Straight talk on fuel software.

Summer and Winter Gasoline: Seasonal Blends and RVP Explained

Gasoline changes through the year. Summer and winter blends differ in volatility (RVP), which affects supply, handling, and price. See what seasonal gasoline blends are and why the changeover matters.

5 min read

Credit Card Fees at the Pump: The Hidden Drag on Fuel Margin

Card processing fees scale with the fuel price, so they take a big bite out of an already thin fuel margin. How interchange fees work at the pump, why they hurt, and how operators manage them.

6 min read

How to Read a Fuel Invoice: Gallons, Taxes, Freight, and Fees

A fuel invoice packs a lot into a few lines: gross and net gallons, layered taxes, freight, and fees. Read a fuel invoice line by line so you can check it and understand your true cost.

6 min read

Transport vs Bobtail: The Two Trucks That Move Fuel

Fuel moves on two kinds of trucks: big transports and smaller bobtails. This guide covers the difference between the two, what each is for, and how they fit a jobber's delivery operation.

5 min read

What Is a Keep-Full Program? Automatic Fuel Delivery Explained

A keep-full program means the distributor watches your tank and delivers before it runs low, so you never run out. A look at how keep-full and automatic delivery work, who they suit, and the forecasting behind them.

5 min read

Cardlock vs Retail Fueling: Which Is Better for a Fleet?

Should a fleet fuel at unattended cardlock sites or regular retail stations? Compare cardlock and retail fueling on cost, control, convenience, and reporting, and learn how to choose.

6 min read

Gas Station Business Plan: What It Takes to Run One Profitably

A gas station is two businesses in one, fuel and a store, and a good plan accounts for both. What a gas station business plan should cover: the numbers, the costs, the risks, and what drives profit.

7 min read

Fuel Buying Cooperatives Explained: How Independents Pool Their Strength

Buying cooperatives and marketer groups let independent jobbers pool purchasing and resources to compete with the big players. What is a fuel buying cooperative, how does it work, and where are the trade-offs?

6 min read

Fuel Hedging Explained: Managing Price Risk in a Volatile Market

Fuel prices swing hard, and hedging is how some businesses lock in costs to tame the risk. What fuel hedging is, the basic tools, who uses it, and the trade-offs to weigh before you do.

6 min read

Tank Truck Compartments Explained: How One Load Carries Many Products

A fuel tanker holds several separate compartments, which lets one truck carry multiple products and grades. See how tank truck compartments work and why they matter for delivery and accounting.

5 min read

Fuel Quality Control: Keeping Water and Contamination Out of Your Tanks

Bad fuel means unhappy customers and damaged engines. Find out what fuel quality control involves, where water and contamination come from, how to catch problems, and why it protects your reputation.

6 min read

What Is a Jobber Contract? Supply Agreements Between Jobbers and Stations

A jobber contract is the supply agreement that ties a station to its fuel supplier. What does a jobber contract cover? How branded and unbranded deals differ, and what to watch before you sign.

6 min read

Dyed Kerosene and Heating Fuels: Grades, Dye, and Tax-Free Use

Kerosene and heating fuels have their own grades, dye rules, and tax treatment. A plain guide to K-1 kerosene, why some kerosene is dyed, how it relates to dyed diesel, and what a seller must track.

6 min read

RINs and the Renewable Fuel Standard Explained

RINs are the credits that make the Renewable Fuel Standard work. This guide breaks down what a RIN is, how the RFS and renewable volume obligations function, who is obligated, and why it touches the fuel supply chain.

6 min read

Fuel Additives Explained: What They Do and Why Brands Matter

Fuel additives are the chemistry that keeps engines clean and fuel flowing in the cold. See what additives do, the difference branded additive packages make, and what they mean for a fuel seller.

5 min read

Route Optimization for Fuel Delivery: Fewer Miles, More Margin

Every empty mile a fuel truck drives eats into a thin margin. Find out what route optimization means for fuel delivery, how it protects margin and service, and how to do it without a guessing game.

