Easily Add Products From Thousands of Top Brands to Your Store
The Carro Brand Partnerships service connects stores to enable cross-store selling, or the ability for like-minded partners to directly sell each other products without the need for inventory, managing returns, or minimum order quantities. Just click to import products from our directory, and Carro takes care of the rest.
“Super helpful, intuitive, and something we're excited to continue to leverage. Set-up was easy, engagement with our influencers is simple, and the cross-platform influencer searching is eye-opening. We've worked with a few influencers already and they love how easy it is to request products.”
“Using Carro has been a game-changer for us at Ursa Major. Especially the product request feature. To date, we've been shipping influencers product from our office. With this feature, our warehouse will be able to take on this time-consuming (but important!) task. The team at Carro is also super helpful and very fast at providing assistance!”
“Using Carro has allowed us to diversify our product mix and foster strategic partnerships with companies we did not think of before while adding a new revenue stream. The seamless integration makes a positive experience for all parties involved.”
“Carro has the potential to make dropshipping with great companies actually work. We tried so many other dropshipping methods, and had to stop all of them because the admin and customer experience was a nightmare. Carro's solution makes it seamless and easy to partner with great Shopify stores.”
“We've been using Carro for the last year and it's been a huge time-saver. Discovering influencers who already have a connection to our brand has lead to more authentic and easy-to-manage partnerships. Recently, Carro has begun to release new features that have also proven to be very useful to us. Thank you, Carro, for helping us build long-term relationships and for continuing to innovate and find new ways to help us grow our business!”
Sell Your Products on Other Shopify Stores, Sell Partner’s Products on Your Store
Acquire Customers At No Cost
When a new customer buys a product, both the retailer and the supplier get to keep their fulfillment information, so that each can enjoy the lifetime value without any cost for the acquisition.
Effortlessly Expand Your Product Catalog
Don’t let your customers go anywhere else! Let them buy related products direct on your site and get a cut when a partner’s product sells. You’ll be able to add to new categories and offer up-sell items with ease.
Partner With Your Favorite Brands
It’s never been easier to co-market with brands that you know and love. Choose the brands that best align with your store and create new opportunities to grow together!
No Inventory Or Fulfillment
Enjoy the perks of a dropshipping partnership with brands you can trust. You won’t have to worry about manufacturing, managing inventory, making bulk purchases, or shipping products.
Increase Your Average Order Value
Cross-sell related products from brand partners to increase customer spend with targeted product recommendations.
Scale Your Online Retail Presence
Be seen in more places when you supply your products to other retailers. You’ll gain brand exposure and new customers that you can use to grow.
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FAQs
How much does Carro Cost?
When you install Carro, you're enrolled into our Free Plan (where you can list and browse products, or work with influencers). While utilizing our new Brand Partnership features, you can choose a pricing plan that’s right for your business.
What is the customer experience?
Customers will be able to shop products from your favorite brands, without leaving your site. A small tag on your product detail page lets your customers know the product will be "fulfilled by our friends at BRAND NAME."
The purchase is made through the retailer's website, just like any other order. After purchase, the supplier will send the product directly to the customer and the supplier will handle any support questions that the customer may have about their purchase. The retailer and supplier share the contact information for these customers so that they can both provide an excellent customer experience and enjoy a new customer!
Do I have to be a retailer and supplier, or can I just choose one?
With Carro Brand Partnerships, we're here to support your store and your growth strategies. You can select the role that suits your store best, making you a retailer, supplier, or both.
How are orders fulfilled?
When a partner’s product is sold on your site, Carro automatically sends the order to the Supplier so they can fulfill the item. You do not have to stock any of their inventory.
Do customers know when they purchase a partner product?
Yes, Carro adds a sentence to the product description that lets the customer know that the item is being sold and fulfilled by a partner of your brand. You'll also have the option to send shipment confirmations that will detail where the product is coming from.
How are partners selected?
Suppliers are listed in the Carro Directory and you'll also be able to see the products they have available to you. When you try to add a partner's product to your store, you'll either be sent to that brand for approval, or get automatic approval so that you can start selling their products right away.
When a partner product sells, what information does the supplier receive?
The supplier receives the customer information needed to fulfill the order, including their mailing address, phone number, and email address.
Can suppliers ship internationally?
How do payments work?
When a customer makes a purchase, the retailer will collect their payment, just as they would for any other order. The retailer is then charged for the supplier's share of that sale and that share is sent to the supplier via Stripe.
How are products shipped?
Products are shipped directly from the supplier. The retailer does not need to stock any inventory or pay for the inventory in advance. The supplier will fulfill the products and ship them directly to the customer. Currently, the supplier receives payments for the products only and shipping fees are not sent from the retailer.
How are returns handled?
Support Communication:
We recommend that the supplier handles all customer service questions pertaining to their products. When a retailer receives a request, they should pass the request along to the supplier's customer service team.
To streamline this process, we recommend that you provide your customer service team with a list of the products that are sold by partners on your store and the partner's contact info. This will assist them in directing customers when anyone calls or emails with a question. When replying to a customer service email, you can also CC the supplier's customer service team in the reply, and let the customer know that they'll handle the request from here.
Processing a Refund:
A supplier can trigger a refund of the wholesale amount by clicking "refund" in their Shopify admin. This will refund the amount charged to the retailer's credit card. At this point, the supplier should contact the retailer to refund the order to the customer.
The retailer can also choose to refund the customer first, they will just need to contact the supplier to refund the amount owed to them.
NOTE: A customer will not be refunded until the Retailer also refunds the order.
NOTE: The customer and the supplier are refunded the full payment, however, the retailer is not refunded for Carro's 5%.
How does customer support work?
The retailer should provide their customer service team with a list of contact information for partners so that they can easily redirect the request to the partner's customer service team.
What is virtual inventory?
When using Carro's Brand Partnerships, the retailer is able to sell the supplier's products without stocking or purchasing any inventory, which makes the retailer's product listings "virtual inventory." The retailer can sell these products, then the supplier will fulfill the order and ship the products directly to the customer.
Carro also automatically imports the product's information and images so that you can get started selling right away.
The advantages of virtual inventory are that the retailer will only pay the supplier for the inventory when it sells, and there's no upfront cost to get started. Virtual inventory also means that the retailer does not need any of the infrastructure to store or ship the inventory that it sells.
No purchasing, no inventory minimums, and no commitment!