Logistics website templates
You can build a logistics website yourself from any builder's template; what customers judge is the pages and what's on them. Here are the pages a courier, freight forwarder or 3PL site needs, what each has to show, what templates and AI builders get wrong and how to test your own site. If you'd rather not, we build it for $2,450 flat.
- The pages a courier, forwarder or 3PL site needs
- Every rule linked to its source
- Free tools to check what you build
Free guide ยท Updated October 2026
- 46 CFR 515.3: no ocean freight advertising without an FMC license
- 49 CFR 390.5: a commercial motor vehicle starts at 10,001 lb
- The FDA doesn't issue food facility registration certificates
- Free guide, with free tools to check what you build
The short answer
Is a template or a website builder better for a logistics company?
You need both, in that order. The builder is where your site lives and where you'll edit it: Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, WordPress or an AI builder. The template is the starting layout inside it, made for one platform, so choose the builder first and a template made for it second. A design file, like a Figma template, is usually a layout someone still has to build.
Most logistics company website templates, free or paid, give you a look: a container ship hero, a grid of services, a row of counters and a world map. That's a fine start. What no template gives you is the part your customers check: your zones and cutoffs, your lanes, your licenses, your warehouse and the proof behind each claim. The page lists and checklists below are that part, one per niche. We don't sell theme downloads; these work in any builder.
What a template can't give you
- Your service area, lanes or facilities
- Your licenses, worded the way they're issued
- Numbers you can back up
- A quote form that asks your questions
Builders compared
Four kinds of website builder, and what to watch for with each
Described by what they are, not ranked. Any of them can run the page plans on this page; each has one thing to check before you publish.
| Kind of tool | Examples | Good at | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drag-and-drop builders | Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy | Hosting, security certificates, forms and editing are handled for you, and you can change any sentence yourself the same day. | Templates arrive with generic copy and stock photos. Replace every line, and point the form at your business email, not the builder's inbox. |
| AI website generators | Durable, Hostinger's and Wix's AI builders | A whole first draft, pages and copy included, from a few answers about your business. | They fill gaps with plausible claims: years in business, jobs done, reviews, "licensed and bonded". Read every sentence as if a customer will check it. |
| AI app builders | Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit | Custom layouts and working tools, like a quote calculator, from a conversation. | They build web apps. Check that every page has its own title and that its text is in the HTML (the test below), and set up hosting, the domain and form delivery yourself. |
| WordPress with a theme | WordPress.org on your own hosting | The most control and the largest choice of plugins, themes and people who know it. | Updates, backups and security are your job, and heavy themes are slow on a phone. |
Courier template
Courier website template: the pages you need
For same-day and on-demand couriers, medical and legal runs included. The quote and booking flow earns the money, so it comes straight after the home page.
| Page | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Home | Says what you deliver, where and how fast. |
| Get a quote or book | Turns an urgent visit into a job dispatch can price. |
| Service area and cutoffs | Answers "do you cover me, and by when?" |
| Services | One section per service you run. |
| Business accounts | Wins the recurring work. |
| Drivers | Keeps job seekers off your sales pages. |
| About | Shows who's behind dispatch. |
| Contact | Reaches a person now. |
What a courier site has to show
Cutoffs and windows, in a table
Prove speed with numbers: the same-day cutoff, pickup and rush windows, weekend hours and the latest job you'll take. A real table, not an image, so customers, search engines and AI assistants can all read it.
Your zones, written out
Cities, counties and ZIP codes as text, with the line where surcharges start. A map image on its own can't be read by search engines or screen readers.
USDOT, where it applies
Federal safety rules turn on the commercial motor vehicle: 10,001 lb or more, or placarded hazmat, in interstate commerce (49 CFR 390.5), and carriers under them register with FMCSA (49 CFR 390.201). Whether that's you depends on your vehicles and routes, so check before you print anything, and check your state's rules too. With a number, show "USDOT [number]" as text, linked to your SAFER snapshot. Without one, leave the line out, and never write "DOT approved".
Liability and proof of delivery, by the details
Not "fully insured": your cargo liability limit and per-item cap, how proof of delivery works (signature, photo, timestamp) and how to make a claim. For medical or legal runs, describe your chain-of-custody steps as you actually run them.
