How to Get a Website for Your Trucking Company (in About 30 Minutes)

If you run trucks, you've probably put off the website. Fair — you have actual freight to move, and the last thing you need is a "web project." Here are your real options in 2026, with honest costs and time.

Option 1: Build it from your DOT number (~30 minutes, free to start)

This is the route TenFour built. Instead of starting from a blank page, you start from the paperwork you already have: enter your USDOT number, and your FMCSA record fills in most of the site — legal name, DBA, authority status, fleet size, operation type. You answer a few questions FMCSA can't (what you run, which lanes, where leads should go), pick your look, and publish.

What you get: a live page with your DOT/MC displayed, an authority-status badge, your equipment and lanes, and a working quote form that sends leads to your inbox. The free tier lives at a tenfourhq.com address; Pro ($349/yr) puts it on your own .com with matching name@yourcompany.com email — which matters more than the site itself, because brokers vet your email domain.

Option 2: Generic AI website builders (1–3 hours, $12–30/month)

Wix, Squarespace, Durable, GoDaddy — all can produce a decent-looking site. The tradeoffs for a trucking company specifically:

• You type everything yourself. These tools don't know what a USDOT number is, so your authority, fleet, and compliance details are all manual — and they won't be checked against anything.
• Generic templates. "Logistics" templates are usually written for freight tech companies. Expect to rewrite the copy so it doesn't say "supply chain solutions" seventeen times.
• Email costs extra and setting it up (MX records, SPF, DKIM) is on you.

Totally workable if you enjoy the tinkering. Budget an evening, plus the monthly fee forever.

Option 3: Hire someone ($500–3,000, 2–6 weeks)

A freelancer or agency will make something more custom than either option above. For a 50-truck fleet with a brand to protect, this can be worth it. For an owner-operator, it's usually overkill: you're paying for design freedom you don't need, plus you still have to feed them all your info, review drafts, and chase the launch.

What actually needs to be on the page

However you build it, brokers and shippers checking you out are looking for five things:

1. Company name — legal and DBA, matching your FMCSA record
2. USDOT and MC numbers — displayed, not hidden
3. Equipment and lanes — what you run and where
4. A phone number that matches your paperwork
5. A way to send you freight — quote form or direct email

That's the whole checklist. A single page with those five things beats a ten-page site without them.

The part most guides skip: the email

A website without a matching email domain is half the job. The highest-signal check in broker vetting is whether your quoting email matches your company and your FMCSA record. So whatever route you pick, make sure it ends with you@yourcompany.com — and then put that address on your MCS-150.

Thirty minutes from now you could be done: start with your DOT number →