The supplier shares what it already tracks
A factory on a paid plan tags its buyers on the shipments it already tracks. The buyers follow them on a free account: better service, no extra cost.
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Track together. Your suppliers and customers on one network.
No more tracking links, portals or “where is my container?” emails. Give your company an @handle, connect with the factories and buyers you work with, and tag them on a shipment: they follow it live in their own account.
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The problem
Shipment updates still travel by email.
Factories and buyers both follow the same containers, then copy the news into emails and spreadsheets for each other.
Links and portals
One tracking link per shipment, one portal per supplier. Links get lost in email threads and nobody knows which one is current.
“Where is my container?”
The buyer asks, the factory looks it up and replies. The same question, for every shipment, every week.
Everyone tracks alone
The factory tracks the container, then the buyer tracks it again. The same shipment is followed, and paid for, twice.
How it works
Three steps. No links to send.
- 01
Create your company @handle
Sign up and pick a unique handle for your company, like @shenzhen-lamps. It is how your partners find and recognise you.
- 02
Invite your customers and suppliers
Send an invitation. They join free and are connected to you automatically, like a connection on a professional network.
- 03
Tag them on shipments
Tag a connection on a shipment, or on many at once when you import them. They follow it live: milestones, ETA and changes.
Mini demo
See it in 20 seconds
A factory and its buyer connect, a shipment is tagged, and the buyer's view updates. Example data: nothing is sent.
Example data
Factory's view
SL Invite
Shenzhen Lamps
@shenzhen-lamps · Factory · Shenzhen
My shipments
BTXU 482105 3On the water
Yantian → Rotterdam
ETADec 4
Tag a connection
Buyer's view
ER
Euro Retail
@euro-retail · Buyer · Rotterdam
Shared with me
Nothing shared yet
Two companies that work together, not connected yet.
Who pays
Every shipment is paid once.
One side pays for the tracking and shares it with the other. You choose which side.
The buyer asks its suppliers to tag it
A buyer invites its factories. They create shipments on their free accounts and tag the buyer, who chooses which ones to track on its own plan. When volume grows, a supplier can take its own plan and the tracking moves to its side.
Never twice
A shared shipment is tracked once, on one plan, and every company tagged on it sees the same live data.
Benefits
Good for both sides of the shipment
For factories and suppliers
- Fewer “where is my container?” emails: buyers see it themselves.
- Better service with the tracking you already have.
- Tag one buyer or many, also when you import shipments in bulk.
- Your company @handle: buyers find you and connect.
For buyers and importers
- All your suppliers' shipments in one account, not one portal each.
- Live milestones and ETA, without asking.
- Free to join when a supplier invites you.
- Track occasional suppliers' shipments on your own plan.
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