6 min read

Fuel Inventory Forecasting: Knowing What You Need Before You Run Short

Forecasting fuel inventory means predicting drawdown so you reorder at the right time, neither too early nor too late. A walk through how fuel inventory forecasting works, what drives it, and why it protects cash and service.

6 min read

What Is a Cardlock Network? CFN, Pacific Pride, and How They Connect

A cardlock network links thousands of unattended fueling sites under one card. This guide explains what a cardlock network is, how CFN and Pacific Pride work, and how a jobber uses one to serve fleets nationwide.

5 min read

What Is a Fuel Supplier? Supplier, Jobber, and Distributor Sorted Out

Supplier, jobber, distributor: the terms blur together but mean different things. What is a fuel supplier, how does it differ from a jobber and a distributor, and where does each sit in the supply chain?

5 min read

What Is a Bulk Plant? The Local Fuel Storage Behind a Jobber

A bulk plant is a jobber's own fuel storage, a step closer to the customer than the terminal. Get clear on what a bulk plant is, how it differs from a terminal, and why a jobber runs one.

5 min read

Octane Explained: Regular, Midgrade, and Premium Gasoline

Octane is the number on the pump that splits regular, midgrade, and premium. What does octane measure, what do the 87 / 89 / 93 ratings mean, and how does it affect pricing and selling fuel?

5 min read

Gross vs Net Gallons: Why the Same Fuel Measures Two Ways

A load of fuel can show two different gallon figures: gross and net. A walk through what each one means, why temperature is the reason, and how buying or selling on the wrong one costs you margin.

6 min read

Credit and Collections for Fuel Jobbers: Getting Paid Without Losing Customers

A fuel jobber extends a lot of credit on thin margins, so collections matter. Set credit terms that work, watch receivables, and collect cleanly without souring the customer relationships that drive volume.

7 min read

Ethanol Blends Explained: E10, E15, and E85 for Fuel Sellers

E10, E15, and E85 are gasoline blended with different amounts of ethanol. Compare the blends, see which vehicles can use them, and find out what carrying ethanol blends means for a jobber or station.

6 min read

Propane and LP-Gas Distribution: A Jobber’s Guide to the Other Fuel

Propane is a natural add-on for many fuel distributors, with its own delivery model and customer base. This piece walks through how propane distribution works, how it differs from liquid fuel, and how to run it cleanly.

6 min read

The Heating Oil Business Explained: Delivery, Degree Days, and Customers

Heating oil is a seasonal delivery business built on home and building tanks. From will-call versus automatic delivery to degree-day forecasting, this is how the business works and the back office behind it.

6 min read

Fuel Tax by State: Why It Varies So Much and How to Keep Up

State fuel taxes range from flat rates that never move to inflation-indexed rates that change every year. Why they vary so much, the common structures, and how multi-state filers keep up.

7 min read

Fuel Jobber Software vs a Generic ERP: Which Fits the Fuel Business?

A big ERP can run almost any business, but it rarely speaks fuel. How purpose-built fuel jobber software compares to a generic ERP, where each wins, and why fuel-specific usually comes out ahead.

7 min read

Implementing Fuel Software: A Plain Guide to Onboarding Without the Pain

Good onboarding makes new software a relief; bad onboarding makes it a regret. What implementing fuel software involves, the steps that matter, and how to go live without losing your data or your weekend.

7 min read

Buying or Selling a Fuel Jobber Business: What to Know Before the Deal

Buying or selling a fuel jobber business turns on customers, contracts, and clean books. What drives the value, what a buyer looks at, and why tidy records make or break the deal.

7 min read

Is It Safe to Put Your Financials into Software and AI? A Straight Answer

Handing your books and fuel data to software, and to AI features, is fair to worry about. A straight look at the risks, what good security looks like, and how to judge a vendor.

