Freight sales for motor carriers

Develop Your Own Direct Freight Customers

North Star becomes your outside freight sales department.

On an illustrative $10,000 load you keep $7,500-$8,500 after a 15-25% broker margin, or $9,200 after North Star's 8% fee
Keep more of the freight dollar. A 15 to 25% broker margin is an illustrative range, not an industry average. 8% is North Star’s proposed development fee, subject to the actual agreement.

One customer can produce years of freight

Two loads a week is 104 loads a year104 small load blocks, two for each week of the year, beside one truck: one customer shipping twice a week.104loads a year
Two loads a week from one customer is 104 loads a year.

We already know where to look

Map of the United States with 302,913 potential freight facilities, 18,309 with a plant contact and 2,423 produce shippers
We match them to your lanes and equipment.

See the actual sales system

The live Freight Finder: trailer choices, a map of Atlanta freight facilities and step 2 of the 16-step tour
The system our sales representatives work in. Follow a shipper from the map to the sales pipeline, in 16 steps.

Your outside freight sales department

A dedicated North Star sales representative finds, calls, negotiates with and signs shippers for your fleet. Commission only, or retainer plus a lower commission.