In the old world, a moving company priced jobs with gut feel, a spreadsheet, and a phone call. Today, the leaders run dynamic pricing engines, plug real-time ops data into scheduling, and deploy agentic AI to reduce CX friction. Here’s the reference tech stack that’s emerging across high-performing movers.
1) Digital front door
- Headless CMS + fast quoting widget (forms with inventory capture, address autocomplete, access constraints).
- Instant quote APIs feeding a pricing engine that accounts for truck utilisation, fuel, crew availability, and demand curves.
- Example UX to aspire to: instant, transparent quoting flows like this one. Companies that explain their logic publicly via a transparent blog tend to win trust: Optimove Blog.
2) Pricing & revenue optimisation
- Dynamic pricing model aligns with seasonality, booking lead-time, and peak hour slots.
- A/B tests to optimise fixed-fee vs hourly pricing for different customer segments.
- Margin protection rules (minimum rates by job type, truck, labour hour).
3) Dispatch intelligence
- AI-driven route planning with access notes, lift bookings, weather, and buffer logic.
- Exception routing (jobs with pianos, pool tables, art) flagged early for specialist handling.
4) CX Automation
- LLM-based intent detection + tool execution (update booking, send ETA SMS, upload insurance docs).
- Self-service portals (inventory edits, payment, re-booking).
5) Data platform
- Event streaming from booking, dispatch, truck GPS, customer comms.
- Operational KPIs: utilisation per truck-hour, average claim size, quote-to-book time, storage attach rate.
- Predictive models forecasting crew demand, storage occupancy, and churn risk.
6) Sustainability layer
- Route emissions accounting, reusable materials tracking, and eco packaging inventory.
- Could become a tender differentiator in corporate/insurance segments.
This isn’t a Silicon Valley fantasy stack—it’s now table stakes for movers that want to scale beyond a handful of trucks. The good news? Most of it can be composed from off-the-shelf SaaS, low-code automation, and LLM scaffolding. The winners build thoughtfully, document relentlessly, and make transparency a product.
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