FTC Disclosure

Effective Date: May 23, 2026 Last Updated: May 23, 2026

Our promise, up front

Articles on RouteContractor.AI are written to be useful to you, not to maximize an affiliate payout. We do not accept payment to recommend a vendor. We do not modify our reviews based on what a vendor pays us per click. If we recommend a tool, it is because we use it, have used it, or have reviewed it carefully enough to stand behind the recommendation.

That said, the FTC requires that we tell you when we have a financial relationship with a vendor we link to. This page is that disclosure.

What “affiliate link” means

An affiliate link is a special URL that tells a vendor we sent the visitor. If you click the link and end up buying or signing up, the vendor pays us a commission. You pay the same price you would pay if you’d gone to the vendor directly. Affiliate commissions do not add cost to your purchase.

Where you’ll see affiliate links on this site

We may use affiliate links in articles and vendor-review pages covering:

• Route brokers — Route Consultant, Sandlin, BizBuySell, and similar platforms that list FedEx Ground and parcel routes for sale.
• Telematics and dashcam vendors — Samsara, Motive, GroundCloud, Lytx, and similar.
• Fuel cards — WEX, Comdata, RTS, and similar.
• Insurance brokers — commercial auto, general liability, workers’ comp, and cyber liability providers.
• Payroll and HR software — Gusto, Justworks, ADP, Paychex, and similar.
• Banking and finance — Mercury, Relay, business credit cards, equipment financing.
• Tools and software — anything else operationally useful to a contractor.

Not every link on this site is an affiliate link. We link to many sources, news articles, and reference materials with no financial relationship at all. Where we do have an affiliate relationship, we disclose it at the top of the relevant article.

How we choose what to recommend

The order of operations is:

1. We pick the vendors we think serve operators best, based on first-hand use, conversations with other operators, and product research.
2. We write the review.
3. Only after the review is written do we check whether the vendor has an affiliate program.

If a vendor has no affiliate program but we think they’re the right call, we still recommend them. Several vendors mentioned on this site do not pay us a dime.

If a vendor stops being good — service degrades, pricing gets predatory, contract terms get hostile — we update the article or pull the recommendation. Affiliate revenue is not a reason to keep recommending something that no longer earns the recommendation.

Sponsored content

If we ever publish sponsored content (an article paid for by a vendor), it will be clearly labeled as such at the top of the article and in the URL slug. Sponsored content is rare. As of this writing, we have published none.

Editorial independence

The operator who reviews every article — Curtis Cox of Cox Logistics Inc — has sole editorial authority over what gets published, recommended, or rejected. No advertiser, affiliate partner, or sponsor sees content before it goes live. No vendor has the right to demand changes, removal, or favorable treatment.

Amazon Associates (if applicable)

If we link to products on Amazon, RouteContractor.AI is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Questions

Email hello@routecontractor.ai if you have questions about a specific recommendation, want to know whether a particular link is an affiliate link, or want to flag an article that you think reads more like a sales pitch than an honest review. We take that feedback seriously.