The two titles get used interchangeably, and they describe very different seats. Here is the practical difference between a freight agent and a freight broker: who holds the authority, who carries the risk, and how each one earns.

Going from W2 broker to 1099 independent agent changes five things: how you’re paid, how you’re taxed, what you fund yourself, what you control, and what risk you carry. Here is each one, plainly, before you make the jump.

A realistic timeline for switching brokerages with a book, phase by phase, without the recruiting gloss.

Every recruiting conversation covers the split and the growth story. The questions that actually predict your experience usually go unasked. Here are 20 questions to bring to any freight agent program

A 70% split is only 70% if nothing comes out of it afterward. This field guide covers where freight agent program fees hide: conditional software charges, compliance chargebacks, credit-check fees, and the exact questions that surface them in writing before you sign.