Freight forwarder template
Freight forwarder website template: the pages you need
For forwarders and NVOCCs selling ocean, air or both. Importers check your license before they book, so your credentials get a page of their own.
| Page | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Home | Tells an importer what you move, where, and that you're licensed. |
| Ocean freight | Your core service, if you sell ocean. |
| Air freight | Only if you sell air. |
| Customs clearance | Answers "who clears my goods?" |
| Trade lanes | Where you're strongest, in the words importers search. |
| Licensing | What an importer checks before booking. |
| How it works | Shows who handles each leg. |
| Request a quote | An RFQ your pricing desk can use. |
| About | Puts people behind the license. |
What a freight forwarder site has to show
The FMC license comes before the ocean pages
Federal rules say no person in the United States may "advertise, hold oneself out, or act as an ocean transportation intermediary" without a valid FMC license (46 CFR 515.3). A website advertises, so ocean freight and NVOCC services go up once the license is issued.
Your licensed name, number and bond
An OTI does business only under the name and number FMC licensed, printed on its stationery and billing forms (46 CFR 515.31). The rule doesn't mention websites; put both in your footer anyway, linked to FMC's list of licensed and bonded OTIs. State the bond by its amount: $50,000 for an ocean freight forwarder, $75,000 for an NVOCC, $150,000 for a registered foreign NVOCC (46 CFR 515.21(a)).
Air cargo, in the right words
An indirect air carrier may not offer cargo to the aircraft operators under TSA's full security programs unless it has and carries out an approved security program (49 CFR 1548.5). Without that approval, write "we tender air cargo through TSA-approved indirect air carriers". IATA's word for its cargo agents is "accredited", not "certified" (IATA).
Who clears customs
Transacting customs business for others takes a customs broker license (19 CFR 111.2). Name who clears: "customs clearance through [broker], a licensed U.S. customs broker", or your own license if you hold one.
3PL and fulfillment template
3PL and fulfillment center website template: the pages you need
For 3PLs and fulfillment centers serving brands. Brands compare 3PLs side by side, so the template answers their questions with names and numbers, not adjectives.
| Page | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Home | Tells a brand what you fulfill, from where and for whom. |
| Services | One section per service. |
| Technology and integrations | Answers "will you connect to my store?" |
| How pricing works | Answers the fear of hidden fees. |
| Onboarding | Shows going live won't break their store. |
| Facilities | Shows where the stock will sit. |
| About | Puts people and paperwork behind the promises. |
| Get a quote | Collects what you need to price. |
What a 3PL site has to show
FDA registration, worded as registration
A facility holding food for U.S. consumption registers with the FDA before it starts, unless exempt, and renews from October 1 to December 31 of every even-numbered year, 2026 included (21 CFR 1.225, 1.230). The FDA issues no registration certificates, and its logo is for official FDA use only (FDA). Write "registered with the FDA as a food facility" with your last renewal date: the list isn't public (21 CFR 1.243), so brands can't look you up.
SOC 2 as a report, not a badge
SOC 2 is an assurance report a CPA firm issues on your controls (AICPA). Name the report, its period and the firm, and say how a brand can request it, instead of "SOC 2 certified".
Prescription drugs: state license and FDA report
The FDA tells trading partners to check a 3PL's state license and its annual report to the FDA (FDA). If you handle prescription drugs, show your state and license number and link to FDA's 3PL reporting database.
Service numbers with a definition and a period
Brands ask about order accuracy, on-time shipping against your cutoff and dock-to-stock time. Publish only what you measure, saying how and over what period. A bare "99.9% accuracy" left over from a template is a claim nobody can check.
What goes wrong
What templates and AI builders get wrong on logistics sites
Demo content left in
Counters reading "25+ years" and "150 countries", lorem ipsum in a footer column, a testimonial from "John D., Logistics Manager". They come with the template, and a customer who spots one stops believing the rest.
A global logistics company you aren't
Container ships, cargo planes and a world map for a courier running vans in one metro, or a 3PL with one warehouse. Photos of your own vehicles, people and building do more.
Credentials worded the way nobody issues them
"FMC certified", "FDA approved", "SOC 2 certified", "fully insured". They sound safe, which is why templates and AI writers use them. The niche sections above give the right wording.
