e2Cargo offers professional users an easy, cost effective way to manage freight shipments. The site is designed for businesses to manage freight quotes, calculate shipments and create invoices. Small to medium size businesses may have trouble finding room in their budget to hire multiple people to manage all of these tasks. E2Cargo makes it easy for one person to oversee cargo movement in a way that is easily accessible and does not require an entire IT team to set up and manage. Kathrin Riemer founded e2Cargo in June of 2009. At the time, she was looking for a way to create an online product that would present a practical solution to the many issues that come with freight management. Calling upon her numerous years of experience as a freight forwarder in air and land freight, Riemer put together a number of tools that would simplify logistics and management for businesses. Riemer also used her experience as a support engineer and application consultant to ensure that the finished product was as effective as she wanted it to be. There are numerous business solutions available online that help professionals plan, schedule, and manage their businesses. However e2Cargo focuses on one very specific area: freight. Businesses that work with freight movement, invoicing, and monitoring can get plenty of use out of the tools offered by e2Cargo. While the site is not geared towards the everyday user, professionals can benefit significantly depending on the needs of their business. The e2Cargo website has a very professional appearance that doesn’t dampen its personality. Black and dark green are offset by light gray. Even users who are not internet savvy can easily navigate the site using the prominent links at the top of the homepage. The site creates a clean, neat environment for users to find the tools they need. E2Cargo does not include any annoying banners or graphics, instead the user is greeted with information they need and want to get them started. Right on the e2Cargo homepage, a new user can find the green “Sign up for free!” button. After clicking the button, the user is directed to the well organized registration form. The form requests an email address (which will be the user’s login ID), a name, company name, and password. If the user has a promotion code, a field is available for that information as well. After filling out the form, the user can click the check box to agree to the terms and conditions before clicking the grey “Sign Up” button at the bottom of the page. After submitting the information, a green highlighted box advises the user to check their email to complete confirmation and finish account creation. Once this is done, the user can login and access their e2Cargo account. Regardless of which plan is selected, users are given a 30 day free trial. The Small plan runs about $35 and includes up to three users, 500 shipments per month, and 2 GBs of storage space. The Medium plan costs about $70 and upgrades to include up to 10 users and 1,500 shipments each month. The Unlimited plan runs about $145 and upgrades to unlimited users and shipments. Each plan also includes free online support, software updates, database, security, and regular back ups. E2Cargo does not charge any set up fees and users can cancel accounts at any time. There is one specific group that would love e2Cargo, and that is the group the site was designed for. Those dealing with freight can utilize e2Cargo for all aspects of each shipment, including tracking and invoicing. The site allows multiple plan options that can easily fit into various budgets, so both small and large businesses can take advantage of e2Cargo tools.

• Quote generation that is fast and easy
• Shipment calculation
• Invoice generation
• Simple updating features
• Functions compatible with air, land, and sea freight transport

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