Stay top of mind with shippers between one booking and the next

Pingo360 is a CRM for Indian freight forwarders and logistics businesses: enquiries from WhatsApp and your website land in one shared inbox, custom objects let you track a client's shipping lane and cargo profile as its own record, and automation follows up on quotes that didn't convert so the next enquiry doesn't go to a competitor. Flat ₹999 per month, unlimited team members, 14-day free trial.

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Why do freight enquiries and repeat shippers fall through?

Freight forwarding is a relationship business dressed up as a transactional one. An exporter messages asking for a rate on a container from one port to another. You quote it. Maybe it books, maybe it doesn't — a lot of quotes don't convert immediately, because the shipper is comparing two or three forwarders, or the shipment isn't ready yet. Either way, the actual business isn't that one quote. It's whether that shipper calls you again for their next container, and the one after that.

That's exactly the part that gets dropped. A quote goes out on WhatsApp, gets no reply, and nobody follows up because the person who sent it has already moved on to the next enquiry. A regular exporter who ships every few weeks on the same lane gets treated like a new lead every single time, because there's no record connecting this quote to the last five. A forwarder loses a repeat client not because of a bad rate or bad service, but because a competitor happened to call at the right moment while this business let the relationship go cold.

None of that is about operational capability — moving the cargo is usually the part forwarders do well. It's that the follow-up after the quote, and the ongoing relationship with a shipper across dozens of bookings over years, isn't tracked anywhere beyond someone's memory of who ships what and how often.

What a freight forwarder's CRM has to get right

Three things. Every enquiry captured from WhatsApp or your website, so a rate request never depends on which staff member happened to answer. Each client's shipping lane and cargo profile tracked as its own record, so the next quote doesn't start from zero. And a follow-up on quotes that didn't convert immediately, because in freight the client who got a courteous check-in two weeks later is the one who calls you first next time, not the client you quoted once and never spoke to again.

Built for a repeat-business relationship

WhatsApp enquiries, captured

A client messaging your WhatsApp number becomes a contact automatically, with the full conversation logged on their record, not stuck on one staff member's phone.

Website chat, answered live

Enquiries from your website chat widget queue into a real conversation your team can reply to, instead of sitting unread in a form inbox.

Model a client's shipping lane as a record

Custom objects let you track a client's shipping profile — origin-destination lane, typical cargo type, container size, frequency — as its own record linked to the contact.

Follow-up on quotes that didn't convert

Set a date when a quote goes out, and a workflow can trigger a set number of days later to create a follow-up task, so a quote that didn't book immediately still gets a check-in.

Stages that match a freight sale

Drag-and-drop pipeline with your own stages — enquiry, quote sent, negotiation, booked, repeat client — instead of a generic template.

Round-robin across your team

New enquiries can be distributed automatically across your team, so client relationships don't all default to whoever answers first.

Agency fee invoicing with UPI

Raise a GST-compliant invoice from the closed deal with the correct CGST/SGST or IGST split and a UPI payment link, without retyping details into separate billing software.

Owner visibility across every relationship

Team roles and record ownership mean each team member works their own clients while you keep a view across the whole book of business, with reassignment when someone moves on.

How do you track a shipping lane, not just a contact?

A contact record can hold a client's name and phone number, but it can't hold "ships 20ft containers of textiles from one port to another roughly every six weeks, usually books two weeks ahead" as a structured fact tied to their business. In Pingo360 you create that as a custom object — a shipping profile or lane — with whatever properties your business tracks, then link it to the client's contact record. This is not shipment tracking or customs documentation software; it holds the relationship and quoting history, not the movement of the cargo itself.

The payoff shows up the moment a client calls with a new enquiry: their shipping profile, every past quote and rate you've given them, the WhatsApp thread where they mentioned an upcoming shipment, and the invoice for their last booking — all on one timeline, instead of pieced together from memory across email, WhatsApp and whoever handled the last conversation.

Following up on the quote that didn't book immediately

This is the habit that actually grows a freight book. Most quotes don't convert the same day — the shipper is comparing forwarders, waiting on their own customer, or the cargo simply isn't ready yet. Set a date when the quote goes out, and let a workflow trigger a set number of days later: create a follow-up task, notify the deal owner, or check in with the client directly. The forwarder who wins the repeat business is usually the one who followed up, not the one who quoted the lowest rate once and never called again.

