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A load board is not a trucking website

A load board is where a carrier looks for a load. A website is where the broker looks up the carrier after the call. They do different jobs. Motus sells the website and the company email. We do not sell a load board, a bidding bot, or a seat on someone else's board.

What the board already did

The board introduced the load. It did not introduce a company a shipper can trust next year. After the call, someone searches the DOT, then searches the name. A site that loads, a phone that matches, and an email on the domain are the answer to that search. A board profile with a Gmail address is a thin answer.

Brokers who post freight are not required by FMCSA to demand a website. Many still ask. The ask is commercial. The registration, if you need it, stays on motus.dot.gov.

What people try to buy by mistake

Some shops sell a monthly 'dispatch package' and call the login a website. Read what you own. Our packages are one time: $274, $597, or $1,197. You own the site. Hosting after year one is $150 a year. There is no monthly website retainer and no load-board subscription inside those numbers.

If you want software that posts trucks or parses load offers, say so. That is a scope, with a price we write down. It is not Starter.

Use both, and do not confuse them

Keep the board for freight. Use the site for the company story: equipment, lanes, the USDOT if it is yours, and how to tender. Use dispatch@ for the paperwork the board message should have been. When the board account closes, the domain is still yours.

A broker's own site is a different page from a carrier's. If you are the one posting loads, use the broker page. Do not describe a board login as a brokerage.

Buy the website package that matches the company. Keep paying the board you already use, to the company that actually sells it.

The package

Starter is $274, Growth is $597, and Authority is $1,197. Each price is one time. Year-1 hosting is included, then hosting is $150 a year. Company email on your domain is part of a transportation launch. A mailbox-provider seat fee and a registrar's domain fee are quoted before they start. The breakdown is on what a trucking website costs.

Buy Growth — $597 Buy Starter — $274 Authority is $1,197

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Questions

Do you include a DAT or Truckstop login?
No. Those are their products. We will not resell a login, and we will not ask for yours.
Can the site show the loads I want?
It can describe lanes. A live list of someone else's freight is a load board, and it is not this package.
Will a website replace the board?
No. Carriers who depend on posted freight still need a place to find it. The site is the company, not the search screen.
What if I only broker and never haul?
Then you need the broker site, with a door for shippers and a door for carriers. You still do not need us to sell you a board.

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Motus Website is a private studio. We are not affiliated with FMCSA, USDOT, or motus.dot.gov. We do not file authority, insurance, or BOC-3, and we never ask for a Motus or Login.gov password. Official registration is motus.dot.gov. Lookups are on Motus Directory. Call +1 682 978 8641.

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Websites from $274. Apps and software scoped on a call. You own the work.

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