Disclosure: partners and referral fees

Our main business is truck dispatch: carriers pay us a percentage of the loads they haul with us. We also point readers to a small number of partners, and we may earn a referral fee when someone signs up through our links. Here's every relationship, in plain words.

The partners

RTS Financial (freight factoring). If you ask us for a factoring quote, we refer you to RTS Financial, and we may be paid for that referral. You don't need to factor to use our dispatch service, and you're free to use any factoring company or none.

Vertical Identity (DOT drug and alcohol testing consortium). Carriers with CDL drivers need a DOT drug and alcohol testing program. When a CDL carrier joins Vertical Identity's consortium through our link, we may earn a referral fee. This only applies to CDL carriers; a non-CDL 26 ft box truck or non-CDL hotshot isn't covered by those federal testing rules, and we say so on the pages where the offer appears.

TruckClub (truck warranty and breakdown protection). On some pages about truck costs and values, we link to TruckClub's warranty and breakdown protection plans, and we may earn a referral fee if you buy a plan through our link. TruckClub plans are not insurance.

What this means for you

• It never changes your price. You pay the partner's normal price whether or not you use our link.
• We only show partners where they fit. A partner offer appears on a page only when it matches what that page is about and who it's for.
• Partner links are labeled. Each one goes through a short redirect on our site so we can count clicks, carries a sponsored tag for search engines, and sits next to a short note that we may earn a fee, with a link to this page.
• Partner prices and terms come from the partner. Where we mention a price, it's dated and taken from the partner's own public page. Check the partner's current terms before you buy.

What we never take money for

We receive nothing from truck makers, dealers, CDL schools, carriers that hire drivers, record labels, artists, film studios, podcasts, museums, event organizers or any company named in our guides. No one pays to appear in a guide, a list or a tool. If that ever changes, this page will list it first.

Questions

If you want to know more about any of these relationships, ask us through our contact page. How we research and write guides is covered in our editorial policy.