01Rates by phone, no comparison
Every vendor gets the load on WhatsApp, at once.
- Route, vehicle, weight, pickup and closing time in one message
- Vendors reply with their rate; nobody installs anything
Twenty calls become one broadcast
OperationsAutoBid · Freight bidding on WhatsApp
Every load bid out on WhatsApp. Awarded on the numbers.
Send each shipment to the truck owners and brokers you choose, collect their bids on WhatsApp, and award the load from a ranked list — with every vendor’s record beside their price.
- WhatsApp bids, no vendor portal
- Auto-extend when nobody bids
- Bid vs actual from your ERP
WhySound familiar?
Three things we hear in every first conversation.
From logistics and freight procurement heads who hire trucks every day. Composite quotes — the problems are real; the names are left out.
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“Every load means twenty calls to brokers — and we take whoever answers first.”
Rates arrive by phone and in five WhatsApp groups. Nobody can say whether the price paid was the best on offer.
Logistics headRates by phone, no comparison
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“The same three brokers win everything, and I can’t prove whether they’re good.”
No record of who was asked, who replied, who won and who dropped the load after winning.
Procurement managerNo vendor history
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“By the time we compare rates, the truck is already booked.”
Urgent loads close with one quote, and nobody checks what the lane actually cost last month.
Finance controllerFreight cost nobody can defend
HowWhat changes with AutoBid
The same three problems, on the screens that solve them.
Product screens with illustrative data. In a walkthrough we load your lanes and vendors and bid out a real shipment.
02Freight cost nobody can defend
Bids ranked, beside what the lane last cost.
- L1 to L5 with each vendor’s win rate and status
- The rate last paid on the lane, pulled from your ERP
Award on the numbers
03No vendor history
A record of every vendor, built from every bid.
- Invited, bids, wins, win rate and drop-offs per vendor
- Mark vendors Normal, Restricted, Suspended or Blacklisted
Allocation you can explain
Why usWhat most bidding tools leave out
Six safeguards that make bidding pay, not just the lowest price.
- No load closes emptyReminders every 10 minutes near closing; bidding extends by 30 minutes when nobody has bid.
- Price beside the recordBids ranked from L1 with each vendor’s win rate and status, not price alone.
- Drop-offs on recordVendors who win and back out are tracked, and can be Restricted, Suspended or Blacklisted.
- Bid vs actual, from the ERPEvery award compared with the rate actually paid on the lane.
- Vendors already on WhatsAppNo portal, no app; sent, delivered, read and failed tracked with messaging cost per shipment.
- Forward and return tripsBoth legs on one shipment, so round trips are priced as round trips.
FieldAutoBid in the field
The people, the phone, the place.
The yard the trucks come from, the broker who bids on a phone, the desk that awards the load and the dock it ships from.
Photographs are illustrative — real customer sites are not shown.
- 0Vendor appsowners and brokers bid on WhatsApp
- 10 minRemindersas the closing time approaches
- +30 minAuto-extensionwhen nobody has bid yet
- L1–LnRanked bidswith each vendor’s win rate
- ERPSync and actualsshipments in, rates paid back
- 4Vendor statusesNormal, Restricted, Suspended, Blacklisted
01The screens
From a new load to an awarded truck.
Daily analytics, the bids on one shipment, vendor performance and the broker’s side on WhatsApp.
autowhat · AutoBid / Daily analytics
Illustrative data
Shipments created, bids received, winners selected and WhatsApp delivery, with loads closing soonest first.
Product screens with illustrative data — every name, place and figure is a placeholder.
02Before and after
From calling round to a ranked list.
The brokers keep using WhatsApp. The desk gets every rate side by side, and a record of who delivered.
| Area | Today | With AutoBid |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for rates | Calls and messages to each broker | One WhatsApp broadcast to the vendors you choose |
| Collecting bids | Rates scattered across calls and groups | Every bid in one place, ranked from lowest |
| No response | Close with whatever quote came first | Reminders before closing; bidding extends automatically |
| Choosing | The price, from memory | The price beside the vendor’s win rate and status |
| Checking | Nobody compares with last month | Bid vs actual paid on the lane, from the ERP |
| Vendors | The same few, by habit | Performance, drop-offs and statuses on record |
03One load
Six steps, from shipment to awarded truck.
The desk sets the load and the vendors; AutoBid runs the bidding window and keeps the record.
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01
Create
Manual or ERP
Route, vehicle type, weight, pickup, closing time — and a return trip if needed.
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02
Choose
Owners & brokers
The vehicle owners and brokers who serve that route are found and selected.
