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Where our data comes from
This is the one page that lists the sources for everything on Just Dispatchers. Last reviewed Thu, Nov 12, 2026.
Listings
Every listing comes from the dispatch business's own public website: its fee, contract terms, equipment, location when stated, and how it says it is paid. Each listing page links to that website. These are facts only. Listings are not vetted or endorsed, and a business can claim or remove its listing. See how listings and checks work.
Legal points
Statements about when a dispatcher needs broker authority, and about penalties, come from these official sources. The self-check uses the factors in the FMCSA guidance.
- FMCSA final guidance, 88 Federal Register 39368 (Jun 16, 2023)
- 49 U.S. Code 14916, penalties for unauthorized brokerage
Other references used on the question pages
Fee ranges, contract practice and warning signs on the question pages draw on trade press, industry guides, forum threads and dispatch businesses' own sites. They are paraphrased, not quoted.
- Bubba: Dispatch services for owner-operators
- Buddy Loads: Truck dispatcher cost (the business's own site)
- CCJ: FMCSA final guidance on broker authority for dispatchers
- DAT: Truck dispatch services
- Dispatch Experts: Knowledge base (the business's own site)
- FreightWaves: What makes an ethical dispatch service
- O Trucking: Box truck dispatch services guide
- O Trucking: Detention time and pay
- O Trucking: Dispatch contract checklist
- O Trucking: dispatch pricing
- O Trucking: Dispatcher vs freight broker
- O Trucking: Hotshot commission pay
- O Trucking: How dispatchers find owner-operators online
- O Trucking: How much do truck dispatchers charge
- O Trucking: How to avoid bad dispatch companies
- O Trucking: How to choose a dispatch service
- O Trucking: How to negotiate TONU
- O Trucking: How to start a truck dispatching business
- O Trucking: Reefer dispatch services guide
- Overdrive: Be wary of third-party trucking dispatch services
- Overdrive: FMCSA final guidance on broker authority for dispatchers
- Super Dispatch: Auto transport broker vs dispatcher
- Truck Dispatch Experts: Amazon Relay review 2026
- Truck Dispatch Experts: Is hiring a truck dispatcher worth it
- Truck Dispatch Experts: Truck dispatch scams, 15 red flags
- TruckersReport thread: 8% fee for hotshot dispatcher is too much
- TruckersReport thread: What do owner-ops look for when selecting a dispatcher?
- TruckersReport thread: What paperwork do I need as a dispatcher?
- TruckLeap: Dispatch pricing (the business's own site)
- True North: How owner-operators can vet a dispatch service
- Wall Griffin: broker financial responsibility final rule (effective Jan 16, 2026)
- Will Haul Logistics (the business's own site)
General information, not legal advice. Rules change. Check the sources and talk to a transportation lawyer before you sign or start.