Pages that only exist in the browser
Some builders, AI app builders especially, send a nearly empty page and build the text with scripts. It looks right to you and arrives blank to a crawler that doesn't run scripts. The test beside this list takes two minutes.
A quote form that goes nowhere
Many builders keep form entries in their own dashboard until you add an email. Send yourself a test quote and check it lands in the inbox your team reads.
The view-source test, about two minutes
- On your live site, right-click the page and choose View Page Source, or press Ctrl+U (Option+Cmd+U on a Mac).
- Press Ctrl+F (Cmd+F) and search for a sentence you can see on the page, like your same-day cutoff line or your OTI number.
- Found: crawlers get your words. Not found, and the source is mostly script tags: the page builds itself in the browser. Ask your builder to turn on server rendering or prerendering, then test again.
- Search the source for <title>. Each page needs its own, saying what that page is. The same title on every page tells search engines every page is the same.
Why it matters: Google runs a page's scripts, though it can take longer to get to them. When Vercel measured AI crawlers in December 2024, the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity didn't run scripts at all, so they only read what's in that source (Vercel, "The rise of the AI crawler").
Do it yourself, or not
Build it yourself or have it built: an honest comparison
Three ways to get a courier, forwarder or 3PL website live. They trade your time and your risk against your money differently.
| Compare | Template in a builder, yourself | AI tool, yourself | Done for you, by us |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | A builder plan and a domain, plus the template if it's paid, plus your time. | The tool's subscription, plus hosting and a domain if not included, plus your time. | $2,450 flat for up to 20 pages. Care, $395 a month for hosting, forms and small changes, is optional. |
| Your time | A weekend or two, with this guide. | An afternoon for the draft, then the fact-check and the view-source test. | Answering our questions and checking the preview. Live in two weeks. |
| Who writes the words | You, replacing every line of demo content. | The AI drafts; you check every sentence. | We write from your licenses, registrations and answers; you review it on the preview. |
| What can go wrong | Demo counters and testimonials left in, a global look that doesn't fit your operation, and a quote form that lands in the builder's dashboard. | Invented years, volumes or credentials, like "FMC certified" or "FDA approved", and pages search engines can't read (the view-source test). | Our job to catch before launch: every license and registration line against your paperwork, the quote form tested end to end, the view-source test passed. |
A template is enough when the site's job is to pass a check: a customer heard your name, looks you up and needs to see you're real, licensed where it matters and easy to reach. A weekend with the page plan for your niche gets you there.
Hand it off when the site has to bring work in: pages for each service, city or lane that rank, a quote form that asks your questions and reaches the inbox your team reads, and someone who fixes it when it breaks. That's our build, $2,450 flat for up to 20 pages, live in two weeks.
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Questions
Logistics website template questions
Are there free logistics website templates?
Yes: website builders include free business templates you can adapt, and template marketplaces list free and paid logistics designs for WordPress, Webflow, Figma and other platforms. The page lists on this page are free too, and work in any of them.
What should a courier website include?
A courier website should include a quote or booking form built for deliveries, your service area as text, a table of service levels and same-day cutoffs, a tap-to-call number, your cargo liability limit and how proof of delivery works, plus your USDOT number if your operation has one.
What should a freight forwarder website include?
A freight forwarder website should include your FMC license type and OTI number if you sell ocean services, the modes and lanes you run, who clears customs and a quote form that asks for origin, destination, Incoterm, commodity, weight and ready date. A U.S. company may not advertise ocean services without the license (46 CFR 515.3).
What should a 3PL website include?
A 3PL website should name your WMS and each integration, explain every fee type, state your order cutoff and minimums, show your facilities and walk a brand through onboarding. Registrations and audits go in as issued: "registered with the FDA as a food facility", never "FDA approved"; a SOC 2 report by period and auditor, never "SOC 2 certified".
How much does a logistics website cost?
Doing it yourself costs a builder plan, a domain and your time, plus the template if it's paid. Our build is $2,450 flat for up to 20 pages, with your niche's pages and quote form included. The free website cost calculator puts numbers on both ways, doing it yourself on a builder or having us build it, with every figure sourced.
Build it yourself, or have it built?
The free cost calculator puts both side by side for year one, in cash and in your hours, with every price sourced. Built it already? The free check reads it the way a buyer and a search engine do.