Commercial structure
48BY40 Freight is a licensed property broker (4538970 · MC 1800914). For shipments routed, dispatched, and executed entirely on-platform, our brokerage take-rate is locked at $0.00: your transportation charge is the performing carrier's confirmed rate plus the standard platform fuel and accessorial lines. You pay for platform access — SaaS subscription fees are separate, disclosed software-licensing revenue under 48BY40 TECHNOLOGIES LLC, and never collide with the transactional zero-margin promise.
Freight scope
48 BY 40 FREIGHT LLC arranges U.S. domestic full-truckload transportation through independent motor carriers. Other transportation services require a separate written addendum signed by the relevant parties.
Plans don't gate the standard
The operating standard is the product. It is not tier-gated. It is not optional. Every load in the governed system runs through the full universal capability inventory:
Plans differentiate scale and depth. Plans do not differentiate whether the system fully works. Capacity Partner agreements may add bespoke capabilities; they cannot remove the standard ones.
Real differentiators
The variable component of pricing reflects real cost drivers only — not whether the operating standard runs.
Shipment lifecycle volume. The connected execution lifecycle is the unit. A billable shipment is a lifecycle, not a row.
Integration depth. Deeper integration with .io standing inputs, telemetry partners, EDI input acceptance where available, and shipper-side systems.
Retention horizon. How far back the connected system makes the bilateral document and event chain operationally accessible. Retention is operationally accessible throughout the connected system.
API depth. Programmatic access for shipper-side systems — read, write, and event-subscription scope.
Universal commercial primitives
Underneath the operating standard, Freight runs five commercial primitives that produce predictable lane economics. All universal across certified plans — pricing does not gate any of them.
Bidding (RFP/RFQ). Annual or quarterly bid events for lane portfolios.
Routing guide enforcement. The platform enforces order at every tender.
Standardized fuel surcharge. Platform-set rules, no per-load disputes.
Standardized accessorial framework. Platform-set rates and dispute rules.
Standardized contract template. Master commercial framework runs at the relationship layer.
All universal across certified plans. Capacity Partner agreements may add bespoke commercial primitives; they cannot remove the standardized framework.
Commercial terms, stated plainly
Freight scope
48 BY 40 FREIGHT LLC arranges U.S. domestic full-truckload transportation through independent motor carriers. Other transportation services require a separate written addendum signed by the relevant parties.
Agreement boundary
Website and platform terms govern use of the digital service. Transportation is governed strictly by the applicable signed Broker–Shipper or Broker–Carrier agreements and accepted schedules. A marketing page, bid invitation, or website update does not by itself amend those agreements or expand an accepted shipment's scope.
Fuel table
Fuel charges are calculated using the applicable platform fuel table identified in your accepted pricing schedule. That schedule establishes how the table applies to a shipment.
Bids and awards
Submitting a bid does not guarantee an award or authorize dispatch. Awards identify the accepted lanes, pricing, capacity, and conditions. Any minimum-volume commitment must be expressly stated in the signed award or agreement.
Settlement
Reconciliation represents our automated evaluation of complete proof documents against rate agreements. Payments are issued strictly in accordance with agreed terms; platform-level invoice readiness is an administrative state and does not constitute a waiver of bank settlement confirmation.
How shippers enter the commercial structure
Shippers enter Freight through one of five commercial tracks. The operating standard runs across all of them. Tracks differentiate the commercial commitment, not the product.
When a verified carrier delivers to you through 48by40, you see that shipment's status, documents and proof — because you are party to the load. It is part of the shipment, not a plan you sign up for. It ends when the load does.
Scoped trial. Pilots run the full operating standard on a scoped lane portfolio for a documented term.
Standard certified. The four document packets cleared. Quoting and execution access through the relationship-to-certified-to-quote-approved-to-execution-approved path. Mid-volume shipper profile.
High-volume certified. Same certification path. Higher shipment volume bands. Deeper integration tier. Longer retention horizon.
Separate bespoke commercial structure. Dedicated capacity, private-fleet, or capacity-partner arrangements run on their own commercial track — not a rung in the standard intake ladder. Explicit agreements, schedules, governance, and review logic. Same operating standard; different commercial framework.
Start the pricing conversation
Commercial structure here doesn't lead the engagement — qualification does. Tell us how you move freight and what you're trying to evaluate. The conversation continues once the operations team has the context.
Prefer the standard intake path? Start as a shipper →
How the engagement works
Pricing here doesn't lead the conversation — qualification does. Standard shippers move through the relationship-to-certified path before quoting opens. Private-fleet and capacity-partner relationships start as a structured-capacity conversation. The engine quotes the load against the lane, the equipment, the standing, and the settlement terms — once the relationship is real.
For carriers
You see the confirmed rate on every load before you accept it. On loads routed, dispatched, and executed entirely on-platform, our brokerage take-rate is locked at $0.00: the shipper's transportation charge is your confirmed rate plus the platform fuel table and accessorial lines, disclosed as separate line items.
Why we don't publish a grid
It's a function of lane, equipment, standing, seasonality, certification posture, and how cleanly the load actually moves. Tell us what you tender; the engine quotes against truth. Standard public rate-grid logic would mislead — and we'd rather not mislead.
