WaveTMS Modules
Spot Bidding
Automated Load Posting & Real-Time Carrier Bidding
Cover more loads faster with live carrier bidding, instant counter-offers, and one-click booking—without calls, emails, or multiple load boards.
WaveTMS combines live market activity, carrier performance, and pricing intelligence to streamline the entire spot bidding workflow—so your team can cover more loads faster, at higher margins, without juggling phones, emails, or multiple load boards. Carriers get a clean, mobile-friendly way to submit bids in seconds.
- Post loads directly to your Wave internal marketplace, where preferred carriers can bid in real time.
- Push loads to external load boards instantly (optional, based on integrations).
- Control which loads are visible to which carriers using automated rules, tags, and carrier tiers.
- Carriers can bid or book from mobile or web, no login friction.
Outcome: Fewer calls, faster coverage, and consistent visibility for every load you need to move today.
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Wave eliminates slow back-and-forth negotiations:
- See all incoming bids in an organized queue.
- Respond instantly with one-click counter offers.
- Accept the best bid—or decline bids that don’t meet your targets.
- Every negotiation is automatically logged, turning outcomes into pricing insight.
- No more pricing slips, email chains, or missed calls.
Wave keeps negotiations structured, auditable, and fast.
Wave analyzes:
- Carrier performance history
- Pricing trends and bid success rate
- Equipment availability
- Preferred carrier lists
- Lane experience and safety metrics
…and then automatically surfaces the carriers most likely to accept the load at the right price.
You can tender loads directly to these carriers or invite them to bid.
Carriers can:
- Receive invites
- Submit bids
- View load details
- Upload docs
- Accept counter-offers
…all from a clean interface that works on any device.
This reduces friction and gets you more bids, faster.
Spot Bidding — Optimized
Wave’s bidding engine works seamlessly with Dynamic Smart Rate and internal reporting to help teams bid with confidence:
- See a recommended rate before posting
- Track bids and outcomes over time
- Compare spot, historical, and carrier-specific pricing
- Identify carriers that consistently submit strong, reliable bids
- Pinpoint lanes where you may be overpaying
The result: smarter tendering and more predictable margins.
- Built into the core TMS—no bolt-ons or separate apps
- Unified carrier scoring, safety data, and historical performance
- Real-time notifications and mobile-friendly carrier UX
- Audited negotiation logs for compliance
- Supports broker, carrier, and hybrid workflows
- Seamless transition from bid → book → dispatch
Wave gives your team the tools to cover more loads with less effort, while maintaining full transparency and control.
The Bottom Line
Wave Spot Bidding gives your team:
- Faster load coverage through automated posting and live carrier bidding
- More carrier responses without phone calls, emails, or load board hopping
- Real-time visibility into bids, counters, and acceptance activity
- Smarter carrier selection based on performance, pricing, and fit
- Fewer stalled loads and less time spent chasing trucks
- A single marketplace for posting, negotiating, and booking
And ultimately—
More trucks competing for every load, so you move freight faster with better control.
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