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Thursday, March 22, 2007

What's going on with loads at UShip?

Can this be right? Over 49,000 Service Providers and 5,645 Active Listings?
That's a lot of guys with trucks chasing a much smaller amount of loads. I suppose the "New Bids" and "New Listings" stats are more indicative of who is doing what, and with whom.

Today's Marketplace Stats [from Uship website]

* Today's New Listings:351
* Today's New Bids:637
* Total Active Listings:5,645
* Total Service Providers:49,253
* Current Users Online:1,442

I think it would be interesting to quantify load price by mile and compare it with other dispatch boards. Could give consumers and providers an index to how efficiently priced their quotes are relative to the general market.

3 comments:

Steven Jahn said...

U-Ship Stinks! Anytime a service provider can't communicate with a customer by phone it won't work. Its why e-bay works and u-ship never will. A service provide can spend countless hours bidding on shipments without as much as a reply. I've been there.
Steven Jahn

Brenda said...

U-ship is a joke. You post and ask the people who want to move their cars and most of the time you never hear back from them. I went on their to see if I might find a car or 2 to fill a load and it was ridiculous. They have no idea what they are doing, or should do and it is just a mad circle. Will never go there again. Thanks,Brenda

Anonymous said...

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