Staff memory and a rates inbox vs Pingo360

Day-to-day realityPersonal WhatsApp + email inboxPingo360
Where enquiries arriveOne staff member's WhatsAppShared inbox, whole team sees it
Quote historyScattered across chats and emailOn the client's timeline
Client's shipping lane and cargo profileRemembered by whoever handled it lastCustom object linked to the client
Follow-up after a quoteOnly if it books right awayDate-triggered workflow
Recognising a repeat shipperDepends on staff memoryOne client record across every booking
Emails with clientsPersonal mailboxLogged automatically
Staff member leavesClient relationship leaves tooRecords stay, ownership reassigned
Agency fee invoiceRetyped into billing softwareGST invoice + UPI link from the deal
Cost of adding staffAnother phone, more silos₹0 — unlimited users
BackupsWhenever someone remembersDaily, kept 30 days

Who in freight and logistics is this actually for?

Freight forwarding agencies handling ocean and air cargo for SMB exporters and importers, where enquiry volume from many small and medium shippers makes it hard to remember every relationship without something written down.

Customs house agents and clearing and forwarding agents working alongside forwarders, whose client relationships span rate quotes and repeat coordination over years — tracked here as the enquiry and relationship history, not the customs filing itself.

Transport and logistics operators handling domestic cargo — part-load, full-load or dedicated trucking — where the same repeat-business dynamic applies: today's enquiry usually comes from someone who shipped with you before.

Freight brokers and aggregators coordinating between shippers and carriers, who need many client relationships and rate negotiations tracked in one place rather than across individual staff members' phones and inboxes.

A fair warning about fit: Pingo360 is a client-relationship and follow-up CRM, not logistics or operations software. It does not do shipment tracking, customs documentation, or routing and dispatch. It sits alongside whatever tracking or documentation software already handles the operational side of a shipment, tracking the client relationship rather than the cargo.

What does it cost, and who runs it?

One plan at ₹999 per month, unlimited users, billed monthly through Razorpay, cancel any time. That matters for a freight business specifically, because staff often split across sales, coordination and back-office roles, and per-seat pricing quietly punishes you for giving everyone visibility into the client relationships that keep the business going. Here it costs nothing extra.

The trial runs 14 days with no credit card, so nothing charges automatically at the end. On security: each workspace is isolated at the database level with row-level security, two-factor authentication with an authenticator app is available, and backups run daily and are kept for 30 days. Import your existing client list from CSV or JSON, and export the same way whenever you want.

One thing stated plainly: Pingo360 is pre-incorporation. It is operated directly by its founding team while formal company registration is in progress, and no GSTIN has been issued yet. If that matters to how you buy software, better to know it before you migrate your client list. Reach us at [email protected].

Common questions

Can I track a client's shipping lane and cargo type, not just their contact details?

Yes — custom objects let you model a client's shipping profile, such as origin-destination lane, typical cargo type and shipping frequency, as its own record linked to their contact.

Can I follow up automatically on a quote that didn't convert right away?

Yes. Set a date when a quote goes out, and a workflow can trigger a set number of days later to create a follow-up task or notify the deal owner, so a quote that didn't book immediately still gets a check-in.

Can enquiries from WhatsApp and my website land in the same pipeline?

Yes — both are matched to a contact automatically and flow into the same sales pipeline, so nothing depends on which channel a client used first.

Can each team member have their own clients while I still see everything?

Yes. Every record has an owner, and round-robin assignment can distribute new enquiries across your team automatically, so client relationships don't all default to whoever answers first. Reassigning ownership takes a moment when someone leaves.

What does it cost for a forwarding business with several staff?

A flat ₹999 per month for the whole workspace with unlimited users, billed monthly through Razorpay. There is no per-seat pricing, so adding staff does not change the bill.

Can I raise a GST invoice for forwarding or agency fees from the CRM?

Yes. Generate a GST-compliant invoice straight from the deal with the correct CGST/SGST split for in-state work or IGST for inter-state, and attach a UPI payment link so the client can pay from their phone.

Can I import my existing client list?

Yes — import from CSV or JSON and map the columns to your fields, including custom objects for shipping lanes. Export works the same way at any time.

How is client data kept private and backed up?

Each workspace is isolated at the database level with row-level security, accounts support two-factor authentication with an authenticator app, and backups run automatically every day and are kept for 30 days.

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