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How to run FreightSpace, start to finish.

Every step below shows the screen you will be looking at. Work through it in order the first week and you will have carriers signed, loads on the board and invoices going out.

Getting started

Your first 10 minutes

Sign up, then fill in Settings before you touch anything else. Your business name, contact name, phone and email go on every agreement, packet and invoice, so getting them right once saves you fixing them later. Set your default dispatch fee percent while you are there and every new load will do the commission math for you.

  • Settings, then Business: name, contact, phone, email
  • Set your default dispatch fee percent, usually 8 to 10
  • Read the dispatch agreement template and edit it to match how you work
  • Have your attorney review the agreement before you send it to a carrier
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Account

Settings

Business
Business name
Hawkins Dispatch
Contact name
Marcus Hawkins
Phone
(214) 555-0182
Email
marcus@hawkinsdispatch.com
Default dispatch fee %
10
Dispatch agreement template
Save settings
Branding

Make it look like your company

In Settings, open Your logo and upload a PNG, JPG or SVG. It replaces the FreightSpace mark in your sidebar so the workspace reads as yours. Remove it any time and the FreightSpace mark comes back.

  • Settings, Your logo, Upload logo
  • Keep it under 2 MB, transparent PNG looks best
  • Only you see your logo, nobody else's account is affected
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Account

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Dashboard
Carriers
Brokers
Loads
Capacity
Carriers

Onboard a carrier and get it signed

Add the carrier, then send your dispatch agreement as a link. They open it on their phone, sign with a finger, and the signed PDF lands in your files and in both inboxes. If you already have their packet, upload it on the Add carrier screen and the MC, DOT, insurance and contact fields fill themselves in for you to confirm.

  • Carriers, Add carrier, or upload their packet to fill it in
  • Open the carrier and press Send agreement to get a signing link
  • Text or email the link, no printer and no scanner needed
  • FreightSpace watches authority age and insurance expiry and warns you
  • Add trucks under the carrier if you dispatch a fleet
FreightSpace
Hawkins Dispatch sent you an agreement to sign
Dispatch Service Agreement
This agreement is entered into between the dispatcher and the carrier named below. The dispatcher will locate and negotiate loads on behalf of the carrier. The carrier keeps full authority over which loads it accepts. The dispatch fee is a percentage of the gross line haul and is due on payment of the load.
Signature
Sign & submit
Agreement signed
Marcus Trujillo · March 14 at 8:12 pm
Compliance watch
Authority age418 days
Insurance expiry12 days
Brokers

Brokers, packets and who actually pays

Add a broker once and every rate con, packet and invoice can point at them. When a new broker needs a carrier packet, build it from the carrier page and send it in one go with the COI, W-9, authority and signed agreements attached. As loads get paid, the Brokers page learns which brokers pay fast and which drag.

  • Brokers, Add broker with MC number and contact
  • Carrier page, Send packet, pick the broker, review the attachments
  • Days to pay is measured from your own paid loads, not a guess
Brokers
Coastal Freight Co
14 loadspays in 21 days avg
$28,400 gross
Redline Brokers
9 loadspays in 18 days avg
$17,950 gross
Delta Line Freight
6 loadsSlow payer · pays in 41 days avg
$11,200 gross

Calculated from your own payment history, not a rating site. You learn who to book and who to avoid.

Loads

Book a load and move it down the board

Press Upload rate confirmation on the Loads page and drop the PDF or a phone photo. FreightSpace reads the broker, lane, dates, weight and rate and fills the new load form in for you. Confirm the numbers and save. After that, drag the card as the load moves: booked, dispatched, in transit, delivered, paperwork, paid.

