The New Quote feature in ShipperGuide allows you to get a quote instantly, book with Loadsmart’s brokerage, or invite your carrier network to bid and get spot quotes, all within this ShipperGuide feature. This article will cover how to create an FTL quote on ShipperGuide.

If you need to create an LTL quote, please see the following article: How do I book an LTL quote?

To create a quote:

1. On your left dashboard, click New Quote.

2. Select and enter the quote details:

• Required: Mode - default as FTL
  
• Required: Equipment - default as Dry Van
• Required: Pickup Date - default three days from today if a pickup date is not selected. The estimated delivery date will be automatically calculated.
• Required: Pickup and Delivery address, zip code, or facility - U.S. and Canadian addresses are supported
  • Enter the zip code or full address of the facility
  • or select from an existing facility 
  • or click Add new Facility, which will open a panel to add your new facility’s details and contact information.

• Optional: Click + ADD STOP to add up two additional stops between the pickup and delivery.
  • Select the Stop Type for each additional stop added

• Optional: Expand More Details to add commodity, weight, notes shared with the carrier, and facility contact details to the quote. These details, if added, will transfer to the shipment once created. 
• Optional: Expand the Accessorials section to add additional services that will be needed for this quote.

3. Click Get Quote.

A rate will be returned from Loadsmart. Click Rate Details to view the Loadsmart rating guidelines and breakdown of the rate. Please note that Loadsmart’s spot rate will expire after 24 hours.

Additionally, by subscribing to our instant price marketplace, you will promptly receive pricing information for both FTL and IMDL quotes from our trusted partners. For more details on Loadsmart's instant pricing marketplace, please see the following article.

If any contracted rates exist for the lane, those rates will also be accessible for booking.

For any reason before a quote is booked, if additional accessorial services need to be added to the quote, you can modify your quote to add the services. The changes to the original quote will be sent to the carrier as a Counter Offer. Please see our article on Counter Offers for more details.

• If you would like to book with Loadsmart, instant price broker, or contracted rate, select the rate and click Book to proceed.
• If you would like to invite carriers from your network to bid, click Invite carriers to bid.