Refer a brand. Earn $10,000 per referral

Introduce a DTC brand in your network to Portless and earn $1 for every orderthey fulfill — up to $10,000 per brand. Paid quarterly, starting the quarter after they go live.

$1 for every order your referral fulfils

Up to $10,00 per brand

No limit on how many brands you can introduce

Paid quarterly

HOW IT WORKS

Exposed to covered in five steps

Takes 60 seconds

Fill out the information above

Drop us their name, website, and a line or two of context. A warm email intro to your Portless contact is welcome and usually moves things faster

Typically 4–8 weeks

We qualify and onboard

Our team vets the fit, runs discovery, and onboards them if it's a match. You're kept in the loop — we'll never ghost your referral.

Paid quarterly

Earn $1 per order shipped

Once your referral goes live, you earn $1 for every order they ship through Portless. Payments are processed quarterly, up to $10K per brand.

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Who fits

Eligibility, upfront

Only refer brands that match these criteria so we can actually work with them — brands outside this won't be a match, and the referral won't qualify.

Good fit

Ecommerce brand — DTC, Shopify / WooCommerce or similar

Supported verticals: apparel, electronics, beauty, wellness, adult, and similar categories

$1M+ annual revenue

1,500+ orders per month

Manufactures in China or Vietnam

Products under 5 lbs (light-weight, air-shippable)

Not eligible

Restricted categories: CPG, liquids, perfumes, and similar regulated goods

Brands already in our pipeline — existing leads, opportunities, or customers in our CRM at the time of intro

Brands under the revenue or order-volume thresholds

Self-referrals, or referrals where you have an ownership stake without disclosure

Not sure if a brand qualifies? Submit the referral anyway — we'll let you know within a few days. Full terms at Terms & Conditions

Referral Earnings Calculator

How much can you make for a referral — and how quickly?

Drag the slider. See what one referral earns you each quarter, and how fast you'd hit the per-brand cap.

Orders per month

(your referred brand's volume)

1,500

1,500 min → 5,000+

You earn $1 USD per order your referred brand ships through Portless. Payments are processed quarterly. Refer multiple brands to keep stacking.

Earnings per quarter

$4,500

From one brand shipping 3,100 orders/month.

Per-order rate

$1.00 USD

Orders / quarter

4,500

Time to per-brand max

~6.7 month

Per-brand maximum is $10,000. Refer multiple brands — there's no overall cap.

What's in it for them

You're not doing them a favor. You're giving them the modern supply chain.

Portless is a serious upgrade for DTC brands manufacturing in Asia. The mechanics speak for themselves.

~90%

Less inventory lead time

From months of ocean freight + domestic warehousing to days. Ship direct from Shenzhen or Vietnam to the end customer.

3× faster

Cash conversion cycle

Stop pre-paying for inventory that sits in transit for 90 days. Sell within 10 days of production and put cash back to work — in marketing, product, your next drop.

75+

Countries reached

Local last-mile, local tracking number. The customer experience feels domestic — wherever they are.

Frequently asked questions

Questions operators ask before they book a demo

What about customs and duties?

Portless handles customs clearance and duties for every destination country. You don’t manage HS codes, tariff classification, or duty calculations — that’s our job. Duties are handled at parcel level, not container level, which means no bulk-clearance delays and no surprise duty bills for your customer.

How does this work during peak season (BFCM, Father's Day, etc.)?

Direct fulfillment removes the biggest peak-season failure mode: running out of inventory because the next container is still on a boat. You stock against actual demand, restock in days instead of weeks, and avoid the lost-sales scenario that costs brands their full-year revenue.

Will my customers know it shipped from Asia?

No. Custom branded packaging. Local carrier label. Local tracking number. Zero foreign-language text anywhere on the parcel. The customer experience is identical to a domestic 3PL — to them, it just looks like your brand delivered.

How are returns handled?

Returns are managed in the destination country through our partner network. Customers return locally; you don’t pay for international return shipping. We support both refund-and-recycle and return-to-stock flows depending on your category.

What if I’m already on a 3PL contract?

Most Portless customers don’t switch overnight. We run alongside your existing 3PL for the first few months while you migrate SKUs in priority order — usually starting with international markets where Portless wins biggest. Migration plans are part of every onboarding.

What’s the minimum volume to make this work?

Portless is built for brands doing 1,000+ orders per month. Below that, the economics typically favor a smaller Asia-based 3PL. We’ll tell you upfront if we’re not the right fit — we don’t pitch brands that won’t see the value.

What products don’t work with this model?

Heavy items over 10 lbs, regulated categories (food requiring cold chain, supplements, hazardous materials), and pure leather goods don’t ship economically through our model. Lightweight, non-regulated products under 3.5 lbs are our sweet spot.

Who should we be talking to?

Drop the brand's details and a few lines of context. We'll check our pipeline, reach out, and keep you in the loop either way — usually within 2 business days.

No limit on how many brands you refer

$1 / order shipped, up to $10K per brand

No clawbacks if they churn later