Load Commission Splitter.
An app idea for freight brokers.
Calculates agent and broker commission splits per load from load profit, with statements agents can check.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Freight brokerage owner or freight agent
- The problem
- Splits vary by agent and by account, and the math runs off load profit after costs. Owners and agents end up rebuilding the same spreadsheet every settlement period and arguing over numbers.
- The gap
- The broker TMS platforms in the results cover load management, carrier sourcing, tracking, documentation and settlement, but none of them is described as computing per-load agent commission splits. The split rules themselves are described as varying widely (50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, flat fee, salary plus commission),
- Already out there
- Aljex aljex.com
Broker TMS covering load management, carrier sourcing, dispatch, documentation and settlement. No per-load agent commission split described.
- DAT Broker TMS dat.com
Rate cons, load acceptance and carrier tracking for brokers. Commission split logic not mentioned.
- Truckstop truckstop.com
Guide to broker software categories including track and trace. Notes brokerages layer tools that do not talk to each other, which is the opening for a small split calculator.
- Aljex aljex.com
- People asking for it
- How Freight Broker Commission Split Works kopflogisticsgroup.com
Lists the common split structures: 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, flat fee, salary plus commission. Splits vary.
- Commissions freight broker reddit.com
Broker describes commission costing in the 10 to 15 percent range, lower on higher margin accounts and higher on lower margin accounts.
- What is a good split for a freight agent reddit.com
Ten year broker weighing starting his own brokerage or agency and asking what split is normal.
- How Freight Broker Commission Split Works kopflogisticsgroup.com
- The big assumption
- Brokerage owners will pay for a separate split calculator instead of keeping the spreadsheet they already trust.
- Test it this week
- Post in r/FreightBrokers and two broker Facebook groups asking owners to send a redacted sample settlement sheet, then hand-calculate three agents' splits from it and ask if the output matches what they pay.
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