Contacts

About

• In contacts you can build your network of partners (carriers, subcontractors).
• Add companies and persons you regularly do business with.
• Currently more than 17.000 logistic companies are at your disposal.
• Group your contacts into groups. For instance per country like France, Germany or per type like Containers, Bulk etc.
• Send Request for Quotations out to your contacts or to specific groups.

Where to find

• If you have a CargoOffice acount, go to: Back Office -> Community Tools -> Contacts
• From several other websites, like: TransportGuide, FreeCargo, TransportCommander.

Index

• 1. Type the email address of the contact you are looking for.
  
  • You can also type somebodies name, company name or domain name.
  • The system gives you the persons and companies it found.
  • Click add contact to add that person to your list.
  • If nothing is found, you can still add the email address to your list or to a group.
• 2. Contacts that you have added to your list.
  
  • The color of the image tells you whether the contact is mutual (he entered you as a contact as well).
• 3. By clicking on the menu symbol (three bars) you can perform an action:
  • Send a Request For Quotation (ask for a price on a transport you require)
  • Send an email.
  • Remove this contact.
  • Show company info.
• 4. Click this button if you want to create a group.
  
  • For example all contacts that are transporting goods to France with temperature controlled material.
    Groups are handy to send for instance RFQs to a whole group at ones and compare the prices they return.
  • For more details about RFQs click here: Quotation system
• 5. Examples of created groups.
  
  • By clicking on the group name you'll see the companies and contact in that group.
  • For more information on groups click here.

More

• How to create or maintain a Group.
• Information about Groups inside your Contacts.