Book an Appointment as a Carrier

Find a bookable warehouse, walk the four booking steps — time slot, load details, driver, review — and understand what happens after you send the request.

Booking on Yardor is free for carriers. You book from your carrier portal: pick a warehouse, pick a time slot, add the load and driver details, and send the request. One thing to know up front: sending a request is not the same as having the slot. The warehouse confirms every request — your slot is final only once they confirm it.

Before you start#

• You need to belong to a carrier company on Yardor. If your account is not linked to a company yet, register your company or claim its existing listing first — the booking page will tell you this instead of showing the form.
• Only warehouses that have claimed their listing and opened online booking can be booked. On a warehouse page without booking, use the public contact details on the listing instead.
• Until your company is verified, you can hold at most 3 open bookings at a time, and each one needs individual warehouse confirmation. The booking page shows how many slots you have left; when the quota is full, finish or cancel an open booking, or complete verification, before booking again.

Step 1: Pick a time slot#

1. Open Find warehouses in your carrier portal, open the warehouse, and tap Book. You can also start from the warehouse listing page.
2. Confirm your company (if you belong to more than one, pick the right one) and choose the load type. The slot grid depends on the load type, so this comes first.
3. Pick a date, then tap an open time slot. Each slot shows how much room is left; slots marked unavailable cannot be picked. You must pick a slot before you can continue.
4. If the day is full, join the waitlist for that load type and date right from the same panel. If a slot opens, the warehouse side holds it for you and you get an email — confirm in time to book it.

Step 2: Load details (optional, but helpful)#

Everything in this step is optional — you can leave any of it out and still book. Filling it in helps the warehouse plan your dock time. Where the warehouse sizes bookings by load, the form suggests how much dock time to book from your pallet count, and you can pick a different length.

• Pallets, and units or pieces.
• Weight, in lb or kg.
• Seal number, if the load is sealed.
• Reference numbers: add every PO and BOL that travels on this appointment — one truck carrying several orders is normal. Tap Add another reference for each extra number.
• A note for the warehouse: anything they should know ahead of time — paperwork, a gate contact, special handling.

Step 3: Driver and vehicle#

1. Start typing to pick a driver from your driver pool, or type a name directly. Add the driver phone number.
2. Add the truck or tractor number, and the trailer or container number if they apply.
3. Not sure who is driving yet? Tap Add later — continue. You can assign the driver after booking, from the appointment.

Step 4: Review and send#

1. The review step shows the slot, the load details, and the driver side by side, each with an Edit button. Check them, fix anything, then tap Request this slot.
2. When the request is sent, the page shows your appointment number. The request is now with the warehouse.
3. You can move back and forth between steps without losing what you typed. If you leave half way, the form restores your draft when you come back to the same warehouse and company, so you can pick up where you left off.

After you send: confirmation, expiry, booking again#

• The warehouse can confirm your request as asked, propose a different time, or decline it with a reason. Follow the outcome under My appointments — the appointment page shows its Status history, step by step.
• A first booking with a warehouse you have not worked with also starts your working relationship with that warehouse, pending their confirmation.
• A request the warehouse has not confirmed expires at its start time and shows as Expired. It holds no slot and no longer counts against the unverified quota. Open it and tap Book again — the new form starts filled in from the old request, and you only pick a new date and time slot.
• Need to move a confirmed appointment? Open it and use Reschedule. If the new slot is open under the rules of the warehouse, the move happens right away. A warehouse can turn off carrier self-service rescheduling — then you contact the warehouse instead — and it can require changes to be made at least a set number of hours before the appointment's start time. The appointment page explains it when a change is blocked.

Yardor features used in this article#

• Carrier portal → Find warehouses → Book
• Booking form — time slot / load details / driver and vehicle / review
• My appointments — status history, book again, reschedule
• Waitlist for a full day