Go Daddy Quick Shopping Cart®

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largest registrar and hosting provider. So when we went searching for the best partner to deliver our instant freight rating service to the masses, the choice was clear.

Go Daddy Freight Shipping

All Go Daddy Quick Shopping Carts are automatically integrated with our API Web services - all you need is a free FreightCenter account.

Now when you sell large or heavy items online, you can offer freight shipping in a snap. Our expert agents will take care of all the paperwork, processing and scheduling with you and your customer.

How does it work?

When you set up items in your store, you will indicate shipment details like weight. origin zip code, dimensions and item descriptions. As customers go to checkout, they'll be able to simply enter their zip codes and compare multiple freight quotes from all quality carriers in our network.


Check out the Go Daddy Freight Shipping FAQs for more information on how to offer freight shipping through the online checkout process.

How to Manage the Cost of Shipping Freight

FreightCenter.com polled random freight users asking them the reasons they decide not to book a shipment with a freight company.  The top two answers were 1. I was not ready to ship my item and 2. The cost to ship my item was too high.  Our entire operation is designed to find you the best shipping prices available, and we do!  For a first time shipper understanding how to manage the cost of shipping can be difficult.  Here are some tips for making sure that you get the best and most accurate price available.
1. Know your destination and pick up locations.
Locations with a lift gate, forklift or loading dock can save you money.  A general rule of thumb is the less time and energy it takes the freight shipper, the less costs you'll pay for your shipment.  Another element that effects costs is whether your shipping to a residence or a corporation.  Some neighborhoods don't allow large service trucks to drop off freight, thus creating an additional charge.  A freight agent can't quote you accurately unless you are able to deliver this information.  Customer complaints could easily be turned into customer savings by understanding your pick up and drop off locations.

2.  Know your weight and dimensions.
We operate in the world of freight.  Although we do have numerous partners that provide moving services.  Choosing transportation via freight requires a little homework on your part.  It's very important to know your weight AFTER packaging, as well as the exact dimensions of your items AFTER packaging.  We provide quotes for your shipment based on the the weight and dimensions you provide us.  To avoid a rebill accuracy is important!

3.  We judge a book by it's cover....packaging matters!
Packaging your items the correct way is vital to ensure your items get to their location safely and on time.  Did you also know it can save you money?  Items should be crated and palletized, as well as packed with extra cushioning for more fragile items like furniture.  Please visit our packaging blog to find additional freight packaging tips.

4.  Watch your add-ons.
Make sure that you're not signing up for services that you don't need.  Overnight shipping or guaranteed shipping, while convenient can be more costly.  Negotiate your shipping price well in advance and make sure that your items are ready to go on the day you choose.


5.  Give your broker as much information as possible.
Your freight broker is able to help you based on your specific needs.  Have questions, just call! The more information that you give him/her, the best price they will be able to offer you.  Let's say you are shipping several small packages to various locations in the same city.  Instead of having the freight company drop off your individual packages, it may be in your  best interest to drop off your freight in one location and then use a parcel shipper to distribute your items.  Logistics is what we do, whether it's a combination of LTL and truckload or rail, air, or ocean, let us find the best combination for your shipment.

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2012 Internet Retailer Convention and Exhibition in Chicago

   Come visit us at booth #741 and discover the best option for shipping freight.

We’re so eager to show off our 3PL software and freight transportation system at this year’s Internet Retailer Convention and Exhibition (IRCE). The event is being held in Chicago from June 5-8 and is the largest E-commerce exhibit in the world. Over 8,000 attendees are expected at the McCormick Place West, the largest conference center in the U.S.

Our Web-enabled freight software and services are available to business owners via our proprietary TMS and API technology, which when used in tandem or separately have simplified the way more than 600,000 accounts ship LTL and truckload freight. We’ve developed our transportation management software to enable online retailers and enterprises access to an extensive network of LTL and truckload freight carriers. For those who will be attending the show, we invite you to stop by booth #741 so we can show you how FreightCenter.com can save you time, increase efficiency and lower your transportation spend.

About IRCE 2012

This year marks the 8th annual IRCE show, which has significantly grown in size and reputation since 2005. A total of 570 e-retailers, including an astounding 90% of all U.S. e-commerce solution providers, will be exhibiting the latest Internet tools and trends. Some of this year’s 175 speakers include the CEOs of Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble, and OKCupid. The special guest speaker will be Fareed Zakaria, the New York Times bestselling author, editor at large for Time magazine, and host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”

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UPS Freight Improves Transit Times on 1,900 Lanes in Western States

UPS Freight (NYSE:UPS) today announced the final phase of its 2008 network enhancements, speeding up transit schedules on more than 1,900 traffic lanes in eight western states.

