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Avoid These 6 Common and Costly Shipping Mistakes

Every year, mistakes in every type of shipping process costs freight sales agents and their customers, which in turn add up to multi-millions in lost dollars!

Here Are Six Common And Costly Shipping Mistakes You Can Avoid:

1. Not Double-Checking The Shipping Information and Documents

Double-check that packing lists, commercial invoices, and original bills of lading are correctly and completely filled out in a timely fashion diminishes these mistakes.

2. Mis-Timing A Time Sensitive Shipment

When it comes to timing the shipping of your loads, the timeline for loading, in-transit time, and receiving time cut-offs are among things that must be considered. As a general rule, freight rate pricing quotes are only good for several days for domestic shipments, so lock down your rate several days before you ship.

3. Choosing the Wrong Shipping Method
If shipments must be delivered more quickly, an over the road trailer type is the best shipping method for you. With larger shipments that are not time sensitive, shipping by rail is your best choice, provided your customer agrees with it.

4. Not Getting The Correct Cargo Insurance

Among the dangers of shipping are cargo gets wet or rained on, truck and trailer wrecks, loads are held hostage, goods are stolen or damaged in transit.
Make it safer (and I typically don’t agree with it) by having your goods professionally packed in or on the shipping trailers when the cargo is of a special variety. Although an added cost, without professionally packed cargo, the odds of damage to your goods dramatically increases and this is a positive when your goods don’t qualify for cargo insurance.

5. Choosing The Carrier With The Cheapest Rate
A shipping company that doesn’t have the experience and know-how to handle complications that may arise in and through the shipping process could cause costly detention delays, other fees, and potential lost cargo that often far outweigh the difference in freight rates that your customer pays you.

6. Stop Building Your Contact List

Here’s Your Sure Fire Mistake That Leads To FAILURE:

-Don’t obtain any new contacts, emails or phone numbers daily.
-Don’t build your contact list.
-Only send emails, rather than use the phone, if you do make any contact.
-Believe that your customers will stay loyal and always work with you.
-Only service the current customers that you have.
-Coast and rest on what you have.

When you produce this way, here’s what you’ll eventually get:

– Few or zero loads moving
– No growth in your sales
– Unpaid bills sitting on your desk

It’s that simple!