Cartpool

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Save on international shopping by pooling orders and splitting shipping costs.

Consumer

About

Cartpool helps consumers in the U.S. access international products without the burden of high shipping costs and limited payment options. Today, global shopping is more accessible than ever, but expensive international shipping fees often double or triple the total cost at checkout, causing many users to abandon their purchases. This problem is especially common among students and young consumers who frequently purchase items from overseas brands, including fashion, beauty, and niche products. While group ordering could reduce costs, coordinating with others is difficult and inefficient. Cartpool solves this by creating a centralized platform where users can pool orders from the same international retailer. By aggregating demand, we reduce per-user shipping costs while simplifying the entire process—from payment to delivery. Users can also share their order links to invite others, further lowering costs and increasing accessibility to global products.

Product

Cartpool is a platform that allows users to shop internationally without paying full shipping costs. Users simply paste a product link from a supported international retailer, pay for their item upfront, and Cartpool groups their order with others purchasing from the same source. Once the group is finalized, shipping costs are split among all participants. The platform also generates shareable links so users can invite friends or others to join their order, increasing group size and reducing costs further. After items arrive in the U.S., Cartpool works with fulfillment partners to distribute orders domestically at low rates. Cartpool simplifies international shopping into three steps: Shop → Pool → Save

Founders

Zhamaika Mussaibekova

Zhamilya studies cognitive science and linguistics at USC and works in product. She helps lead entrepreneurship initiatives through Spark SC.

Kezia Leung

Designer

Kezia is a freelance product designer and studied cognitive science and computer programming. She aims to design products to empower people. Kezia was going to pursue product management; however, she decided to take a year to teach English and help NGOs in Vietnam. She will be returning to NYC.

Minnah Basit

Developer

Minnah Basit studies Computer Science at the University of Southern California and a former Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services. She has experience across full-stack development and data analysis, having worked at Scale AI. She is passionate about building products that make global access more affordable and connected.

Anandini Bassi

Developer

Anandini Bassi is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services and a Computer Science graduate from USC. She has experience building scalable, user-focused systems across both industry and nonprofit spaces, including developing a healthcare supply matchmaking platform using React and AWS.