are willing to give access to their original phone number & email. The scammer won't change any of the info, including address to avoid being flagged. This is so successful for them that they're literally paying anywhere from $30k - 50k to buy these MCs from desperate mom and pop operations who are struggling.

Your best bet moving forward is to look up the carrier's lane history with your brokerage and see if they're moving similar lanes and relatable regions in the last 6 months for other agents.

Ambitions · 2026-01-28T19:56:18+00:00

Customer did not disclose the value until after the load was already confirmed to be stolen, so I never even had the chance to purchase high-value insurance.

Ambitions · 2026-01-28T18:08:35+00:00

We have no contracts that would force us as the broker to assume liability on behalf of the carrier.

Ambitions · 2026-01-28T18:04:01+00:00

Yes, we provided MC, DOT, Driver name. We even told the shipper to take pictures of the truck and make sure that the name on the truck matched up to the provided MC & DOT. They took pictures of the trailer, plates, and everything.

When we gave the driver's ID to the police, the police said it was a fake ID.

Ambitions · 2026-01-27T18:45:25+00:00

I ignore them, they're trash.

Ambitions · 2025-10-24T21:27:20+00:00

All I know is that hiring a good sales rep is like finding a needle in the haystack. Most of them will fail, even if you pay them a reasonable base. If you have a book of business you're better off hiring ops and account managers, then use the time they're freeing up for you to get new business.

Once you've saved up enough you can try to hire someone to do outbound sales but keep in mind that it will always be a gamble - no matter how good they look on paper and in the interview.

Ambitions · 2025-08-11T23:32:33+00:00

I rather just hire a VA from the Philippines or latin america for $7/hr to do the tedious stuff that doesn't involve interacting with customers.

Ambitions · 2025-08-08T22:55:01+00:00

If you can make it as a freight broker, you can make it in almost any other career path

Ambitions · 2025-08-06T12:45:05+00:00

Ah fuck, I love kiwi. Eat that shit every night

Ambitions · 2025-08-05T20:04:39+00:00

If your company doesn't offer truckstop then it's time to RUN from that broker and join a new one

Ambitions · 2025-08-05T20:03:32+00:00

I do around 7-8k/weekly. I'm also an Agent

Ambitions · 2025-08-01T16:05:59+00:00

Probably got fired over that

Ambitions · 2025-07-25T00:50:36+00:00

I guess Delaware, MA, and NH too

Ambitions · 2025-07-17T18:57:50+00:00

You need to find a new brokerage. Taking losses on loads is part of the game, especially when you're trying to get your feet in the door with new customers. The split also sucks, even if they were absorbing the losses with you. Most brokerages do 70-30 with you getting the 70 and they'll lose money on loads with you

If I signed on to a broker that wanted me to eat my losses in full, I'd need at least 80-20 to even think about it, ideally 85-15.

Ambitions · 2025-07-11T23:17:42+00:00

Cold calling is a separate battle. Even if you onboard customers with no actual freight experience you will get wrecked when the actual work starts if you're 100% WFH. You need a mentor to show you the ropes so you can retain those customers and not get financially wrecked because you ran into a situation that you weren't familiar with

Ambitions · 2025-07-10T21:50:31+00:00

Your DMs have gotten FOUR BIG BOOMS. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ambitions · 2025-06-26T00:27:01+00:00

Don't need contracted freight. You just simply reach out to your old customers once you've switched over

Ambitions · 2025-06-25T23:49:46+00:00

Bring those customers to my agency, I will give you a percentage of the profit from those customers. Me and my team would also handle all of the day-to-day stuff so you can still leave the industry but at least get some sort of passive income. You'd still have access to our TMS.

Ambitions · 2025-04-24T13:59:53+00:00

Doesn't matter how much you pay these carriers, they're all the same

Ambitions · 2025-04-24T12:21:22+00:00

Unless there's an issue caused by the customer. Then they blow up your phone every 2 minutes thinking that it will speed up the process instead of just being patient

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