7 min read

What Is Dry Stock? The Other Half of a C-Store’s Inventory

Dry stock is the non-fuel merchandise on a convenience store's shelves: snacks, drinks, and everything inside. What dry stock means, how it differs from wet stock, and why it deserves the same care.

5 min read

Motor Fuel Tax Bonds Explained: Why Fuel Businesses Need Them

A motor fuel tax bond guarantees the state that you will pay the fuel taxes you collect. What a fuel tax bond is, who needs one, how the amount is set, and how clean records keep it cheap.

6 min read

LUST and Environmental Fees on Fuel: What They Are and Who Pays

Beyond the headline fuel taxes sit small environmental fees like the LUST fee. What the Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee and similar charges are, who pays them, and why tracking them matters.

6 min read

Age Verification and Tobacco 21: Keeping a C-Store Compliant

Selling tobacco means following Tobacco 21 and age-verification rules to the letter. What the federal law requires, how to stay compliant at the register, and why the records matter.

6 min read

Fleet Fuel Theft Prevention: Stopping the Leak You Can Control

Fuel theft drains fleet budgets through skimmed gallons, off-route fill-ups, and misused cards. Where fleet fuel theft happens, how to spot it, and the controls that shut it down.

6 min read

Best Fleet Fueling Software in 2026: What to Look For

Fleet fueling software ties cards, cardlock, controls, and reporting together. What good fleet fueling software does, the features that matter, the questions to ask, and where FastDragon Fleet fits.

7 min read

Convenience Store Labor Management: Staffing to Demand Without Overspending

Labor is a c-store's biggest controllable cost. How to manage it: staffing to real demand, watching labor as a percent of sales, and protecting service without letting payroll eat the margin.

6 min read

Tobacco Buydowns and Promotions: Capturing Every Dollar a C-Store Is Owed

Tobacco buydowns and promotions are money a convenience store earns from manufacturers. How they work, why stores under-claim them, and how clean data captures every dollar.

6 min read

Fuel Price Optimization: Pricing the Pump for Volume and Margin

Fuel price optimization uses data to set the pump price that earns the most overall. What it means, how it balances volume against margin, and how to do it without guesswork.

6 min read

Mobile and Onsite Fueling Explained: Bringing the Fuel to the Fleet

Mobile fueling delivers fuel straight into vehicles and equipment at the customer's yard. How onsite fueling works, who it suits, the upside for fleets, and how a jobber adds it cleanly.

6 min read

Best Convenience Store Back Office Software in 2026: An Honest Guide

A plain guide to choosing convenience store back office software: the features that matter, how to handle fuel and inside sales together, the questions to ask, and where FastDragon fits.

8 min read

EDI in Fuel Distribution: How Trading Partners Exchange Data

EDI is how fuel businesses swap orders, invoices, and confirmations with suppliers and customers automatically. What EDI is, where it shows up in fuel, and how it compares to newer standards.

6 min read

Managing Fuel Allocation During a Shortage: A Practical Playbook

When supply tightens and you get put on allocation, every gallon counts. A practical playbook for rationing short fuel fairly, protecting key customers, and keeping the business steady through it.

6 min read

Bank Reconciliation for a Fuel Business: Why It Matters and How to Do It

Bank reconciliation matches your books to your bank statement so nothing slips through. How it works in a high-volume fuel business, what it catches, and how to make it quick instead of dreaded.

6 min read

Accrual vs Cash Accounting for Fuel Businesses: Which Should You Use?

Cash accounting records money when it moves; accrual records it when it is earned or owed. The difference, why it matters for a fuel business, and which method fits as you grow.

6 min read

Fuel Inventory Accounting: FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost Explained

When fuel cost changes daily, how you value inventory changes your margin and your taxes. What FIFO, LIFO, and average cost mean for a fuel business, and why the method you pick matters.

