Every operator has work it cannot cover: the wrong city, the wrong vehicle class, or simply a night where the fleet is committed. Turning that work away costs the client relationship. Placing it badly costs more.
The affiliate network handles both directions. Farm-out places your overflow with a vetted operator under agreed terms. Farm-in brings work to you when your market and fleet match a request the network needs covered.
Terms before volume
Rates, service standards and settlement are agreed at onboarding rather than negotiated per job, which is what stops affiliate work degrading into a series of one-off arguments. Overflow is priced and handled the same way as planned work. An operator receiving network work is held to the same standard as one receiving direct work, and performance is recorded against the operator rather than absorbed by the desk.
