Truck Dispatch Fees: a Flat 6% or 8% of Weekly Gross

How much truck dispatch costs with us

That's the whole price. No signup fee, no monthly fee, no minimum number of loads, and no long-term contract.

Try us free for 3 days

Your first 3 days of dispatch with us are free: there's no dispatch fee on any load picked up during those 3 days. No card and no commitment. If it's working, the flat 6% or 8% starts on day 4. If it isn't, you tell us and you owe nothing.

Why box truck and hotshot are 8%

Box truck and hotshot loads pay less per load than a full tractor-trailer load. To keep you moving, your dispatcher books more of them each week, which means more calls, more broker setup packets and more paperwork for the same weekly revenue. The extra 2% covers that work.

What you'd actually pay

Our fee is a percentage of your weekly gross: everything brokers pay on the loads we book that week, including linehaul, fuel surcharge, detention, layover and TONU. Lumper fees and other money you're only reimbursed for don't count. Two examples:

Example numbers only, to show how the fee works. They're not a quote or a promise of what any load will pay. Here's how to read the linehaul and fuel lines on a rate con.

Want to compare fee models on your own load? The dispatch fee calculator, one of our free trucking tools, puts a percentage of the gross, a percentage of linehaul only and a flat weekly fee side by side.

Two things work in your favor. Lumper fees and other money you're only reimbursed for aren't part of your gross, so there's no fee on them. And if a broker never pays you for a load, you owe us nothing for that load. Here's how we collect detention and TONU for you.

How you pay us, and how you get paid

1. You deliver the load. We help send the paperwork to the broker, or to your factor.
2. The broker pays you directly, or pays your factoring company if you use one. That money never passes through our account.
3. Every Monday we send one invoice listing last week's loads and our fee.
4. You pay within 3 business days by ACH, Zelle or a secure payment link, and only after you've been paid.

Spot a mistake on an invoice? Tell us within 7 days and we'll fix it. There's no late fee, but fees more than 15 days late may pause dispatching until they're paid.

Keeping the money separate protects you. You always see exactly what the broker paid, and nobody sits between you and your load payments. If you want cash faster than broker terms, we can connect you with factoring through our partner companies, or you can keep using your own factor.

What the fee includes

• Load sourcing on load boards and through broker relationships
• Rate negotiation on every load
• Route planning around your hours and home time
• Broker vetting before every booking
• Paperwork and invoicing, with invoices sent in your name
• Broker communication and check calls
• Recovering detention, layover and TONU pay from the broker

What the fee doesn't include

Your own operating costs stay yours:

• Fuel and tolls
• Insurance
• Maintenance and repairs
• Permits and registrations
• Factoring fees, if you use a factor
• Any other third-party costs

We don't mark anything up. Some carriers ask for extra help, like filing for authority or getting insurance quotes. That's never part of the dispatch fee. We quote it separately, and you only pay if you agree to it first. Know your own numbers before you compare: here's how to calculate your cost per mile.

How our fee compares

Most dispatchers charge a percentage too, but they charge it on different amounts, and some add setup or monthly fees on top. Ours is a flat percentage of your weekly gross, with no setup or monthly fees and nothing owed on a load the broker never pays. Here's how dispatch fees compare across the industry, including the hidden fees to watch for.

Our fee vs dispatching yourself

The average truck cost $2.336 per mile to run in 2025, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. A dispatcher pays for itself when it cuts empty miles, lifts your rates or frees up hours you'd rather spend driving. We run the full math in self-dispatch vs hiring a dispatcher.

Read the terms before you sign

Everything above is in writing. Read our dispatch agreement in plain English, then see what you need for carrier setup. Still have questions? Our FAQ page answers the common ones, and our about page covers who we are.