7 min read

What Is Fuel Shrinkage? Why Your Gallons Do Not Always Add Up

Fuel shrinkage is the gap between the fuel you bought and the fuel you sold or still have. What causes it, how much is normal, and how to tell a harmless variance from a genuine loss.

6 min read

What Is a Fuel Dealer? How Dealers Fit in the Fuel Business

A fuel dealer runs a station that sells fuel to the public, supplied by a jobber or major. What a dealer is, how dealers differ from jobbers and commissioned agents, and how they make money.

6 min read

Dealer Margins Explained: What a Gas Station Really Makes on Fuel

A dealer's fuel margin is the gap between their delivered cost and the pump price, after card fees. How dealer margins work, what moves them, and why the inside store matters even more.

6 min read

How to Choose Fuel Jobber Software: A Practical Checklist

Choosing back-office software is easier with a checklist you bring to every demo. The questions to ask, the features to confirm, and the costs to pin down before you pick a fuel jobber system.

7 min read

Cloud vs On-Premise Fuel Software: Which Is Right for You?

Should your fuel back office live in the cloud or on a server in your office? A plain comparison of cloud and on-premise for fuel software: cost, access, security, and upkeep, and how to choose.

6 min read

Fuel Dispatching Explained: Getting the Right Load to the Right Place

Dispatching is the daily puzzle of matching trucks, drivers, and loads to orders. What fuel dispatching involves, why it is harder than it looks, and how good dispatch protects margin and service.

6 min read

Fuel Freight and Surcharges: How Delivery Cost Works in Wholesale Fuel

Freight is a cost on every load and a line on every invoice. How fuel freight and surcharges work, where they come from, and why tracking them accurately protects a thin margin.

6 min read

The Fuel Supply Chain: From Terminal to Pump, Step by Step

How does fuel get from a terminal to a gas station? Walk the wholesale fuel supply chain in plain steps, see the role the jobber plays in the middle, and learn where the money and the tax change hands.

6 min read

How to Grow a Fuel Jobber Business: Practical Ways to Scale

Growing a jobber business means adding volume, customers, and lines without losing control of the margin. Practical ways to scale, from new accounts to new services, and what has to keep up.

7 min read

Renewable Diesel vs Biodiesel: Blends, Specs, and What Jobbers Should Know

Renewable diesel and biodiesel sound alike but behave differently. The difference between them, what B5, B20, and R99 mean, the cold-weather story, and what it means for a jobber carrying them.

7 min read

Double-Entry Accounting for Fuel Businesses: The Basics That Keep Books Honest

Double-entry accounting is the foundation under every trustworthy set of books. What it means in plain words, why fuel businesses especially need it, and how it keeps your numbers from drifting.

6 min read

Chart of Accounts for a Fuel Jobber: How to Set It Up Right

The chart of accounts is the skeleton of your books. Set one up for a fuel jobber so fuel, freight, tax, and inside sales land where you can read them and report cleanly.

6 min read

Multi-Entity Accounting in Petroleum: Running Several Companies Cleanly

Many fuel operators run more than one company. What multi-entity accounting means, why petroleum businesses end up with several entities, and how to keep them separate without drowning in work.

6 min read

Fuel Supply Contracts Explained: What to Know Before You Sign

A fuel supply contract sets your cost, your volume, and your obligations for the term. What is inside a supply contract, the terms that matter most, and what to watch before you commit.

6 min read

Spot vs Contract Fuel Buying: Which Way Should You Source?

Buy fuel on the spot market or under contract? How spot and contract buying differ, the trade-off between flexibility and certainty, and how jobbers blend the two to manage cost and supply.

6 min read

Foodservice in Convenience Stores: The Highest-Margin Aisle You Have

Foodservice is the fastest-growing, highest-margin part of many c-stores. Why prepared food matters, what it takes to run it well, and the inventory and labor realities behind the margin.

6 min read

Category Management for Convenience Stores: A Plain Guide

Category management is how you decide what earns its shelf space. What it means for a convenience store, how to run categories on real data, and how it ties to your pricebook and rebates.

