String — Partner Program
Refer them to String. If they become a customer, you receive 30% of their first year's revenue.
String is a productized engineering service for shipping and fulfillment operations whose requirements have become too specific for generic automation. You already know companies like that. Introduce us when you find one, and we'll take it from there.
30% of first-year revenue · You make the introduction, we do the rest
Not a category. A specific situation you've almost certainly walked into before.
The warehouse is growing. Shipping rules have become increasingly specific. Someone is manually deciding how certain orders should be packed, which carrier should get them, how orders should be batched, or where they should be routed.
The software handles the normal cases.
The exceptions are where things start getting expensive.
Nobody planned it. The operation simply became more specific than its automation — a few SKUs at a time, a carrier agreement at a time, an exception at a time. By the time it's obvious, the rules that matter most are the ones the software can't express.
That's the referral. An operation that has outgrown its generic automation and is paying for it in labour, exceptions and shipping spend.
Established operations with real shipping volume and real operational complexity. Growing ecommerce brands, warehouse operators, 3PLs — the ones where fulfillment is a department rather than an afterthought.
Four things tend to be visible from the outside. You don't need all four, and you certainly don't need to know what we should build.
01
Someone in the building decides how certain orders get packed, which service they go on, how they're batched, or which warehouse they ship from.
02
Cartonization that depends on the order. Rate selection that depends on the box. Cold-chain packing that changes with the destination and the season.
03
An ERP or WMS holding data the shipping platform can't see, inventory that should influence how orders are released, multiple warehouses to choose between.
04
A spreadsheet nobody wants to touch, a daily re-do of what the software already did, and a few rules that only exist in one experienced person's head.
The short version: the operation has become more specific than its generic automation. If that sentence brings a client to mind, that's the introduction we want.
We commonly work with ShipStation-based operations, though the platform matters far less than the complexity sitting on top of it.
03 — Commission
A String engagement can be worth thousands of dollars per month. We share 30% of the customer's first 12 months of revenue with the partner who introduced them.
One good introduction is a meaningful number rather than a token one — which is rather the point of only wanting good introductions.
Illustrative arithmetic
Examples, not guarantees
Engagement
First-year revenue
Your commission
$2,000/mo
$24,000
$7,200
$4,000/mo
$48,000
$14,400
Figures are illustrative only. Engagement size depends on the operation, and these examples are not a guarantee of earnings or a statement of typical results. The commission is a share of the customer's first 12 months — it is not a permanent recurring commission.
Five steps, and you're only involved in one of them.
You know a company whose fulfillment operation has become more complicated than its software. You don't need to diagnose it precisely — noticing it is enough.
An email introducing them to us is all we need. You can stay on the thread or step out of it entirely, whichever suits the relationship.
We look at how they actually ship and decide whether there's a problem worth solving. If there isn't, we say so plainly — to them and to you.
Technical evaluation, implementation, and the ongoing customer relationship are ours. Nothing routes back to you for scoping or support.
If they become a customer, you receive 30% of their first-year revenue.
You never have to
String works directly with the operation to understand the rules that make it different, then builds the automation around those rules. The customer is buying expertise and implementation — not another system their warehouse staff has to learn.
Their team keeps working the way they already do. There's no new software to adopt, no configuration to maintain, no internal project to staff. We build the logic, we run it, and we keep it correct as the operation changes.
For you, that means the referral ends where it starts. No implementation to shepherd, no support tickets landing in your inbox, no client asking you to explain a tool you didn't build.
It also means we're careful about what we take on. If an operation's logic fits comfortably inside its existing automation, we'll say so rather than sell around it — which is exactly what you'd want us to do with a client of yours.
This is a small programme for people who already have the relationships. Judgement matters more than reach: someone with ten highly relevant clients is worth more to us than someone with a hundred thousand generic followers.
You advise operations, not audiences
Ecommerce and 3PL consultants, Shopify and ecommerce agencies, systems integrators, ERP and WMS consultants, fractional ops leaders, logistics professionals.
Your clients trust your recommendations
An introduction from you carries weight because you've been right before. That is the entire value of this programme.
You see inside real operations
You've stood in the warehouse, read the spreadsheet, or sat through the meeting where someone explained the exception. That's where these problems surface.
Ten relevant relationships beat 100,000 followers
We would rather work with someone who knows a handful of operations well than someone with reach and no context.
Coupon, deal and discount sites
There's no coupon, no self-service signup, and nothing to redeem. The model doesn't fit.
Generic affiliate traffic
Paid clicks and broad content plays don't produce the kind of qualified operation this programme is built around.
No relationship with the business
A name and an email address isn't an introduction. The warmth is what makes this work for everyone involved.
Expecting us to close small, simple accounts
If an operation's logic fits inside standard automation, we'll tell them to keep using it. That's a good outcome, but it isn't a commission.
If you're unsure which side you're on, the useful test is simple: could you name a specific operation today, and would they take your call? If yes, we'd like to hear from you.
30% of the customer's first-year revenue — that is, 30% of what they pay String across their first 12 months as a customer. A String engagement can be worth thousands of dollars a month, so a single introduction is usually a meaningful number rather than a token one. It is a share of the first year, not a permanent recurring commission.
Email us an introduction. We take it from there: we speak with the operation, look at how they ship, and tell them honestly whether we can help. You're welcome to stay on the thread, and we'll keep you posted either way.
No. Your job is recognising a fit and making the introduction. We handle the conversation, the assessment and the commercial side. Nothing about this programme asks you to pitch on our behalf.
No. You need to recognise an operation whose shipping and fulfillment logic has outgrown its software. What gets built, and how, is our problem — and it's different for every operation anyway.
Established ecommerce brands, warehouse operators and 3PLs with meaningful shipping volume and genuine operational complexity: custom packing or cartonization requirements, rate selection tied to how orders are packed, batching or routing logic, cold-chain rules, inventory-aware decisions, ERP or WMS integrations, multiple warehouses, or exceptions that currently live in someone's head.
We assess the operation and decide whether there is actually a problem worth solving. Sometimes the honest answer is that their existing automation covers it, and we say so. When there is a real problem, we handle the technical evaluation, the implementation and the ongoing relationship.
No. The customer relationship is ours, including implementation and everything that follows. A referral shouldn't create a support burden for you — if it did, nobody sensible would make a second one.
We tell them, and we tell you. We would rather return a clear no than take on an operation we can't meaningfully improve. Your relationship with your client is worth more to us than one engagement.
Anything not answered here, ask — paul@meetstring.com. You'll get a straight answer from the person who does the work.
Start here
Make the introduction. We'll take it from there — the assessment, the technical evaluation, the implementation and the relationship. If they become a customer, you receive 30% of their first-year revenue.
