User Review of Loadie (2023)

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Basic Background

A Same Day Logistics Marketplace App for Couriers​

How did we review Loadie?

We were actually users of it for the short period of time it was in operation. Never managed to win any work from it, mostly because there never was any. The information below is from the original review we did back then in 2018 and irrelevant now.

Will it actually get you work and help you earn money?

When I first heard about Loadie there was a lot of marketing going on around it and plenty of social media noise about how great it was going to be. And to be fair, when I investigated a bit further the idea was strong and made a lot of sense to me.

A direct customer-to-courier channel where the end customer could sell work, fix their price and the first courier that could do the job for that price clicks and takes it.

There seemed to be some initial delays in getting the full system working, but once it was live I opened an account. I mean why not, it’s FREE!

You need to supply a bit of info to get verified (such as your insurance details, standard procedure for a good work exchange service) and once you are approved you can start getting work.

That is… if you can find any.

What happens if you find a job on Loadie?

I wish I could tell you. The process is described by Loadie’s own promotional videos as being quite straightforward.

It seems that customers post their jobs and state what they are willing to pay to get it delivered. If you have the app on and you locate a job in your area then you can read the details and if you can do the job, you just click to accept the booking.

I have no first-hand experience of this as I’ve not seen a single job listing on the service so far. But in theory, that’s a great idea. No bidding and being undercut, if the price works for you, get in there.

It’s an interesting new twist to the way a typical work exchange website operates, and effectively a lot of the work isn’t being ‘exchanged’ as I think the intention is for a lot of it to come from the end customer

Any Other Good/Bad Points?

The way it’s set up is to pay the driver directly on completion of each job – which would be amazing. Isn’t that what we all really want? None of this 45-day End of Month nonsense that you get when you’re a subbie to the larger operators on other sites. Cashflow is king, remember!

On the other side of things, there’s a chance someone might always beat you to the punch. Maybe the reason I’ve never seen any work on there is because someone is always accepting the jobs before I see them? It’s possible, but unlikely as I’ve spoken to numerous other users who haven’t seen any work either.

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This review is the personal opinion of Stuart, written for publication on Couriers TV.

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Costs

5/5
5/5
Cost of Membership: £0 per year
Costs:

It’s free but the platform is defunct so there’s no point worrying about the cost.

Loads

0/5
0/5
Load Availability:

None at all

Features

0/5
0/5
Features and Benefits:

None at all

Risk

0/5
0/5
Credibility and Risk Factors:

Very risky as for some reason the website is still live and I believe the app can still be downloaded, but nobody’s home to do anything for you. Steer clear.

Pay Rates

0/5
0/5
Pay Rates Summary:

Won’t pay anything

Overall Rating Score

1/5
1/5
Summary:

It could have been so good, but somewhere along the way it took a drastically wrong turn and now it’s in a ditch waiting for rescue.

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