What's new in Supplier Flow

If you are three days into a trial and have not unlocked anything, we now email you instead of waiting.

• It names three suppliers with a verified phone or email, picked from your niche where we have one
• It tells you how many supplier credits are sitting unused on your account
• Sent once per trial, never if you have already unlocked something, and never if you have no credits to spend
• Carries an unsubscribe link, and you can reply to it directly if you cannot find suppliers in your niche

Two changes so a supplier you paid for does not sit in a tab.

• Unlocking a supplier now puts it straight onto your CRM board, in the first stage, ready to work
• It never duplicates: if the supplier is already on any of your boards we leave your card exactly where you moved it, and we never create a second board
• If you have not written to anyone 24 hours after your first unlock, we email you the opening dealer email with the supplier's name on it, ready to copy
• That email is sent once, and never at all if you have already drafted an application. It carries an unsubscribe link like every other non-transactional email we send

Unlocking a supplier now tells you what to send them.

• Every unlocked supplier and distributor page ends with a link to Outreach Templates, the scripts and video training for getting approved as a dealer
• The unlock button itself points there the moment the unlock goes through
• Your dashboard before your first unlock is now the shortest path to it: named suppliers to start with, your niche results, and the checklist, without the empty charts and empty follow-up lists
• Once you have unlocked something, the dashboard asks you to contact them until you have drafted your first application
• Recently unlocked is a to-do list now, not a receipt: every row links straight to reaching out
• Getting started has a new step, Send your first outreach, sitting second because contacting a supplier is the step that pays for the rest

Products you import no longer go stale the moment a supplier changes something.

• We re-check each imported product at its source about twice a day and compare price and stock
• Choose what happens per store: update your price automatically, or just be told and decide yourself
• A price guard holds any move bigger than the percentage you set, so one mis-read supplier page cannot reprice your catalog
• Out of stock at the supplier sets the product to draft, and back in stock republishes it
• A source we cannot read is reported and never acted on, so a supplier having a bad day cannot unpublish your products
• You get an email listing what we changed and what we deliberately left alone, and nothing at all when nothing moved
• Turn it on per store in Settings, Shopify. On the Unstoppable plan and above

Unlocking a supplier now leads somewhere. Open any supplier you have unlocked and hit Apply to this supplier.

• We draft the dealer application using the Email 1 template from Outreach Templates, filled in with the supplier's category and products and your own business details
• It only ever uses facts you gave us. If you are pre-launch it says so plainly instead of inventing a store, because suppliers approve honest newcomers and check the ones who oversell
• Edit anything, then send it from your own email address
• Mark as sent moves the supplier to Contacted on your CRM board and logs the email against it
• Your draft is saved, so you can leave the page and pick it up later
• Fill in Settings, Business profile once and every application after that starts specific
• On the Unstoppable plan and above

Distributors that had no way to reach them now do.

• 507 distributors went from no contact details to a direct email or phone number
• Only 76 of 973 are still missing both, down from 583
• Every distributor profile now carries a full description instead of a one-line summary
• New category: mailboxes, parcel lockers, and cluster box units, with 17 suppliers and distributors

Search Demand now shows you the niches next to the one you researched, not just variations of it.

• Search any product, then hit Explore on the Adjacent niches panel
• See what else the same buyer needs, who else buys the same product, the parts around it, and other ways people solve the same problem
• Every suggestion comes with real search volume, competition, CPC, and how many suppliers and distributors we carry for it
• Each one is scored out of 100; hover the score to see exactly how it was worked out
• Click any row to research it in full, then explore again and keep going
• Uses 2 search credits. Past explorations are saved, so you never pay twice for the same one

Not sure what to build a store around? Answer seven quick questions and we match you to three niches.

• Questions cover your work, what people already ask your advice about, and who you know
• Each pick comes with a plain explanation of why it fits you
• Every niche links straight to its products and to suppliers you can contact
• Results are saved, and you can retake it any time to compare
• Find it under Research in the sidebar

Press Cmd K (Ctrl K on Windows) and start typing to go straight to any page.

• Works on every page, not just suppliers and products
• Understands what you mean, not just page names: "stock" finds Inventory Sync, "cancel" finds Billing
• Pages outside the sidebar like Billing, Usage, and your Shopify connection are now two keystrokes away

Check a product or niche before you build a store around it.

• See monthly searches, how competitive it is, and what a click costs
• Free, no account needed
• Sits alongside the supplier checker and margin calculator on the free tools page

• Published 200+ more vetted suppliers and 160+ distributors
• Each one has a website, contact details, and description
• The catalog now spans nearly 9,000 published suppliers across every major category

• Large or bot-protected stores now show a clear message instead of interrupting your work
• Hardened how product data is fetched behind the scenes

• Published 208 more vetted suppliers with websites and verified contact details
• The catalog now spans 8,700+ suppliers across every major product category

One-click product import is now generally available.

• Bring products in from a supplier URL, another store, or a spreadsheet
• Set a markup or an exact amount
• Publish as draft or active

• Download the ready-made template, fill it in, and upload it directly (Excel or CSV, columns matched for you)
• Edit any product before it imports: title, price, description, vendor, tags, and images
• Get the listing right before it reaches your store

• Earn 25% recurring commission for life for referring high-ticket sellers
• Apply on the affiliate page to get your link
• Track referrals in a real-time earnings dashboard

• Performance and monitoring upgrades so the app stays fast as more members join

• Imported and published thousands of verified suppliers plus 530 distributors
• Each with estimated margins, product types, price range, and a MAP signal

• Lifetime revenue on the admin overview, split recurring vs one-time
• Top customers by revenue

• Welcome, trial-ending, receipt, and follow-up emails now send from hello@supplierflow.io
• Supplier Flow logo in the header

• New Outreach Templates page with the full call and email sequence
• Walkthrough video included
• Link to the free community

• Admins can edit videos and templates without a deploy
• A "How Supplier Flow works" demo pop-up greets new users

• Hover the monthly search-volume chart to see each month’s exact volume