Most people don't think about car shipping until they need it. You might be moving to another state, buying a car online or helping a family member get a vehicle across the country. You know where the car needs to go. Now you need to figure out how to get it there.
How much will it cost? Who will pick it up? When will it arrive? And where do you go for an update once the shipment is underway?
Those are reasonable questions. Getting answers shouldn't become another project on your moving checklist. We built AVORIX to make the experience easier, with the people and information behind a shipment connected in one platform.
Start with where your car needs to go
You can buy a car from your phone. Arranging transportation for it should feel just as approachable.
In AVORIX, you start with the pickup and delivery locations, your vehicle and the earliest date it will be ready. Enter the VIN to look up the vehicle or choose its year, make and model. You can begin on your phone or computer, then sign up or log in to continue.
Think about a car you've bought from a seller in another state. Before requesting transport, you'll need the pickup address and a date when the seller can release it. Having those details ready gives the carrier useful information to work with.
The earliest pickup date tells carriers when the vehicle becomes available. It isn't a confirmed pickup appointment.
See the price before you continue
Once you've entered the trip details, you can review pricing for open and enclosed transport. You can also check the vehicle and route information before requesting the shipment.
The carrier's transport charge and AVORIX's platform fee are separate. Review both, along with the total, before you confirm. That distinction matters because you're paying a carrier to move the vehicle and AVORIX for the platform that brings the booking and shipment information together.
The iPhone screen below shows how transport choices sit alongside the pickup address, delivery address and vehicle details. The amounts shown belong to that example shipment. Your pricing depends on your own shipment details.
Know when a carrier has accepted
Requesting a shipment and having a carrier confirmed are different steps. A carrier needs to accept the shipment before the move is confirmed.
The app makes that distinction visible. In the screen below, the shipment is marked Finding a carrier. It tells you that a request is in progress, rather than leaving you to assume that someone is already on the way.
Once a carrier accepts, you can follow the available pickup and delivery updates. The carrier handles the physical transportation. Pickup and delivery timing still depends on the route, scheduling and conditions on the road.
Shipping a car involves more planning than booking a short ride. The technology should help you understand what is happening at each stage.
Keep the shipment together
The need for clear information doesn't end when a carrier accepts. You may need to check the pickup instructions, look up a vehicle detail or find an available shipment document.
AVORIX keeps shipment details and available records connected to the shipment. That gives you a place to return to when you need information, instead of trying to remember which email or message contains it.
For someone moving house, that might mean checking the shipment between other tasks. For a dealership, it might mean finding the details of a vehicle arriving from another location. The circumstances are different, but the need is the same. People need information they can find and use.
Built for the people behind every move
AVORIX is a technology company building The Auto Transport Operating System. We're connecting shippers, carriers and drivers because each person needs a different part of the same shipment information.
Shippers need to understand pricing and know what happens next. Carriers need accurate vehicle and location details to plan their trips. Drivers need clear pickup and delivery instructions. We're also building mobile tools to help drivers handle inspections and documentation from their phones. Those driver tools are still under development.
Traffic, weather and scheduling changes will always be part of transportation. Our work is to make the booking, coordination and information around each move easier to manage.
You can read more about that thinking in why we built AVORIX around the whole shipment.
Ready to see what the process looks like for your car? Enter your trip details in AVORIX.