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Logistics company leads for wholesale suppliers

Build your own list of logistics companies, fill in missing emails and offer your products and stock in bulk to trade customers to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for logistics companies
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source

Selling products and stock in bulk to trade customers to logistics companies

Logistics companies include hauliers, freight forwarders and warehouse operators, from family firms to large fleets. Operations and fleet managers decide on vehicles, software and services, with directors signing off on larger contracts.

Wholesale suppliers find new trade customers through sales reps, trade fairs and existing accounts. A lead database of the businesses you could supply helps you plan outreach per region or sector and track who became a customer.

The logistics companies that need products and stock in bulk to trade customers are listed publicly. What most wholesale suppliers lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What wholesale suppliers run into with logistics companies

Lists from trade fairs and directories arrive in different formats.

Import CSV and Excel files from any source and map each column to your own fields.

It is hard to target only the businesses in one sector or area.

Save a filter on a field such as sector or region, or on a tag, and use it as a campaign audience.

Depots of the same company appear as separate listings.

Set the website as the key field so duplicates are flagged on import.

Operations addresses are busy with bookings and shipments.

Tick several prefixes and note which address led to a real conversation.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of logistics companies from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted web page turned into a table of companies
A pasted web page split into name, website, phone, address and city columns.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with info@, sales@, operations@ and transport@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags
Contacts in Riftjaw, one row per company with phone, email, segment and campaigns.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your products and stock in bulk to trade customers to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Contact panel in Riftjaw with pipeline status, tags, details and campaign history
One record per company: New, Contacted, Replied or Customer, with tags and every campaign it got.

What to say to logistics companies

Use one angle per campaign, so the results show which one gets logistics companies to click.

  • Lead with cost per mile, fuel or downtime, which logistics managers track closely.
  • Mention driver shortages or retention if your offer helps there.
  • Keep it practical and short, with a clear next step.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
A new campaign in Riftjaw, with segment, status and tag filters, a test send and a preview.

Fields worth recording for logistics companies

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Fleet sizeThe number of vehicles is the main sign of size.
ServicesHaulage, forwarding or warehousing each have different needs.
DepotsMulti depot firms often buy centrally.
Vehicle typesVans, trucks or refrigerated units need different suppliers.
Fleet managerOften the person who evaluates new tools.

Questions people ask

Add a number field for fleet size, fill it where you can, and filter on ranges.

Yes. Add a date field to your lead file and filter on it when the date approaches.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, sales@, operations@ and transport@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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