The improvements mark the third round of network enhancements over the past five months by UPS’s heavy freight division. Overall, the company has improved some 12,000 lanes over the past year-and-a-half, offering faster service covering two-thirds of all U.S. ZIP codes.

“UPS is on a path to create a combination of reliability, technology and speed that no other competitor can match,” said UPS Freight President Jack Holmes. “Reducing transit times, guaranteeing deliveries and using advanced tracking technology all combine to provide maximum value for our customers.”

The latest enhancements cut at least a day from transit times for shipments originating in service centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon and Washington. Specific enhancements include such lanes as Denver to Miami; Portland, Ore. to Memphis; and Bakersfield, Calif. to Cleveland, with all now falling under UPS Freight’s three-day delivery schedule.

In August, UPS Freight revised its network to establish two-day lanes from Chicago to Dallas, Boston to St. Louis and Philadelphia to Miami. The enhancements also expanded the next-day footprint of UPS Freight to include Cincinnati to Memphis and Columbus, Ohio, to Charlotte.
Earlier this year, UPS Freight announced new on-time performance guarantees. Those guarantees will be extended to the enhanced transit times announced today at no additional cost.
Specific lane enhancements and updated time-in-transit maps can be viewed at http://www.ltl.upsfreight.com/.

UPS Freight is one of the largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers and a leading truckload (TL) service provider in the United States with more than 215 service centers and 18,400 employees. UPS Freight’s reliable, modern fleet of approximately 29,000 tractors and trailers offers a full range of regional and long-haul capabilities. UPS Freight also serves Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit www.upsfreight.com.
UPSIra Rosenfeld, 804-291-5362
(Source: Business Wire )

Graves Not Sure If We’ve Hit Bottom Yet

By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief
Oct 7, 2008 12:19 PM

NEW ORLEANS. With Wall Street’s chaos as a backdrop, American Trucking Assns. (ATA) president & CEO Bill Graves told his members, “Things are not going well for our industry and we face some awfully tough times in the near future.”

Citing war and global unrest, record fuel prices, the economic slowdown, disappearing credit, shrinking freight tonnage, and political uncertainty, he told the major trucking companies gathered here for the group’s annual convention that “I’m not confident anyone knows if we’ve bottomed out – and if and when we do – how long it will take before anything close to an economic recovery will occur.”

During a panel discussion by three industry economists, ATA’s chief economist Bob Costello echoed Graves’ opening conference remarks, offering that “things will get worse before they get better.” While freight levels had begun to show signs of recovery in the spring, levels began deteriorating in July and the current economy “ensures freight will fall again,” he said.
Revising expectations for the fall shipping season from “muted” to “negative,” Costello added that “Until we can really assess what’s going on [with the current economic unrest], we can’t really make a forecast.”

If there is a silver lining in the downturn for the industry it’s that “capacity will be very tight when the recovery comes, whenever that will be,” Costello said. Last year, he pointed out, the overall truckload fleet declined by 2.6%, and in the first half of 2008 “it shrank another 1.3%.”
Drawing parallels to New Orleans’ recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Graves told ATA members that “there are lessons to be learned” even in the worst of times. “The key is have a plan,” he said, outlining ATA’s legislative agenda for 2009.

At the top of that agenda is reauthorization of the highway spending fund during next year’s Congressional session. ATA’s efforts will focus on three elements, Graves said – efforts by trucking to cut its carbon footprint, a new highway safety initiative and “continuing to emphasize the basic essentiality of the trucking industry.”

LTL Shipping Costs to Rise Further in 2009

Trends are showing there will be lower fuel prices next year, but LTL freight shipping will be more expensive. Freight quotes will spike 8% to 9% due to environment shifts from a buyer's market to a seller's market. Slow business demand during 2008 has kept rate hikes to lower than 2%, but it's also shrinking the LTL freight industry.

Close to 3000 trucking companies will shut down, and many will join forces to compete with the larger

National carriers. This will be a challenge when the economy starts to pick up in coming years. With so many fewer freight trucks hauling, there will be a strong rise in demand.

With diesel prices likely to remain over $4 a gallon, lofty fuel surcharges won't disappear. In fact many companies will be adding extra charges, and eliminating free shipping altogether. Here are some ideas for lowering freight costs for the upcoming year.

To get the best rates, small companies should try to use a freight logistics company to handle their freight shipping needs. Unless a company ships enough volume through a carrier, they will not receive any discounts. Freight Logistics companies pass their discount on to the shipper, which in many instances is between a 30% to 50% discount.

If a company ships enough they can try negotiating a multiyear shipping contract. Carriers will be willing to give a discount in turn for years worth of shipments. This might take some serious negotiating, but it can be done.