Partner programs
Two programs. Brokers and forwarders.
Pick the one that matches your business.
Which side of the freight chain are you on?
Auction brokers
You bid for overseas end-buyers at US auctions and want a freight partner who runs in the background: branded customer portal, API access, invoices and pre-alerts under your name.
Broker programDestination forwarders
You handle freight at the destination and need a US-side NVOCC agent. Peer-to-peer relationship, in-house HBL, named US ops contact.
Forwarder programWhite-label freight for auction brokers.
For brokers representing overseas end-buyers at US auctions. We handle the freight in the background. Your customer sees your brand.
What's included
Branded customer portal
Your colors, your domain, your tone. Your customers log into your brand. MyDapex runs underneath.
API access
Real-time shipment events, document webhooks (BL issued, photos uploaded, ETA updated), booking creation from your platform, customer records and documents on pull.
Documents under your name
Customer-facing invoices on your template. Pre-alerts to your customer under your brand. The HBL is issued by Dapex under our FMC license, with your reference on it, because the licensed NVOCC has to be the issuer. Compliance filings stay in our chain.
Customer management
Multi-buyer accounts under your master account. Sub-account access for your customers. Each customer sees only their own shipments.
Your fronting choice
Pick how your customer sees the freight partnership. You choose per relationship.
- Reference
- YOURBRAND-2026-04829
- Origin
- Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- Jebel Ali, UAE
- ETA
- 22 / 06 / 2026
Broker-fronted. Your customer sees your brand on the portal, invoices, pre-alerts, and support. Dapex appears on the HBL only, as the licensed carrier of record. You own the customer relationship.
- Reference
- YOURBRAND-DPX-2026-04829
- Origin
- Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- Jebel Ali, UAE
- ETA
- 22 / 06 / 2026
Co-fronted. Your brand stays primary, and Dapex is named as the freight partner throughout. Your customer sees the FMC license, the named carriers, and the six US warehouses behind the shipment. Useful when customers care whose name is on the BL or which carriers move the cargo.
How money moves: you charge your customer. We charge you. The difference is your margin.
You set your customer rate.
Whatever you tell your customer. Your relationship, your margin.
We charge you our wholesale rate.
Set at the start, held across shipments, same as any wholesale account.
The spread is yours.
Your customer pays you. You pay us.
How operations work
You book through our API or portal
VIN, lot, destination, customer reference. We file AES and ISF, book the carrier, schedule pickup.
We move the cargo
Auction pickup, inland trucking, warehouse loading, ocean booking, HBL, AES and ISF.
Your customer sees your brand
Invoices under your name. Portal in your domain. Pre-alert from your operations.
Support stays with you
If your customer calls us, we route them back to you.
Apply for the broker program
API documentation and the platform overview are shared after the first conversation. WhatsApp or email the partner team to start.
Peer-to-peer NVOCC for destination forwarders.
For forwarders at the destination who need a US-side NVOCC agent. Direct relationship, named US ops contact, in-house HBL.
What's included
Named US operations contact
Your peer at Dapex. Direct phone, WhatsApp, email. Runs your account end to end, routine shipment or customs hold.
In-house HBL
Dapex issues the HBL under our FMC license and releases it to you at destination per the agreed handoff: telex release, original surrender, or direct surrender.
Direct booking
Book with your named contact or in MyDapex. No broker layer in between.
Coordination at six US warehouses
Pickup, receipt, loading, AES, ISF on our side. Pre-alert with all documents when the vessel sails. Coordination on customs holds, port events, exceptions, and document corrections.
Coverage: open partnership at every destination we can legally ship to.
Destination countries
US loading warehouses
New destinations added on partner request
How operations work
You send the booking
To your named ops contact or in MyDapex. VIN, lot, destination port. We confirm carrier, vessel, and ETA the same day.
We handle the US side
Auction pickup, warehouse receipt, container loading, AES and ISF, ocean booking, HBL.
Pre-alert at sailing
HBL, commercial invoice, packing list, container details. Sent to you the moment the vessel sails.
You handle the destination
Clearance, last-mile, the customer relationship. Dapex stays in coordination through discharge.
Apply for the forwarder program
Contact the partner team with your destination markets and typical volume. The first conversation covers the operational handshake, document formats, and timing.
What partners ask before applying.
No. If your customer calls us, we route them back to you. Your account manager at Dapex is your peer, not your customer's.
REST endpoints for booking creation, shipment status, document retrieval, and customer records. Webhooks for booking accepted, BL issued, photos uploaded, ETA updated, container discharged. A sandbox for integration testing. Full documentation after the first conversation.
Yes. Brokers in the program get the same wholesale rate that direct wholesale accounts get. Whatever margin you add on top is your business.
The pre-alert with HBL, commercial invoice, packing list, and container details reaches you the moment the vessel sails. HBL release follows the agreed handoff: telex release, original surrender, or direct surrender, depending on your destination. The file moves from Dapex coordination to your clearance team at discharge.
Usually, yes. The forwarder program is non-exclusive. Different forwarders serve different shipper bases, and we don't pick favorites by country. If exclusivity matters to your operation, raise it in the first conversation and we'll discuss terms.
We add destinations on partner request, subject to OFAC. The 100+ is what we ship today. Tell us where you operate and we'll work out the routing.
The BL releases on payment of the quoted amount, the same rule as every Dapex account.
No hard minimum. Both programs are built around an ongoing relationship. In practice, a broker or forwarder shipping fewer than one container a quarter won't get the integration to pay for itself. Above that, the setup time pays back.
Ready to start a conversation?
Email the partner team with which program fits and a one-line description of your operation. A named contact responds within one business day.