Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Merline, and I built ShipBackHome because I grew up in my parents' container shipping business. Here's a world most people don't know exists: millions of families in the U.S. pack barrels full of food, clothing, and supplies and ship them to family in Jamaica, Ghana, Haiti, Nigeria, Trinidad, and beyond. They do this through independent shippers — small operators running their businesses out of warehouses in Miami, Brooklyn, Houston, and Atlanta. These shippers manage everything through WhatsApp threads and notebooks. Bookings are scattered across hundreds of messages. Payments are tracked on paper. Invoices are handwritten. New customers only find them through word-of-mouth. I built ShipBackHome to fix that. What it does today: → Booking management — every booking in one place, confirm or reject with one click → Invoicing — create, send, and track invoices from bookings in seconds → Payment collection — send payment links, collect deposits, track who owes what → Customer database — auto-built from bookings, full shipping history → Schedule & container tracking — manage routes, sailings, and container fill What I'm looking for: - Feedback on the product and onboarding flow - Intros to anyone in the diaspora shipping space - Shippers who want to try it (it's free) This is a market with $2B+ in annual shipping volume and zero digital infrastructure. ShipBackHome is the first platform built specifically for it. Try it free: biz.shipbackhome.com Happy to answer any questions in the comments 🚢

ShipBackHome

Stop running your shipping business from WhatsApp.

Stop running your shipping business from WhatsApp.