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Managing Postings & Bids
Everything you need to manage your freight after posting — responding to carrier bids, using Instant Response for automated negotiation, editing postings, and working with carriers after matching.
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Once you've posted freight, the real work begins — reviewing carrier bids, negotiating rates, and coordinating matches. Cargado gives you tools to handle this efficiently, from automated negotiation with Instant Response to direct messaging with carriers via Chat.
What brokers use this for:
When carriers bid on your freight, you can accept, reject, counter, or save the bid for quoting. Responding within an hour drives better carrier engagement — carriers track response times and prioritize brokers who engage quickly.
Instant Response handles bidding automatically based on your target rate. It posts a "Book Now" rate, auto-accepts bids at or below your target, auto-counters bids slightly above, and auto-rejects bids far above.
Once you accept a bid, you'll receive an automatic email connecting you with the carrier. All relevant parties are copied — you, the carrier, and Cargado support. From there, you coordinate pickup timing, share documentation, and send rate confirmation.