What Supercycle does

Supercycle (legally MADE SUPER LTD, registered in England and Wales) is a circular commerce platform distributed as a native Shopify app to enable merchants to run rental, resale, trade-in, subscription, and membership models directly inside their existing Shopify store without custom builds or separate systems. Under the hood, the platform is anchored on Shopify primitives — products, orders, customers, selling plans, theme app blocks, Flow, Sidekick and Payments — and is supplemented by its own Admin API, Storefront API and MCP servers, plus a dedicated iOS/Android Scanner App with Zebra barcode and RFID support for warehouse operations. Core differentiating capabilities include item-level (serial) inventory tracking with lifecycle and ROI attribution, consignment revenue-share accounting, native risk tooling (ID verification via Persona, e-signatures, deposits, card vaulting), and integrations with circular 3PLs through Patchworks.

The go-to-market is product-led and marketplace-led: Supercycle is installed directly from the Shopify App Store, supported by comprehensive documentation at docs.supercycle.com, and offers a free trial plus optional demo for more complex implementations. The platform operates on a monthly SaaS subscription (initial one-month term, monthly thereafter), with pricing not publicly disclosed. Customers include a mix of enterprise-bracket merchants such as Your Reformer (fitness equipment subscriptions), Cirkel Supply, KEH (camera and photography equipment resale/rental), Dress for a Night, and For the Creators, across fashion/retail, fitness/wellness and consumer-electronics verticals. The company is privately held, headquartered at 71-75 Shelton Street, London, and appears bootstrapped with founders Ryan Atkins (CEO) and Arthur Cheek (CTO) and a headcount of 1–10.

Operationally, Supercycle runs on Amazon AWS, PlanetScale Postgres (post September 2025 migration), Railway, and Google Cloud, with a documented uptime of 99.49% on the app and 99.62% on the API, though a Railway provider incident in May 2026 caused over nine hours of app downtime. The company is GDPR-compliant and registered with the UK ICO, with encryption following AWS best practices.

Name

Supercycle

Legal name

MADE SUPER LTD

Website

https://supercycle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Supercycle is a SaaS platform for circular commerce sold as a Shopify app. Merchants install from Shopify App Store and activate a subscription plan. The software is provided on an 'as is' basis with monthly subscription periods following an initial one-month term.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Supercycle is a SaaS platform built natively within the Shopify ecosystem that enables merchants to launch and scale circular commerce business models, including rental, resale, subscription, membership, and trade-in, directly from their existing Shopify admin. It provides item-level inventory management, calendar-based booking, risk controls such as ID verification and card vaulting, and extensibility through APIs and MCP servers, all delivered as a Shopify app subscription.

Product overview

Supercycle is a circular commerce platform operating as a Shopify-native app ecosystem. The core offering comprises the Supercycle Platform with five integrated modules: Methods (Rental, Resale, Subscription, Membership, Trade-In, and New business models), Operations (inventory, logistics, and analytics), Channels (online store and Shopify POS), Risk (ID verification, e-signatures, deposits, card vaulting), and Extend (Admin API, Storefront API, MCP servers, and Shopify Flow automation). Supporting products include the Supercycle Scanner mobile app for iOS/Android enabling warehouse scanning with Zebra device support, the Consignment module for managing brand partner inventory, and Analytics for circular metrics. The platform is designed for merchants using Shopify to add circular business models natively within their existing store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supercycle Platform SaaS platform built natively within the Shopify ecosystem that enables merchants to launch and scale circular commerce business models (rental, resale, subscription, membership, trade-in, and new sales) directly from their existing Shopify admin, with item-level inventory management, calendar-based booking, risk controls, and extensibility through APIs and MCP servers.
• Supercycle Scanner App Native iOS and Android mobile application for warehouse and fulfillment teams that supports camera scanning, Zebra barcode scanning, and Zebra RFID scanning, with multi-scan sessions and bulk actions such as receive return, set visibility, warehouse assignment, and item creation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Many merchants go live the same day using self-service documentation and guided setup
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2026Shopify is the eCommerce platform and content management system that Supercycle is built upon. Supercycle is installed directly from the Shopify App Store and operates natively within Shopify admin, using Shopify products, orders, and customers. Payments are processed through Shopify Payments or compatible gateways.
• Amazon AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon AWS provides cloud computing and database management for Supercycle's infrastructure. All application data is processed through AWS, and encryption at-rest, at-work, and in-transit adheres to AWS best practices.
• RailwaycoreTechnology or IntegrationRailway provides cloud computing services for Supercycle. Note: Railway experienced infrastructure issues in May 2026 that caused significant Supercycle downtime (9+ hours).
• PlanetscalecoreTechnology or IntegrationPlanetscale provides cloud computing and database management for Supercycle. Migration to PlanetScale Postgres completed September 2025 for fully-managed, highly available database.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Booqable: Booqable is a rental management platform that serves retailers offering online and in-store rentals, with Shopify integration. It directly competes with Supercycle in the rental commerce space for merchants.
• Trove: Trove is a branded resale and trade-in platform that powers circular commerce for fashion and lifestyle brands. It directly competes with Supercycle's resale and trade-in methods, particularly for brands seeking turnkey circular solutions.
• Loop: Loop is a returns and exchange management platform built for Shopify merchants. While focused on returns, it overlaps with Supercycle's circular commerce operations and competes for the same Shopify merchant budget.
• ReturnLogic: ReturnLogic provides returns management software for Shopify and other e-commerce platforms. It competes with Supercycle's returns and circular operations functionality for Shopify merchants.
• Archive: Archive is a resale-as-a-service platform enabling fashion brands to launch peer-to-peer resale programs. It overlaps with Supercycle's resale method and competes for circular fashion brands.
• Rentle: Rentle is a rental management SaaS with a Shopify integration that enables merchants to launch product rentals online. It is a direct competitor to Supercycle's rental/circular commerce offering on Shopify.

Emerging players

• Hygglo: Hygglo is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace primarily active in the Nordics. While it operates a different model (consumer-to-consumer marketplace), it overlaps with Supercycle's rental category and signals where circular commerce models are headed.

Broad incumbents

• Happy Returns: Happy Returns (acquired by PayPal, now part of Shipbob) provides box-free returns and reverse logistics at scale. It is a broader incumbent in the returns and circular space with much larger scale than Supercycle.
• Shopify: Shopify is the e-commerce platform on which Supercycle is built and the source of its merchant distribution. While not a direct competitor today, Shopify's continued expansion into native commerce features (Markets, selling plans, Sidekick) creates indirect competitive pressure on Supercycle.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/madesuper
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• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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