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Outbound · Cold email built for freight
You've got the shipper's name. The contact. Now what?
Outbound researches the shipper you're after, matches what it finds against your lanes and equipment, and writes outreach that sounds like it came off a broker's desk. Because the playbook behind it did.
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Subject: flatbed capacity for the US-74 widening
Saw the grading contract on the US-74 widening kicked off last month. Figured your team is lining up trucks now, not later. We run heavy haul and flatbed out of Charlotte weekly, permitted up to 15' wide. Worth a quick call this week?
Researched & written by Outbound
≈ 2 minutes
How it works
Name a shipper. Get a campaign.
No forms with forty fields, no "AI writing assistant" that needs babysitting. One input, one researched campaign.
01
Name a shipper
Type the company you're after. That's the whole input. Outbound already knows your lanes, equipment, and proof points from your profile.
02
Outbound goes to work
Live web research on the shipper: projects, facilities, commodities, freight profile, hooks worth writing about. Then a 4-email sequence plus LinkedIn messages built around what it found.
03
You send it
Copy to clipboard, open in Gmail, or export a CSV for Instantly and Smartlead. You send from your own address. Replies, deliverability, and the relationship stay yours.
The difference
Stop sending the scripts every other tool spits out.
The template sites don't know a step deck from a dry van. They'll hand you "streamline your logistics" and a calendar link, the same email every shipper deletes twice a day. Outbound was built for freight and logistics by someone who works in it: the prospecting, the RFQs, the phone calls where a shipper says "we already have carriers."
The template mill
- "Hi {{FirstName}}, I hope this finds you well..."
- Knows nothing about the shipper but their name
- Same template for SaaS, solar panels, and freight
- "Streamline your supply chain" in every other line
Outbound by The Load Letter
- Researches the shipper: projects, facilities, commodities
- Talks equipment, lanes, permits, and seasonality
- Written from your operation's real proof points
- Sounds like a broker, because the playbook was written by one
The math: done by hand, one researched campaign runs $100 or more. Outbound does the research and the writing in about two minutes, and on the Pro plan a full campaign lands under $2.
Pricing
Every lookup is a researched shipper and a full sequence.
4 emails plus LinkedIn messages, built from live research. Start free, upgrade when the pipeline does.
Free
$0
The full experience, on us. See what a researched campaign feels like.
- 2 lookups, lifetime
- Live web research
- 4-email sequences
- LinkedIn messages
- CSV, Gmail & copy export
Starter
$19 /mo
Researched email sequences, one good prospect at a time.
- 5 lookups / month
- Live web research
- 4-email sequences
- CSV, Gmail & copy export
Growth
$29 /mo
Emails plus LinkedIn. A real prospecting rhythm.
- 10 lookups / month
- Live web research
- 4-email sequences
- LinkedIn messages
- CSV, Gmail & copy export
Best value
Pro
$49 /mo
Everything, at volume. Under $2 per researched campaign.
- 25 lookups / month
- Everything in Growth
- Priority support
Enterprise
Let's talk
Teams, agencies, volume.
- Custom lookup volume
- Everything in Pro
- Onboarding & direct support
Done-For-You
Rather have a human write it?
Every email written by hand for your lanes, your market, and your voice. Test drive it for $45, or put the whole outreach engine on retainer from $99 a month.
The dispatch
Freight market news for freight brokers, by a freight broker.
The Load Letter is the free weekly read behind all of this: rates, capacity, fraud, and what the week's moves mean at your desk. Subscribe and the Shipper Prospecting Kit rides along free.
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You've got the shipper's name. The contact. Now what?
Introducing Outbound: real research on any shipper and a ready-to-send email sequence. Your first 2 lookups are free.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
What is Outbound by The Load Letter?
Outbound is a cold outreach tool for freight brokers and agents. You give it a shipper's name, it runs live web research on the company, then writes a 4-email sequence and LinkedIn messages matched to your lanes, equipment, and proof points. You review the copy and send it from your own inbox. It lives at app.theloadletter.com and comes with 2 free lookups.
How is Outbound different from generic cold email tools?
Generic script builders use the same template for SaaS, solar panels, and freight. Outbound was built for freight and logistics by a working broker. It talks equipment, lanes, permits, and seasonality, and every campaign starts with live research on the specific shipper you name instead of a first-name mail merge.
How much does Outbound cost?
Free gives you 2 lifetime lookups with full features and no card required. Starter is $19 per month for 5 email-only lookups. Growth is $29 per month for 10 lookups including LinkedIn messages. Pro is $49 per month for 25 lookups, which works out to under $2 per researched campaign. Enterprise pricing is custom.
What do I get with each lookup?
One lookup is one researched shipper: live web research on the company plus a full 4-email outreach sequence, and LinkedIn messages on Growth plans and up. Done by hand, this work runs $100 or more per campaign.
Does Outbound send the emails for me?
No. Outbound writes the campaign and hands it to you: copy to clipboard, open in Gmail, or export a CSV for tools like Instantly and Smartlead. You send from your own address, so deliverability and the relationship stay yours.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every new account gets 2 lifetime lookups with the full feature set, including live research, the 4-email sequence, and LinkedIn messages. No credit card required.
What if I want a human to write my outreach instead?
The Load Letter also runs a done-for-you service where every email is written by hand for your lanes, your market, and your voice. It starts with a $45 test drive of 3 custom emails, with monthly plans at $99 (Scout), $199 (Mover), and $499 (Full Lane).
What is The Load Letter newsletter?
The Load Letter is a free weekly freight-market newsletter written by Andrew Sarris, a working freight broker. It covers spot and contract rates, capacity, fraud, and what the week's moves mean for brokers. Subscribers also get the free Shipper Prospecting Kit with targeting prompts and freight-native cold email angles. Subscribe here.
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Built for freight and logistics, by someone in it.