Marketplace
Scale dropship fulfillment
fabric Marketplace is the fastest solution to expand your catalog with curated products at no inventory risk.
Overview
Why fabric Marketplace?
Experienced
team
Get professional advice from our in-house team of experienced commerce operators.
Rapid
time to value
Start selling new categories in just a few weeks with pre-built connectors to major e-commerce applications.
Modern
technology
Simplify your dropshipping operations with our powerful, out-of-the-box capabilities and a modular technology architecture.
Grow your business with fabric Marketplace
Benefits for consumers
One cart. Unlimited products.
Expanded selection
Provide customers the option to buy from a selection of unlimited products from leading brands.
Faster delivery times
Skip the long waiting periods and get products in the hands of your customers faster.
Extended aisles
When products are always in stock, customers can shop freely, and you become the go-to destination for their needs.
Connect
Integrate Marketplace to your tech stack with help from our customer success team. Invite suppliers to connect via a self-service or high-touch onboarding experience.
Transact
Review supplier assortment, trade product proposals, and add new items to your website.
Grow
Review business performance, add more brands and products, or work with our experts to optimize your business.
Easily connect with any digital commerce application
Deliver a seamless customer experience from day one.
FAQ
Benefits
fabric Marketplace is for retailers
Rapidly launch, operate, and scale curated assortments from an unlimited number of dropship suppliers.
Increase selection
Build a network of high-quality suppliers so your customers have more variety and keep coming back to your store.
Respond faster to change
Experiment with new product categories before you invest in inventory. Scale up or down as your customers demand.
Reduce operational burden
Skip the inventory overhead and logistics hurdles and focus on what you do best—selling.
fabric Marketplace Platform Features
Vendor connections
Add new vendors to your store and scale your dropship program.
Vendor onboarding
Onboarding new vendors is simple. Invite vendors to your store, connect the systems, and get ready to build catalogs — all with a convenient dashboard.
- Send branded supplier invitations
- Accelerate with the help of a dedicated vendor onboarding specialist
- Track progress
Vendor management
Monitor and track the performance of vendors by the number of orders, ship speed, and incidents.
Catalog management
Eliminate redundant work and introduce limitless, best quality products to your customers faster.
Products listing
Quickly onboard new products, maintain data quality, and manage listings delivering a seamless shopping experience on your storefront.
Connect with vendors
Connect with your vendors in any format. fabric Marketplace allows you to integrate with vendors via EDI, API, CSV, or web portal.
Maintain product data quality
An attribute validation engine controls the quality and completeness of the incoming data based on your templates and rules.
Curate assortments
Review and approve vendor proposals on products and pricing, and take control of the assortment of products you sell in your store. Plus, respond quickly to the changes in customer needs.
Virtual Inventory
Get a real-time view of supplier inventory, so you never run out of stock or oversell again.
View live inventory
See inventory positions by SKU and by vendor on an inventory dashboard.
Automate inventory updates
Connect vendor inventory through EDI (846), flat files, or Shopify.
Get inventory event notifications
Configure real-time notifications for critical events (out-of-stock, discontinued SKU, etc.) and daily digest for out-of-compliance items.
Merchant operations
Launch and manage your dropship program at scale.
- Export customer orders or purchase orders to vendors
- Monitor your complete order lifecycle
- Support personalization with custom order attributes and packing slips
- Send shipment notifications and tracking numbers to customers
Analytics & reporting
Get more out of your dropshipping business with actionable insights.
- Sales reporting: Get complete visibility into your business growth. Identify your top products and vendors.
- Compliance reporting: Regularly monitor the performance of your vendors against your set standards.
- Financial reporting: Keep close tabs on your payables and receivables to manage your costs efficiently.
Get a closer look at the fabric Marketplace platform.
How dropshipping works
Step 1
Your customer orders online from your store
Step 2
Your store forwards the order to your vendor
Step 3
Your vendor picks and packs your customer’s order
Step 4
Your vendor ships the order directly to your customer
Benefits
fabric Marketplace is for vendors
Expand your reach, maximize your brand and grow your business with fabric Marketplace.
Build meaningful connections
Let us help you find the right partners for your brand and products. Already have retail partners? Refer them to fabric!
Rapidly sell and grow
fabric Marketplace integrates seamlessly with most e-commerce platforms including Shopify, allowing product, inventory, and order sync.
Discover new audiences
Expand your brand’s reach by making it available to new customers.
Three easy steps to start selling on fabric Marketplace
Connect seamlessly with merchants and instantly offer the best products to new customers through a vendor dashboard.
Step 1
Upload products
Follow a few simple steps to connect and import products to fabric Marketplace.
- Dedicated onboarding specialist
- Connections to merchant systems via EDI, Web Portal, APIs, Shopify, and ShipStation.
Step 2
Publish products
Submit select products and inventory for the retailer storefront and maintain control of what you sell.
Step 3
Start selling
Start accepting and fulfilling orders from the merchant.
- Send order acknowledgment
- Service order change request
- Print shipping labels
- Receive notifications of out-of-compliance items
- Submit invoices
- Share estimated availability dates for out-of-stock items
Grow your business with fabric Marketplace
Services
Expert guidance at every step along the journey
We’re a team of e-commerce professionals who have been in your shoes before and are ready to partner with you from concept to execution.
Dropshipping strategy
Our team of experienced merchandisers can help you identify assortment opportunities and set goals and success measures for your dropship program.
Sourcing services
Sign up with fabric Marketplace and get expert help in finding the right products and the right partners for your strategic growth.
High-touch onboarding
Our proven onboarding process saves you time to onboard new vendors letting your focus on core business.
Technical support
Our customer support team is skilled at resolving customer issues, recommending solutions, and guiding you through the features and capabilities of the fabric Marketplace Platform.
Our team
With more than 30 years of combined experience in retail and e-commerce, our team is prepared to provide you with the strategic and hands-on support you need.
Our approach to onboarding
We’ll show you how to connect with vendors, get products listed, and give you the tools and resources to succeed.
Save time and resources
fabric provides documentation and hands-on training to your vendors so that you don’t have to.
Optimize your sales
fabric collects, validates, and reviews your vendor’s product data against rigorous product data requirements and validation tools to get you (and your customers) what you need.
Scale with confidence
fabric manages testing and connections for vendors so you can focus on growing your business.