Instantly swap overseas suppliers with vetted backups to end stockouts.
Small ecommerce store owners face nightmares managing inventory and supply chain disruptions from overseas suppliers, causing frequent stockouts and lost sales.
SupplySwap curates a database of reliable backup suppliers and automatches them to your products. Get quotes and switch orders in one click during disruptions. Built for small stores tired of single-supplier risks.
Owners of small ecommerce stores relying on overseas suppliers
Pre-vetted regional backups with 48hr delivery guarantees, not just alerts.
friendly
Bulk upload products for matching.
AI matches products to 1000+ vetted suppliers.
Request quotes from top 3 matches instantly.
Trigger swaps on supplier delay reports.
Filter backups by location, price, MOQ.
Unified view of orders across suppliers.
User-rated reliability scores.
Match entire catalogs at once.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| category | text | Yes |
| primary_supplier | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| location | text | No |
| reliability_score | int | Yes |
| active | bool | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| product_id | uuid | No |
| supplier_id | uuid | No |
| match_score | int | No |
Relationships:
/api/productsUpload products
/api/matchesGet product matches
/api/quotesRequest supplier quotes
/api/swapsInitiate supplier swap
/api/suppliersSearch suppliers
1 store
100 products
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 150 | 3% | $135 | $1,620 |
| Month 6 | 1,000 | 6% | $1,800 | $21,600 |
Vetted backups ready to ship your products fast.
Scrape AliExpress complaints on Reddit r/dropship, DM owners offering free supplier matches. Join Facebook ecommerce groups and post beta signup. Leverage personal network in Shopify communities.
Sourcing agents
Manual, slow process
Instant automated matching
Inventory sync
No supplier discovery
Supplier swap focus
Growing network of user-submitted vetted suppliers creating data moat.
US-China tariffs and port strikes pushing 60% of small stores to diversify per ecommerce surveys.
Supplier quality issues
Manual vetting + user reviews
Seed data acquisition
Bootstrap with public directories
Success: 10 willing to pay $30
Success: 3 successful swaps
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