BlueCart

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Online & mobile hospitality industry order management & CRM

About BlueCart

BlueCart is a wholesale order management platform built to streamline the procurement process for both buyers and sellers within the hospitality industry. Sellers on BlueCart include manufacturers, vendors, and distributors at all levels (nationwide, regional, and local). Verticals include: broadliners, meat, seafood, produce, baked goods & bread, coffee, alcohol, beverages, condiments, paper goods, kitchen equipment, and more.

For suppliers, the BlueCart platform can be used to manage clients and orders, analyze purchasing trends, and attract new buyers. In order to assist with managing sales, BlueCart allows sellers to create any number of online catalogs and sub-catalog groupings with custom pricing plus the ability to assign individual or groups of customers to a specific pricing catalog. Our order management includes receiving and organizing incoming orders within the app. You can also set & enforce order cutoff times and minimums. One of the top differentiators is "Top Deals" where sellers can highlight top deals on anything from highly perishable items like seafood and produce to items no longer stocked that you want to price to move.

For anyone managing sales or sales team, our Sales Rep app (both Android and iOS) allows you to see orders come in in real time and has intelligent groupings like customers who missed their last order date based on their order frequency. You can also look up your clients order history at any time - no more calling back to your finance team. We make it easier to follow up and assist your clients with orders.

Once the orders come in, we can handle invoicing and up-front payments and can also share data with your accounting system or ERP through our accounting exports. You can also use our delivery route management to plan the best route based on the deliveries to be made that day.


Key benefits of BlueCart

  • Advertise using BlueCart’s sponsored content and capture target clients at the perfect moment. Present customers with discounts and promotions while they’re shopping to encourage sales.

  • Manage orders with BlueCart’s 'Sales Companion' which allows users to receive and manage client orders on any device. Users can also customize prices, upload their catalog, and view sales insights.

  • Buyers can manage their inventory with BlueCart’s inventory tracking tool to determine which items need to be replenished and order accordingly. Inventory can be updated at any time and a full inventory history can be accessed.

  • Placed orders are automatically archived within BlueCart to provide analytics for both buyers and suppliers. Buyers can view their sales per supplier and suppliers can analyze buyer trends.

  • Aid communication between buyers and sellers with BlueCart’s in-app messaging for each order. Conversations are organized by order number and provide a communication platform for order updates, issues, and more.

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    BlueCart Software - Buyers can shop from the online catalog and add custom quantities based on inventory needs
    BlueCart Software - Suppliers can create personalized profiles with contact information and orders can be made directly from the page
    BlueCart Software - Suppliers can offer discounts and promotions on items
    BlueCart Software - Inventory can be tracked to understand where inventory needs to be replenished
    BlueCart Software - Buyers can check-in orders as they are delivered to confirm receipt and flag any issues
    BlueCart Software - Users can view analytics to gain insight on past sales and purchases
    BlueCart Software - The online catalog can be browsed from the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Inventory can be input within the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Orders can be checked-in using the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Order history is provided for all submitted orders, providing details on vendors, times, and dates
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    BlueCart Software - Buyers can shop from the online catalog and add custom quantities based on inventory needs
    BlueCart Software - Suppliers can create personalized profiles with contact information and orders can be made directly from the page
    BlueCart Software - Suppliers can offer discounts and promotions on items
    BlueCart Software - Inventory can be tracked to understand where inventory needs to be replenished
    BlueCart Software - Buyers can check-in orders as they are delivered to confirm receipt and flag any issues
    BlueCart Software - Users can view analytics to gain insight on past sales and purchases
    BlueCart Software - The online catalog can be browsed from the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Inventory can be input within the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Orders can be checked-in using the mobile app
    BlueCart Software - Order history is provided for all submitted orders, providing details on vendors, times, and dates

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    4.1 /5
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    4.1/5
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    4.0/5
    Ease of Use
    4.1/5
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    Kevin
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    • Industry: Food & Beverages
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Stellar product for our business

    Reviewed on 2024/02/29

    Pros

    Bluecart offers great service to our business. Whenever we request a feature, bluecart truly listens to our feedback and finetunes features to meet our business needs.

    Cons

    Some parts of the app are buggy but gets fixed frequently.

    Amanda
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    • Industry: Food Production
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Customer service is very good.

    Reviewed on 2017/09/14

    Benefits: a user friendly platform that all of our admin and fulfillment team can access. Customers...

    Benefits: a user friendly platform that all of our admin and fulfillment team can access. Customers get a reminder email when their order gets placed, which drives down phone calls.

    Pros

    Customers are able to place their orders directly through the app which has driven down phone calls. We are able to archive orders in a digital platform that is accessible to our admin team.

    Cons

    I don't really have any complaints about the actual ordering process. We are however anxiously waiting for Blue Cart to be compatible with QuickBooks (desktop version) At the moment we are actually adding more time to our accountant team, who has to manually enter orders.

    Response from BlueCart

    Thank you for the review and feedback. We recently made improvements to our accounting export functionality so that you can utilize accounting software import/export tools.

    Michael
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    • Industry: Food & Beverages
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

    Don’t use BlueCart! It’s a total waste of money

    Reviewed on 2024/11/06

    Terrible terrible. What a total waste of money.

    Terrible terrible. What a total waste of money.

    Pros

    I don’t like anything about blue cart after signing up. The initial contact was nice. However,
    the website and service is a waste of money.

    Cons

    I hate that they make promises for sales. This site is a waste of your money.

    Kimberly
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    • Industry: Restaurants
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    BlueCart has transformed the order process for my managers! I highly recommend it!

    Reviewed on 2017/12/05

    Pros

    The software is incredibly straightforward and easy to use. It is very beneficial to have all of our various suppliers on one single platform making the order process efficient and expeditious. The cost effectiveness and labor-savings have been substantial; totally worth the investment!

    Cons

    I wish every supplier that we ordered through was on the platform so we could continue to streamline our order process and benefit from the savings.

    Response from BlueCart

    Thanks for the review and we're glad to have you as a customer! We're trying our best to spread the word and get suppliers on BlueCart as quickly as possible.

    Lloyd
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    • Industry: Food Production
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Bluecart is essential for the continued growth of our banana pudding wholesale business.

    Reviewed on 2017/11/20

    My productivity has increased dramatically thanks to Blue. On the processing side, I'm able to...

    My productivity has increased dramatically thanks to Blue. On the processing side, I'm able to place or take orders on a weekly basis and edit them if needed. Any communication that needs to happen between my partner and myself can be done in each order so we have reference points. Analytics are vital for any business to effectively measure their performance and grow. Thanks to Bluecart I can see which partner performs well month-to-month, and I can find any areas for improvement to increase our sales with each partner. The real time updates from "Processing" to "In-Transit" to "Fulfilled" allows my team to be on the same page as our partners. The fact we can use it on our mobile devices or our laptop makes Bluecart the best app on the market.

    Pros

    The analytics and the easy-to-use aspects of the software are what I like most. I'm able to track my orders in real time, view how each partner performs and compare them month-to-month, and communicate with my wholesale partners effectively and efficiently.

    Cons

    Only thing I could complain about is that I get logged out randomly from time to time. I'm sure it's a minor bug they'll fix soon, but if this is the only complaint I have it shows how useful the app is.

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    BlueCart FAQs

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    BlueCart offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: US$0.01
    • Pricing model: Free Version
    • Free Trial: Available

    Contact BlueCart for pricing information.

    BlueCart has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    BlueCart supports the following languages:

    English

    BlueCart supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    BlueCart integrates with the following applications:

    Canopy, Fishbowl, NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Stripe, Xero

    BlueCart offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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