6 min read

Lottery Accounting for Convenience Stores: Keeping the Tickets Straight

Lottery is high-volume, low-margin, and easy to lose money on if the books are loose. How lottery accounting works in a c-store, where it goes wrong, and how to reconcile it cleanly.

6 min read

C-Store POS Integration: Connecting the Register to the Back Office

Your POS and your back office have to speak to each other. What c-store POS integration means, how it works with systems like Passport and Commander, and why it keeps your numbers honest.

6 min read

Fuel and Inside Sales Reconciliation: Closing the Day with Confidence

Every day a store has to prove its fuel, inside sales, and cash all tie out. How daily reconciliation works, what it catches, and how to make the day-close fast instead of a nightly headache.

6 min read

Weights and Measures Inspections: Keeping Your Fuel Pumps Honest

Weights and measures inspectors check that your pumps deliver exactly what they charge for. How fuel pump inspections work, the accuracy tolerance, what the sticker means, and how to stay ready.

6 min read

Cost-Plus vs Market-Based Fuel Pricing: Which Strategy Fits?

There are two basic ways to price fuel: mark up from your cost, or price to the local market. How cost-plus and market-based pricing work, the trade-offs, and when each one makes sense.

6 min read

How Do Fuel Jobbers Make Money? The Margins Behind the Business

Fuel jobbers move huge volume on small margins. How a jobber makes money: the spread on gallons, freight and fees, branded incentives, and the services that round out the income.

7 min read

DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) Explained: What It Is and Why Fleets Need It

DEF is the fluid modern diesels use to cut emissions. What diesel exhaust fluid is, how the SCR system uses it, why it matters for fleets, and how jobbers fit it into their delivery business.

6 min read

Fleet Fuel Cards Explained: Control, Reporting, and How They Work

Fleet fuel cards let a business control and track every gallon its drivers buy. How fuel cards work, the controls and reporting they offer, how they differ from cardlock, and what to look for.

6 min read

Fuel Tax Exemptions Explained: Off-Road, Farm, Government, and Resale

Not every gallon owes road tax. A plain guide to the main fuel tax exemptions, off-road, agricultural, government, and resale, who qualifies, and the records you need to claim them safely.

7 min read

IRS Form 720 Explained: The Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return for Fuel

Form 720 is how federal fuel excise tax gets reported every quarter. Who files it, what fuel lines it covers, when it is due, and how clean records make it routine instead of painful.

6 min read

Automatic Tank Gauging (ATG): How Stations Watch Their Tanks

An ATG keeps a live eye on what is in your fuel tanks. How automatic tank gauging works, what it measures, how it ties to leak detection and compliance, and why it matters.

6 min read

What Is NAXML? The Data Standard Behind C-Store Pricebooks

NAXML is the industry data standard that lets c-store systems and suppliers exchange item, price, and promotion data. What NAXML is, where it came from, and why it matters for your pricebook.

6 min read

DTW Pricing Explained: What Dealer Tank Wagon Means

DTW, or dealer tank wagon, is the delivered price a dealer pays for branded fuel. What DTW pricing is, how it differs from rack pricing, and how zone pricing shapes the number you pay.

6 min read

What Is OPIS? The Fuel Price Benchmark Jobbers Live By

OPIS is the price benchmark that sets what jobbers pay and charge for fuel. What OPIS is, how its rack prices and Low 2 / Low 3 benchmarks work, and why your contracts are tied to it.

6 min read

What Is a Fuel Terminal? Where the Supply Chain Meets the Rack

A fuel terminal is the storage and loading hub where jobbers pick up fuel. What a terminal is, what the rack is, how loading works, and where the terminal sits in the supply chain.

6 min read

Month-End Close for a Fuel Jobber: A Practical Checklist

Month-end close is where a fuel jobber proves the numbers are real. A plain checklist: reconciling fuel, inventory, AR and AP, fuel tax, and the bank, and how to make it routine.

