Truck dispatcher or freight broker? The FMCSA line is sharper than most people think. Full 2026 legal breakdown of when a dispatcher accidentally becomes a broker, safe-harbor rules, and how Stretch XL Freight structures its dispatcher program to keep everyone on the right side of the law.
The flat-fee dispatcher model caps your income at the number of trucks you can juggle. The recurring-revenue model doesn't. Full 2026 math on how dispatchers stack passive income from carrier subscriptions and shipper referrals under the Stretch XL Freight standard.
The confusion around co-brokering vs referral fees runs deep in freight. Here's the actual FMCSA line, the exact structural safeguards that keep a referral commission legal, and how Stretch XL Freight pays 25% of gross margin to shipper-referral partners without anyone needing broker authority.
