Flare app for Shopify helps convert more customers with scheduled orders

⁉️ WHAT IS FLARE?

Flare lets customers schedule their orders for future delivery, eliminating post-purchase support issues.

We manage all the tech and operations, allowing brands to tap into a market of planners, making brands more money and streamlining operations.

💲 ARE YOU FUNDED?

Yes, we're funded.

🤩 WHO DO YOU SERVE?

Shopify plus brands in homeware, baby, jewellery and F&B (where timing plays a big role) who want to improve the customer experience and boost revenue.

🌟 WHAT'S STANDOUT ABOUT FLARE?

We're the only delivery app that boosts revenue and conversions, with date-based discounts, split orders and instalment options – and we work out of the box with your WMS and ERP systems.

⏭️ WHAT'S NEXT AT FLARE?

I'm so excited about 2024 – For context, we spent the second half of last year building out and refining our beta product with some amazing design partners – which put us in a great place to launch on the Shopify App Store earlier this year.

Now we've got a brilliant base product in place providing a seamless scheduled delivery system that's making brands money and massively improving the experience for their customers. We're now looking at how we can make Flare even better for both…

A sneak peak of a highly requested feature we're working on: the ability to help customers split the cost of their purchases over the period leading up to delivery in a way that doesn't involve credit (We're not big fans of Buy Now, Pay Later), to make the experience even better for customers, breaking down what can be an expensive item into affordable chunks, without dragging customers into debt – reducing the barrier to purchase and making brands even more money in a sustainable way.

📈 WHAT'S NEXT IN YOUR NICHE?

So – Today, we're in a place where we've got scheduled delivery working pretty well for brands. But our vision is much, much larger than this:

Currently, there’s a massive issue with waste and uncertainty that’s bankrupting brands and destroying the planet. A lot of this is caused by businesses not really knowing what the future looks like – and using historical data to forecast is pretty unreliable…

So – Our goal? Turn Flare into the crystal ball for e-commerce.

Imagine using our tech to harness future demand data, helping brands precisely manage stock levels to avoid overstocking or understocking, driving profits, and nailing sustainability. Think about it—while travel’s tapped into planned buying for decades, e-commerce hasn’t yet. So we’re here to drag it into the 21st century.

❤️ WHO SHOULD I INTERVIEW NEXT?

Jason Greenwood – Who has been mentoring us with some absolute golden nuggets of advice

🎉 WHAT'S ONE THING THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND THAT HAS LED YOU TO THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER?

I'm a self-taught software engineer – no fancy Computer Science degree – I learnt to code because I needed to build a website for a business I had back when I was 18. One thing lead to another and I fell in love with building something from nothing…! The takeaway from this is that ANYONE can learn to code! (Youtube is your friend)…