7 min read

Zone Pricing for Fuel: Why the Same Brand Costs Different by Location

Zone pricing is when a supplier charges different wholesale prices by geographic area. How fuel zone pricing and DTW work, what factors set a zone, and what it means for a dealer or jobber.

6 min read

Petroleum Marketer vs Fuel Jobber: What Is the Difference?

Petroleum marketer and fuel jobber often describe the same business, but the terms carry different shades of meaning. What each one means, how they overlap, and which you might be.

5 min read

Dyed Diesel Explained: Red Off-Road Fuel, Tax Rules, and Penalties

Dyed diesel is colored red to mark it tax-free for off-road use. What the red dye means, who can legally burn it, the federal penalty for misuse, and what a seller has to track.

6 min read

Cardlock Fueling Explained: How Unattended Commercial Fuel Sites Work

Cardlock sites are unattended, 24/7 fueling stations for commercial fleets. How cardlock works, the CFN and Pacific Pride networks, fleet-card controls, and what it means for billing.

6 min read

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Compliance: The EPA Rules in Plain Words

Owning fuel tanks means owning EPA compliance. The 2015 UST rule requires 30-day walkthroughs, annual release-detection testing, operator training, and the records to prove it.

7 min read

What Is a Bill of Lading (BOL) in Fuel? A Plain Guide

The bill of lading proves what you loaded at the rack. What is on a fuel BOL, why gross and net gallons differ, and how it drives the rest of your back office.

6 min read

Gas Station KPIs: The Numbers Every Operator Should Watch

A gas station lives or dies on a handful of numbers. The KPIs that matter most, fuel margin, inside margin, basket size, shrink, and labor, and how to read them together.

7 min read

EMV and PCI Compliance at the Pump: What Gas Stations Need to Know

EMV secures the card transaction; PCI secures the whole environment. What the at-the-pump rules mean for gas stations, the liability shift, what an upgrade costs, and how to stay compliant.

7 min read

Convenience Store Loss Prevention: Stopping Shrink Before It Eats Your Margin

Shrink is the hidden tax on a convenience store: theft, errors, and waste that never show up as a line item. Where loss hides, how to measure it, and how to shut the gap.

7 min read

When Is It Time to Switch Your Fuel Software?

Switching back-office software is a big decision. The honest signs it is time, what to look for in a replacement, and how to move without losing your history or your weekend.

7 min read

Convenience Store Inventory Management: A Practical Guide

Good inventory management keeps the right items on the shelf, the cost current, and shrink in check. How convenience stores manage inventory from delivery to count, and where it goes wrong.

7 min read

IFTA Reporting Explained: Fuel Tax for Fleets and Carriers

IFTA lets interstate carriers file fuel tax with one quarterly return covering every state. How IFTA works, who needs it, how the math is done, and the mistakes that trigger audits.

7 min read

How to Price Fuel at a Gas Station: A Retail Pricing Strategy Guide

Pricing fuel is a daily balance between volume and margin. How gas stations and c-stores set the pump price: the factors that move it, volume-vs-margin strategy, and the data that makes the call.

8 min read

Convenience Store Profit Margins: The Numbers and KPIs That Matter

Fuel runs on thin margins while the inside store drives the profit. The convenience store and gas station numbers that matter, and the KPIs every operator should watch.

7 min read

Fixing a Broken Pricebook: C-Store Pricebook Management Done Right

A broken pricebook costs a convenience store money in wrong margins, missed rebates, and hidden shrink. What a pricebook is, why it breaks, and how to run it down to the item.

7 min read

How to Become a Fuel Jobber: A Step-by-Step Guide

Becoming a fuel jobber means buying fuel at the rack and reselling it to stations and businesses. The path: supply, hauling, licensing and fuel tax, customers, and the back office you will need.

