Skip the broker markup without taking on the fraud risk. Post your load to carriers whose authority and insurance are verified for you, watch every mile on live GPS, and settle with the carrier directly — free for shippers.
A broker sits between you and the truck and takes a cut on every load — often 15–20%. Over a year of freight that is real money leaving your business.
Post to an open board yourself and you inherit the broker’s hardest job: proving the carrier is real, insured and not double-brokering your freight. FMCSA records alone are outdated and easy to game.
Direct often means calling for updates and hoping. No live location, no arrival proof, no clean record when a dock dispute lands on your desk.
Create a shipper account, post your lane, and verified carriers see it — no subscription, no posting fee. You pay the carrier for the haul, not a broker for the introduction. Create a shipper account →
Authority, insurance and account health are checked before a carrier is ever offered your load — and monitored continuously, not photocopied once. The hardest part of going direct is handled for you. How carriers are verified →
A live map, ETA and geofenced arrive/depart stamps answer “where is my freight” before anyone calls — and stand as server-side proof in any dock dispute. See GPS tracking & proof →
Invoices ride a receipt-verified rail with PAY-BY deadlines and confirmations, so paying the carrier direct is as clean as paying a broker — with the paperwork trail to match. How payments work →
Because the assigned carrier is verified and GPS-tracked, your freight moves on the truck you booked — the single biggest defense against the double-brokering scams that hit direct shippers. Protect your freight →
Run appointments and geofenced check-ins at your own docks, measured the same way for every carrier — data to fix slow docks and defend against inflated detention claims. Shipper & facility solutions →
You post the freight and pick the verified carrier; where a broker license is legally required, the load moves through a licensed brokerage partner — and we are always transparent about who is doing what on your shipment. You are never guessing whether your freight is legal, insured or tracked. See the full shipper solution →
When you ship through a broker, a middleman takes a cut on every load — commonly 15–20% of the freight cost. Post your freight direct to a carrier and you pay the truck for the haul, not the broker for the introduction. Over a year of shipments that markup is real money leaving your business. That is why more shippers search for how to ship without a broker, the cheapest way to ship a full truckload, and a direct shipper load board — and why paying carriers directly is the single biggest lever on your freight spend. The catch has always been vetting and risk; LoadBoot removes it so going direct is safe. Read the full playbook in how to ship freight without a broker.
| Through a broker | Direct on LoadBoot | |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | Freight + a 15–20% broker markup | The carrier’s rate — posting is free |
| Carrier vetting | The broker’s job (you can’t see it) | Authority + insurance verified for you, continuously |
| Visibility | Call for updates | Live GPS + arrive/depart proof |
| Fraud / double-brokering | Hidden risk | GPS on the booked truck — protection built in |
| Payment | Broker pays the carrier, bills you | Receipt-verified, direct to the carrier |
Shippers post every kind of truckload freight direct on LoadBoot — reefer (temperature-controlled), dry van, flatbed and step-deck, hotshot, power-only and box truck / expedited. Whatever your lane, verified carriers running that equipment can see and accept it, so you find capacity without a broker sitting in the middle. If you run recurring lanes, a direct relationship with vetted carriers is both cheaper and more reliable than re-brokering every load. See the equipment types and how matching works in the shipper solution, or create a shipper account and post your first lane free.
Ready to post your freight? Create a shipper account — no authority or license needed on your side. See the complete shipper solution for how vetting, tracking and dock scheduling fit together, and if you want the step-by-step, read how to ship without a broker and how to protect your freight from loss and fraud. Brokers posting freight can use the free load board; everything the platform does is on features.
Stop chasing a load board hoping the right truck calls back. The LoadBoot Carrier Network flips it: search a live directory of FMCSA-verified carriers by lane, equipment, DOT or MC number and home base, read each carrier’s authority, insurance, on-time record and health score, then post a load directly to the carriers you choose and let their offers come to you — first to accept wins. It is the reverse of a load board: trusted capacity, sourced in minutes.
Filter verified carriers by lane, equipment (dry van, reefer, flatbed, step deck, power-only, hazmat, box truck), team status and home base — find the truck that fits before you ever post.
Every carrier passed FMCSA authority, insurance, W-9 and a signed agreement, and is watched live by our health engine — so double-brokering and freight fraud have nowhere to hide.
Only a broker or shipper who actually booked and delivered with a carrier can rate it — real reviews you can trust, not anonymous noise.
Send a load straight to the carriers you picked; the first to accept books it. No blast to the whole board, no double-booked trucks, no endless check calls.
Yes. You post your load free and pay the carrier for the haul rather than a broker for the introduction. Where broker authority is legally required, the load moves through a licensed brokerage partner, and we are transparent about it — but there is no broker margin layered onto your rate for the sake of it.
LoadBoot verifies carrier authority and insurance and monitors account health continuously before any carrier is offered your load. Going direct normally means doing this yourself; here it is done for you on every load.
Only verified carriers are offered your freight, and the assigned truck is GPS-tracked — so your load moves on the carrier you booked. That live, server-side record is the strongest defense against double-brokering, which is one of the biggest risks of shipping direct.
Yes — posting freight, tracking shipments and running dock appointments are free for shippers and facilities. The dispatch fee is on the carrier side.
A live map and ETA on every shipment, geofenced arrive/depart stamps at each stop, POD at delivery and document status — see GPS tracking & proof.
No. Operating authority is the carrier’s job and broker authority is handled by licensed partners where required. Your side is the freight, the facts and the docks.
Vetted capacity, dock-level GPS proof and published accessorial standards — the complete picture.
Learn moreWhat to have ready and how your freight goes from posted to moving with proof.
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