Kiln-fired ceramics, hand-loomed textiles, small-batch spirits — the goods that built your brand were never meant for a generic pallet network. Cartora routes them across a chain-of-custody built for the singular and the irreplaceable.
Every crate carries a signed manifest from the maker's bench to the buyer's dock — humidity, handling, and custody logged as a permanent artifact, not a status ping.
Define fragility, orientation, and climate rules per SKU. Cartora matches each shipment to carriers and packers certified for that exact class of craft.
Made-to-order and limited-run inventory demands its own logic. Reserve, route, and release single units without forcing them into wholesale batch flows.
Our engine reroutes around heat waves, freeze lines, and humidity spikes before your lacquer, wax, or fiber ever meets them.
On the rare loss, we don't cut a check and move on — we coordinate re-commission with the original maker and cover the lead time.
Ship a story, not a tracking number. Every delivery arrives with the maker's origin record ready for your customer.
“We moved 4,000 hand-thrown vessels across three continents last quarter with zero breakage claims. Our old 3PL treated them like coffee mugs. Cartora treats them like the six-week commissions they are.”
“The provenance manifest closed a deal for us. A luxury buyer wanted proof of custody on every loom, and Cartora handed us a signed record before we even asked.”
“Usage-based pricing means our seasonal spikes don't punish us. We ship 40 barrels one month and 4,000 the next, and the invoice finally makes sense.”
Start free-ish. Upgrade when it hurts.
For studios and small houses scaling their first national routes.
For growing brands moving finite inventory at real volume.
For enterprise portfolios spanning multiple maker networks.