  • Upload rate confirmation, review the filled fields, save
  • Every card shows the gross and your commission
  • Cards that stall age into amber so nothing gets forgotten
  • Open a card to attach the BOL and POD and email the broker
Rate confirmation.pdf
Scanned in 4s · 11 fields filled
BrokerDelta Line Freight
MCMC 884213
OriginDallas, TX
DestinationAtlanta, GA
PickupMar 14, 8:00 am
Weight5,200 lbs
Rate$1,600
Booked
#4489
DAL to MEM
Unit 12
$2,150$215
Dispatched
#4486
MEM to BNA
Unit 12
$980$98
In transit
#4482
DAL to ATL
Unit 12
$1,240$124
Delivered
#4478
HOU to ATL
Unit 7
$1,875$188
No POD · 3 days
Paperwork
#4475
ATL to CLT
Unit 7
$1,420$142
Paid
#4471
PHX to DEN
Unit 7
$1,600$160
Your commission
$3,860
Drag to advance
Capacity

Know what is still open on the truck

If you run partials, add the truck under the carrier with its deck length, payload and pallet positions. The Capacity page draws what is already loaded to scale and tells you what is left. Use the fit checker before you commit to the next load, and search backhauls sized to the room you actually have.

  • Carrier page, Trucks, add deck feet and payload
  • Capacity, pick the truck, read weight, feet and pallets left
  • Fit checker answers will it fit in one second
#4482
DAL to ATL
12 ft · 5,200 lbs · 4 pallets
#4483
DAL to BHM
14 ft · 4,200 lbs · 3 pallets
14′ open
6,600 lbs · 1 pallet pos
0816243240
Weight9,400 / 16,000 lbs
Pallets7 / 8 pos
Will it fit?
Weight (lbs)
5,800
Length (ft)
11
It fits · 800 lbs and 3 ft to spare after this.
Invoices

Invoice the same day you deliver

With the rate con, BOL and POD on a load, open the load and generate the invoice. FreightSpace drafts the charges, the dates and who signed at the dock, you confirm, pick standard, factoring or quick pay terms, and download or email the PDF. Need to bill someone with no load behind it? Invoices, New invoice, bill anyone you like.

  • Load drawer, Generate invoice, confirm, pick your terms
  • Factoring assignment notice prints on the invoice automatically
  • Invoices tab keeps every PDF for download or email
  • Submit to factoring in one click and track it on the Factoring page
Standard paymentFactoringQuick pay
INVOICE
Bill to · Delta Line Freight
#4417-A
Due in 30 days
Linehaul — Dallas, TX to Atlanta, GA$1,600.00
Detention — 2 hrs at delivery$100.00
Amount due$1,700.00
Assigned to Ironwood Factoring. Payment must be made payable to the factoring company only.
Invoice 4417-A.pdfReady to download or email
Every morning

Work the Today page top to bottom

Today is the only page you need before coffee. It shows the money you have earned and what is still out, the trucks running right now, and a Needs you today list built from what is actually late: unsigned agreements, missing PODs, stalled loads, overdue invoices, insurance about to expire. Clear the list and you are done.

  • Needs you today is ordered by what costs you money first
  • Every item links straight to the screen that fixes it
  • Hover the help icon next to any page title for a reminder of what it does
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Dashboard
Today

Friday, March 14

Two things need you this morning.

Your commission · March
$3,860
In transit
$1,240
Awaiting pay
$2,105
Overdue
$680
Needs you today
POD missing on #4478Delivered 3 days agoUpload
Invoice 31 days old and unpaidDelta Line Freight · $680Chase
Rate con signed on #4482
Trucks right now
Unit 12 · HotshotIn transit
9,400 / 16,000 lbs · 14 ft open
Unit 7 · Box truckIdle
Empty in Atlanta since Wednesday
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Stuck on something

Quick answers

A carrier says the signing link does not work

Links are single use per send. Open the carrier, press Send agreement again and a fresh link goes out.

The document upload did not fill every field

It fills what it can read. Anything blank, type it in and save. A clearer scan or a straight photo reads better than a skewed one.

A broker replied and I did not see it

Replies go straight to the email address in Settings. Keep that address current.

My commission looks wrong on a load

The load uses the dispatch fee percent on the load itself. Open the load and correct the percent, and set your default in Settings so new loads are right.

Where do my signed agreements live?

Documents, filtered by carrier. The signed PDF is stored the moment the carrier signs.

Can I use this on my phone?

Yes, every screen works on a phone. Most dispatchers sign carriers and move loads from the truck stop.

Still need a hand?

Email support@freightspacedispatch.com and tell us what screen you were on. A real person who has dispatched freight answers.

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