8 min read

What Is a Commissioned Agent in Fuel? A Plain Guide

A commissioned agent runs a fuel station they do not own, on commission for the jobber who supplies it. How it works, who owns the fuel and the cash, and how daily settlement keeps it straight.

6 min read

Rack Pricing Explained: OPIS, DTW, and How Fuel Gets Priced

The rack is where fuel is priced at the terminal. This guide explains rack pricing, OPIS, dealer tank wagon (DTW) pricing, and how the number you pay turns into the number you charge.

7 min read

Wet Stock Reconciliation: Finding Fuel Loss Before It Finds You

Wet stock reconciliation compares the fuel you bought and sold against what is actually in the tank. How it works, what causes variances, and how to catch a leak or a loss early.

6 min read

Scan Data Rebates Explained: C-Store Money Most Stores Leave on the Table

Scan data rebates pay convenience stores for sharing item-level sales data with manufacturers. Most stores under-claim them. How they work and how to capture every dollar.

6 min read

How FastDragon Accounting Integrates with QuickBooks (and Any System You Use)

FastDragon Books is a full accounting suite built for the fuel industry. It stands alone, and it also integrates seamlessly with QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, NetSuite, and any system you or your accountant prefer. No more square peg in a round hole.

7 min read

FastDragon C-store vs TurboTurtle (C-store Lite): Which Convenience Store Back Office Fits?

Two ways to run the convenience store back office: the deep, fuel-integrated FastDragon C-store for site owners, and the quick, category-level TurboTurtle (C-store Lite) for agents and small stores. What each is built for, and how to choose.

7 min read

Jobber and Fuel Marketer Software: What's Out There and What Each Piece Does

Jobber software is really five different jobs. A plain map of the categories, who owns which legacy names, the main vendors and what each one does, and how to tell them apart.

8 min read

What Is a Fuel Jobber? A Plain Guide to How They Work

A fuel jobber buys fuel in bulk and sells it to gas stations and businesses. What a jobber does, how they make money, and where they fit in the fuel supply chain.

6 min read

Above the Rack vs Below the Rack: What It Means for Fuel Taxes and Pricing

The rack is the loading point at a fuel terminal. Whether fuel is above or below the rack decides who owes tax and how it is priced. What each term means.

6 min read

What Is Fuel Allocation, and How Does It Work When Supply Is Short?

Fuel allocation is when your supplier caps how much you can buy. Why it happens, how the cap is set, and how to ration short supply without losing your best customers.

7 min read

Motor Fuel Excise Tax Explained: Federal, State, and IFTA

Motor fuel excise tax is a per-gallon tax on fuel. This guide breaks down the federal, state, and IFTA layers in plain words, and the mistakes that trip up new jobbers.

8 min read

Best Fuel Jobber Software in 2026: An Honest Buyer's Guide

A plain, honest guide to choosing fuel jobber back office software. The features that matter, the kinds of vendors, the questions to ask in a demo, and where FastDragon fits.

9 min read

Fuel Jobber Software vs QuickBooks and Spreadsheets: When to Switch

Many jobbers run on QuickBooks and spreadsheets. Where that holds up, where it breaks, the real cost of staying, and the signs it is time to move.

7 min read

BOL to Invoice: How to Stop Double Entry in Your Fuel Back Office

BOL to invoice is the heart of a fuel jobber back office. How a bill of lading becomes a customer invoice, where double entry creeps in, and how to handle it in one step.

6 min read

Branded vs Unbranded Fuel Supply: What Is the Difference?

Branded fuel carries a major oil company name and its rules. Unbranded fuel is sold on price. How the two supply paths differ for a jobber, from margins to the back office.

6 min read

PDI vs DTN vs Red River vs ADD Systems vs AIMS vs FastDragon: An Honest Comparison

A vendor-neutral comparison of the main fuel jobber back office systems, sorted by size, features, and price, written by a vendor who says so up front.

9 min read