Websites for transport
Drivers apply online and shippers ask for a price.
Your clients and your future drivers are looking for the same things: who you are, what you haul and how to reach you. I build transport sites that put those three answers up front.
Portal
driver applications collected in one place
Quotes
requests come in online instead of by phone
Monitored
hosting with regular backups
What is built in for a fleet
What I see most often in transport
A transport site serves two audiences at once: shippers and drivers. These are the situations that come up most often when one of the two does not find what they came for.
The client cannot find out where their load is without calling
Every status call ties up someone in dispatch for five minutes, and there are several a day. A tracking number shown online, or even a simple status request form, removes a good share of those calls.
The careers page does not work on a phone
A driver often applies from a truck stop, on their phone, between shifts. If the form requires uploading a PDF resume from a computer, the application will never reach you.
Quote requests arrive as three lines of email
Origin, destination, weight, dimensions, pickup date, equipment type: half of it is always missing, and you burn two exchanges before you can price anything. A structured form asks the right questions on first contact.
Nothing says what you haul or where you run
A shipper wants to know in ten seconds whether you do dry van, reefer, bulk or oversize, and whether you cross the border. Without that answer they simply move to the next carrier on their list.
Your coverage and certifications are written nowhere
Your business number, insurance, safety record and certifications are things a serious client checks before they even call. Leaving them off the site costs you opportunities you will never see go by.
The site is from 2014 and nobody has opened it since
A fax number, an email address that no longer exists, photos of trucks you no longer own. At that point the site works against you, with clients and with drivers checking whether the company is still serious.
What goes on the site
The content shifts depending on whether you run full truckload, LTL or local delivery, but the base structure works in every case.
An application form built for phones
Short fields, resume upload from the phone, and the option to describe experience when there is no resume at hand. The goal is an application that can be completed in five minutes, standing up.
Transport quote form
Origin, destination, weight, dimensions, date and equipment type, with the required fields in the right place so the request can be priced the moment it lands.
One page per type of transport
Dry van, reefer, bulk, oversize or last mile. Each service gets its own address, so Google can rank the right page for the right search.
Service area page
The corridors you actually run, from local work to the American border, because that is a shipper’s first filter.
Compliance and safety page
One page holds your permits, your insurance, your training and your safety practices. A client checks it there instead of calling to ask.
An up-to-date Google Business Profile
Yard address, dispatch hours and main number, for searches made from a phone in the parking lot.
Applications and requests routed by email
Every submission reaches the right person’s inbox, with a copy kept on file, so nothing gets lost between two mailboxes.
Monitored hosting and backups
Security certificate, regular backups and updates, so the application form still works two years from now.
Transport seen from the Estrie region
A good share of the region’s freight leaves Sherbrooke, Magog and Windsor heading for Montreal, the Vermont border and Ontario, by way of Granby, part of Estrie since 2021. If you run those corridors, that belongs on the site in plain terms, with the cities and crossings involved, because it is exactly what a shipper checks before calling. For recruitment, a page that names Sherbrooke, Windsor, Coaticook and Lennoxville reaches the drivers who want to sleep at home and who type their own town into the search.
Possible scopes
Corporate fleet site
Recruitment, services, application forms, team and clear requests.
Custom after diagnosisAdvanced logistics platform
Portal, API integrations, tracking or TMS connection depending on your operations.
Custom after diagnosisFrequently asked questions in transport and logistics
Will driver applications land in my email inbox?
Yes. Each application goes to the address of your choice, with the resume attached when there is one, and a copy stays on the site so nothing gets lost. If several people handle recruitment, we can send to more than one address.
Can the site connect to our TMS?
It depends on your system. If your transport management software offers a documented programming interface, we can push quote requests to it or pull load status from it. Many older systems don’t allow that, and in those cases we keep a structured form that feeds your current process. I check with your vendor before promising anything.
How much does a website for a transport company cost?
It depends on the number of services to present, the number of forms and whether online tracking is part of it. A corporate site with a careers page and a quote form takes far less work than a client portal. I give a fixed price after a call where we look at your real operations, and the pricing page explains what makes the amount vary.
How long before it goes live?
Count on 7 to 14 days depending on the content. Development is rarely the bottleneck; what takes time is gathering fleet photos, the exact list of services and the compliance details. When that material is ready, the timeline is shorter.
Can I post job openings myself?
Yes, and we decide how at quoting. By default you send me the posting (the run, the requirements, the pay) and it goes live; once it is filled, an email is enough to pull it. I reply in 2 business days, which keeps pace with hiring in transport. If your HR team wants to publish directly, we plan an admin interface from the start.
Is it worth it if our contracts come mostly from word of mouth?
The site won’t replace your network, and I won’t pretend it will. It mainly does two things: it recruits drivers, who do search online, and it gives a serious reference point to a client vetting your company before handing over a load. If recruitment isn’t an issue for you and your client list is stable, a simple site is plenty.
Useful pages before you start
If you are still weighing your options, these pages answer the questions that come before signing.
- web design
The design process and page structure, before we get to forms.
- SEO and conversion
How to surface in carrier searches and driver job searches in your area.
- website redesign
For a fleet site that already exists but no longer brings in requests.
- website maintenance
Hosting, backups, updates and form monitoring.
- pricing
The available scopes, what each one includes and the price ranges.
- web agency in Sherbrooke
Who I am, how I work and the area I serve in the Estrie region.
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