Traveling Horse Transport & Stables Directory has become well known in the horse world. 'Word of mouth' and search engine placement has kept it consistently productive for many years.
No transport brokers or large fleets....independent transporters only, except international transporters of course, where outside arrangements are necessary.
I believe the immediate and long term popularity of my website with horse owners is largely due to it being a real time saver and that the listings are consise and informative. I also strive to list only the good horse transport companies and do my best to weed out the 'bad apples'. Horse transporters tell me it continues to be the most productive site out there. Maybe that's because I'm a horse owner myself and I built it with the horse owners' needs in mind regarding their horse(s) being hauled.....which ultimately benefits the transporters as well. I continuously receive emails from both horse owners and transporters thanking me for creating Traveling Horse. My aim is to list professional, reputable companies, most of which use 6-8 horse rigs offering door to door service. Transporters with smaller rigs are also welcome as they work well in certain parts of the country for more designated short hauls. Honest independent horse transporters are welcome here.
Horse owners submit their horse transport quote request information on www.travelinghorse.com/Transport_Quote_Request.html and I forward them by email mailing list to all transporters at the same time as they come in. The transport quote requests fluctuate with an average range of 25-55 per day with weekdays generally being busier than weekends. The all time record is 65 USA/Canada quote requests (June 29, 2005) and averaging 7,000+ website visits monthly from horse people looking for your service. I only target web traffic that applies to my website and your business.....not random traffic. Because of the steady flow of transport requests and website traffic, I feel there is a need for more good horse transportation companies to serve them. While transport rates fluctuate with the economy, the need to have horses professionally hauled remains consistant.
Your transport company will be listed with informative but brief descriptions to give horse owners an impression of each transport company's services along with links to your email and website, if you have one. You can see examples of how your listing will look. www.travelinghorse.com/Transport_Companies.html. This works well for companies that might not have their own website. In time the search engines will find these companies based only on their business name on the listing pages. You can read many comments from both horse owners and transport companies. www.travelinghorse.com/Testimonials.html.
The new listing page is www.travelinghorse.com/Transport_Listing_Order.html. I forward all quote requests to all transport companies in that serving area group by email so you can choose to respond to any requests that fit in with your upcoming trips. You will also receive individual requests through your email link on your listing with Traveling Horse and directly through your website, if you have one.
Online payments are accepted through PayPal and you don't need to have an account set up with them to process a credit/debit card payment. PayPal is very secure and has been around for years. While the single month rate has recently been discontinued due to abuse, the 6 month and 12 month rates are still based on the former single month rate of $39.95/mo....but with hefty discounts on both options. I've always strived to keep the price extremely reasonable.
I hope I've answered some of your questions. If there's anything that I've missed, please just ask me.
"Thank you for visiting my website....Jeannie"