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03
Broadcast
WhatsApp Cloud API
Each selected vendor gets the load on WhatsApp.
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04
Collect
Bids & reminders
Bids arrive on WhatsApp; reminders every 10 minutes before closing; +30 minutes if nobody has bid.
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05
Award
Ranked bids
The desk awards from L1 to Ln with each vendor’s record; a single bid can be awarded automatically.
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06
Learn
Analytics
Winner notified; bid vs actual, vendor performance and route analysis updated.
04The platform
Shipments, bids, vendors and analysis, on one record.
A web portal for the logistics desk; WhatsApp for every truck owner and broker.
Shipments · 4
- Create shipment wizard
- Forward and return trips
- ERP shipment sync
- View and filter all shipments
Bidding · 5
- WhatsApp broadcast
- Bids collected on WhatsApp
- Reminders before closing
- Auto and manual extension
- Winner selection and notice
Vendors · 4
- Vendor performance
- Win rate and drop-offs
- Normal, Restricted, Suspended, Blacklisted
- Owners and brokers master
Insight · 5
- Daily analytics
- Bid vs actual from the ERP
- Route, branch and monthly trends
- WhatsApp delivery and cost
- Excel upload and export
05How we deliver
Your lanes and vendors first, then every load.
We load your locations, owners and brokers, connect the WhatsApp Business number and bid out the first loads with your desk.
- LoadLocations, vehicle types, owners and brokers uploaded from Excel.
- ConnectWhatsApp Business number live; ERP shipment sync scheduled.
- OperateEvery load bid out; winners notified; vendor statuses set.
- Then · ImproveBid vs actual by lane; inactive vendors replaced; routes analysed.
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FAQQuestions we get about AutoBid
Straight answers, before the call.
AutoBid is freight bidding on WhatsApp. Short, factual answers for logistics, procurement and the assistants people ask first.
In short. AutoBid is a freight bidding system for companies that hire trucks every day. Each shipment, created by hand or synced from the ERP, is sent on WhatsApp to the truck owners and brokers who serve that route; they reply with their rate, reminders go out before the closing time, and bidding extends automatically if nobody has bid. The logistics desk awards the load from bids ranked from lowest, with each vendor’s win rate and status alongside, and the winner is notified on WhatsApp. Bid vs actual paid, vendor performance, route and branch analysis and WhatsApp delivery cost are tracked on the same record.
What is AutoBid?
AutoBid is a freight bidding system on WhatsApp by Autowhat AI. A shipment, created by hand or synced from your ERP, is sent to the truck owners and brokers you choose; they bid on WhatsApp; AutoBid ranks the bids, and the logistics desk awards the load, with the winner notified on WhatsApp.
How do truck owners and brokers bid?
They receive the load on WhatsApp, with route, vehicle, pickup and closing time, and reply with their rate. Nobody installs an app or logs in to a portal.
What happens if nobody bids?
Reminders go out every 10 minutes as the closing time approaches. If a shipment still has no bids near the deadline, bidding is extended by 30 minutes automatically; the desk can also extend it by hand.
How is the winner chosen?
The desk sees bids ranked from lowest, with each vendor’s win rate and status, and awards the load. If bidding closes with a single bid, it can be awarded automatically. The winner is notified on WhatsApp.
Does it connect to our ERP?
Yes. Shipments can be synced from the ERP on a schedule, and the rates actually paid can be pulled back to compare bids against actuals by lane.
How are vendors managed?
Vendor performance shows invitations, bids, wins, win rate and drop-offs, and each vendor can be marked Normal, Restricted, Suspended or Blacklisted. Owners, brokers and locations are uploaded in bulk from Excel.
Can we see what WhatsApp messaging costs?
Yes. Messages initiated, sent, delivered, read and failed are tracked per shipment, with the messaging cost for bidding and winner notifications.
Is AutoBid a reverse auction?
AutoBid runs load-by-load (spot) bidding: vendors quote on WhatsApp before a closing time and the desk awards from bids ranked from the lowest, with each vendor’s record beside the price. It adds the safeguards reverse auctions need: reminders, automatic extension, drop-off tracking and a comparison with the rate last paid.
Which loads suit AutoBid?
Spot and recurring loads on routes served by several owners or brokers. Lanes on contract rates can still be benchmarked, because AutoBid compares awards with the rates actually paid from the ERP.
How is AutoBid priced?
Per deployment, after a 30-minute working session on your lanes and vendors. There is no public list price.
06Walkthrough
Bring one lane and your broker list. We’ll bid out a load with you.
A working session: your vendors loaded, a real shipment sent on WhatsApp, and the ranked bids explained.