TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA - On-demand mobile app
* Oregon - Seattle company looking to get rid of 'ghost trucking'
(Video "A Message from our CEO", by Ghostruck - Jul 13, 2015: Moving a sofa, an appliance, or an entire apartment? Ghostruck makes moving big things scary simple. Move almost anything you want within minutes using the Ghostruck app on iPhone or Android)
-- Ghostruck is an on-demand mobile app that connects people and businesses with professional movers who have empty or partially-filled trucks. The year-old Seattle company wants to eliminate "ghost trucking" -- an industry term for an empty truck heading to home base after it has delivered its goods and completed a job... Users can download a free app for IOS or Android, snap photos of what they need moved, enter where it is and where it's going, a time window for delivery and Ghostruck's proprietary technology will deliver a fixed rate for the move... Moving companies that have partnered with Ghostruck have a choice to accept the job that could augment a delivery already booked for a given area... Ghostruck efficiencies have removed the need for an estimator to visit a home to price out a moving job. That's now done by Ghostruck's technology. The company's success hinges on that pricing model technology... In September, Ghostruck expanded to 12 major cities outside of Seattle. Those cities include Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles San Diego, Denver. Austin, Miami, Washington, D.C./Arlington and Boston...
Seattle, ORE, USA - KOMO News by Matt Markovich - Oct 23, 2015
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