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Carrier Perspective: Place a Bid
Carrier Perspective: Place a Bid
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Written by David Bianconi
Updated over 2 years ago

If you're a carrier interested in taking a shipment, you can place a bid inside the Shipwell platform.

  1. In app.shipwell.com (or your customized URL), select Load Board.

  1. There are multiple ways to place a bid on a given load:

  • Click the "+" button, which appears while hovering over the row of the shipment.

    • Once clicked, the following box will pop up. Once the necessary bid information is entered, the user can click "Submit."

  • Select "+ Bid" or the Load ID to open up all Shipment Details. Information on the bid and shipment appears.

  1. Click "Place a Bid"

  1. Fill out the following information:

  • New Bid ($) - manually type the bid.

  • Mode - indicate which mode the bid is associated. Choose from the drop-down of options.

  • Equipment Type - indicate which equipment type the bid is associated with. Choose from the drop-down of options.

Select Submit.

  1. The bid now sends to the requestor and appear in the Messages section

  1. If a note needs to be made or additional information shared with the requestor, you can exchange messages in the message section.

  1. If you want to retract a bid, select Retract Bid.

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