SureBright GTM brain

SureBright enables retailers and brands to offer product protection and shipping coverage, earning a share of warranty revenue.

category

Embedded product protection

market profile

  • text: Merchants selling durable goods can use protection plans to add post-sale revenue and give customers a way to handle failures and accidental damage.
  • text: Distribution spans ecommerce, in-store POS, marketplaces and post-purchase touchpoints, with plan economics shared between provider and retailer.

personas

  • title: Ecommerce director
    pains:
    • Average order value and margin are under pressure, especially on durable goods.
    • Warranty offers need to fit the checkout without an expensive custom integration.
  • title: Retail owner or category manager
    pains:
    • Products have different failure risks and protection pricing is difficult to set.
    • Returns and unhappy customers consume staff time after a sale.
  • title: Head of customer experience
    pains:
    • Customers need clear coverage and an accessible claims process.
    • Poor post-purchase support can weaken repeat buying.

icp

  • text: Online and omnichannel retailers of higher-value durable products such as appliances, electronics, fitness equipment and furniture.
  • text: Merchants using Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or compatible POS systems that can offer protection at sale or after purchase.

message pillars

  • text: Launch a tailored protection offer quickly.
  • text: Add revenue without recurring merchant platform charges.
  • text: Reach customers across online, store and post-purchase channels.
  • text: Use customer and merchant portals to manage the protection experience.

objections

  • objection: Adding warranty offers might hurt conversion or feel pushy.
    response: Test offer placement and attach rate alongside checkout conversion and customer feedback for a small product category.
  • objection: Warranty administration will overwhelm our team.
    response: Review the claims process, coverage exclusions and support responsibilities before rollout.
  • objection: Our catalog is too varied for one plan.
    response: Review category-specific coverage and pricing recommendations against a sample of products.

competitors

  • name: Extend
    why: Embedded product protection and warranty programs for merchants.
  • name: Mulberry
    why: Product protection platform for retail partners.
  • name: WarrantyNow
    why: Alternative provider of merchant warranty programs.

influencers

  • name: Manish Chauhan
    url: https://poetsandquants.com/2022/12/16/2022-most-disruptive-mba-startups-surebright-insead/
    why: CEO and founder discussing the product protection opportunity.

keywords

  • ecommerce extended warranty
  • Shopify warranty app
  • product protection plans for retailers
  • shipping protection ecommerce
  • warranty revenue share
  • retail warranty provider
  • extended warranty checkout

voice

  • Commercial and benefits-led
  • Accessible and reassuring
  • Metrics-oriented

signals

  • text: A merchant selling expensive, failure-prone products without checkout protection has an identifiable attach opportunity.
  • text: A Shopify or omnichannel retailer seeking higher order value or reducing returns may have a measurable pilot case.

stack

  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • Magento
  • Klaviyo
  • Lightspeed

pricing

model: free
starting price: No setup or monthly fee for merchants; warranty sales use revenue sharing

motion

hybrid

channels

  • SEO
  • ecommerce platform integrations
  • LinkedIn
  • sales demos
  • partner referrals

confidence

high

Founders

  • name: Manish Chauhan
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: Manish is the CEO and co-founder of SureBright. He holds an MBA from INSEAD (France) and an MMath (CS) from the University of Waterloo, where he researched and published on low-latency real-time systems. He has previously worked at Amazon and startups like Applyboard, where he built products handling over 180 billion requests per day, contributing to $100M+ in ARR.
  • name: Sanket Munjal
    title: Founder
    role: Founder
    bio: CTO & Co-Founder @ SureBright. Led Engineering at an InsurTech, PolicyBazaar.com that went public (8Bn USD). 2x Founder. Ex-Philips, Ex-Samsung

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