I Found a MAJOR Wall in Dispatching (Even for US-Based)
I think this is the biggest obstacle that I will ever face in dispatching and it's MC flagging and Brokers vetting tools. When you work with 2 or more carriers, and you consistently booking loads, calling brokers with the same number for multiple MC numbers you will start getting flagged with suspicious activity. Because there is one person using multiple MC numbers which is a common activity by double brokerage scammers. You get flagged if you keep doing it over and over again getting the phone number and all the MCs flagged as well, and this is not good at all, specially for the carrier. Since we are honest third party dispatchers this is a major issue because we are working directly for the carrier (exactly like an in-house dispatchers) and not involved in any brokerage activity or anything shady. How do we run cleanly without messing up the carriers' MCs. this is the setup I came up after studying the vetting tools: If you are a US-based dispatchers As a US-based dispatcher you need to: 1. Use a dedicated email for each carrier, and do not use your dispatching company domain. You either use the carriers domain or a Gmail like this dispatch[carriers name]@gmail.com. If you use your company domain or the same email for all carriers you get flagged. 2. Use a dedicated VoIP phone number for each carrier. Never use one number for all. You will just put your carriers and yourself in a very tough situation. For a non US-based dispatcher your setup is similar to the US based with additional step: Do NOT use normal VPN tools even the paid premium ones. You need a dedicated IP address within USA, Canada or Mexico. And you need residential static IP, if you use rotating IP you will get flagged on the second load you book. Look for static ISP Proxies service, it will probably cost you $2-$10 a month depending on the provider. Be carful y'all, don't learn that the hard way. What do you guys think? Have you ever faced this problem before?