The operator quotes or accepts its net transportation rate.
The trip offer defines the route, service window, vehicle direction and assumptions. The operator controls whether to accept that net rate and how long it remains valid.
CharterKind operator network
Bring the fleet. Keep control of the operation. Win trips that fit.
Apply to a private carrier network designed around clear trip briefs, carrier-approved net rates and written awards.
Operator journey
Nine gates from application to payout.
Each gate creates a reviewable record. It keeps a sales opportunity separate from an accepted net rate, and an accepted rate separate from a written trip award.
- 01
Apply
Share the legal carrier identity, operating markets, fleet profile and the person who owns the relationship.
- 02
Compliance review
Review USDOT and MC records as applicable, operating authority, insurance, public safety information and W-9 readiness.
- 03
Set the net-rate method
Choose trip-by-trip quoting, an approved rate sheet or both. The operator submits or accepts the net transportation rate.
- 04
Sign operator terms
Document roles, rate treatment, cancellations, changes, claims, data, payment timing and every other commercial term in writing.
- 05
Activate markets and fleet
Publish only approved service areas, vehicle categories, capacity ranges and offer preferences to the private sourcing workflow.
- 06
Receive trip offers
Review complete package or transportation briefs with route, timing, passengers, equipment needs and net-rate request.
- 07
Accept the trip award
Accept the exact scope and net rate in writing. An opportunity is not an assignment until a written award is issued.
- 08
Dispatch and complete
The carrier dispatches its drivers and vehicles, performs the trip, reports exceptions and supplies the completion record.
- 09
Receive payout
Approved completed service is paid under the timing, documentation, adjustments and dispute process in the signed terms.
How the economics work
Protect the carrier's net. Document the coordination margin.
The final commercial model belongs in signed terms, not in a public percentage promise.
CharterKind sets the customer-facing sell price after terms are active.
The customer price may add a separately documented coordination or service margin to the accepted carrier net. The signed operator terms control the calculation, changes and settlement.
Outside costs stay visible.
Tolls, parking, permits, taxes, venue costs, lodging, driver per diem and other pass-throughs are itemized as included, estimated or additional instead of being hidden in an unexplained percentage.
Operator-approved net transportation rateDocumented per trip or rate sheet
CharterKind coordination or service marginExact method only in signed terms
Applicable itemized pass-throughsShown as included, estimated or additional
Customer-facing sell priceConfirmed in the customer agreement
No public percentage is being offered here. Application review does not set a commission, markup, revenue share, exclusivity, volume commitment or minimum trip count.
Operating responsibility
The operator remains the carrier.
CharterKind coordinates the sales and trip-information workflow. The operating company retains control of its regulated transportation operation.
Drivers, vehicles and dispatch stay with the operator.
The operator controls hiring, qualification, assignment, equipment, maintenance, hours of service and safe legal performance.
Eligibility is not a one-time checkbox.
Authority, insurance and safety information may be re-reviewed before activation, renewal or an award. Public records and current documents control.
Only the accepted scope is assigned.
Availability, net rate and a discussion do not create a trip. The applicable written award and terms identify what the operator accepted.
Payout follows the documented trip.
Trip completion, approved changes, receipts, incidents and disputed items follow the evidence and timing rules in the signed terms.