# Dataships

> Dataships sells consent software for ecommerce merchants. Its checkout widget adjusts the marketing permission request to a shopper's location, channel and consent history, records the decision, and passes marketable contacts to tools such as Klaviyo. After an early privacy-center product drew little interest, the founders shifted toward a problem merchants were already measuring: how many paying customers they could legitimately contact again.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Dublin, Ireland and San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Storan (Co-founder), Ryan McErlane (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Dynamic Consent, SMS Easy Opt-In, Consent Memory, WhatsApp Consent Collection, Privacy and consent records
- **Notable:** Raised a $7 million Series A in January 2025., The company says more than 600 ecommerce brands use its platform., IQBAR case study reports SMS opt-ins rising from 0.36% to 6% and 19,128 new subscribers in 12 months.

## Products & services

- **Dynamic Consent** — Checkout widget and rules engine that chooses a consent experience by jurisdiction, channel and consent history, records the result and syncs contacts to marketing tools.
- **SMS Easy Opt-In** — Moves SMS double opt-in verification into the checkout flow instead of relying on a later reply message.
- **Consent Memory** — Product update that uses existing consent information to avoid asking a shopper for permission already recorded.
- **WhatsApp Consent Collection** — A separate WhatsApp marketing permission at checkout for Shopify Plus merchants using Klaviyo.
- **Privacy and consent records** — Audit logs, privacy policy tools and data subject request handling within the platform.

## Achievements

- Raised a $7 million Series A in January 2025.
- The company says more than 600 ecommerce brands use its platform.
- IQBAR case study reports SMS opt-ins rising from 0.36% to 6% and 19,128 new subscribers in 12 months.
- Numi Tea case study reports an A/B test of 2.4% email consent for control versus 88.8% with Dataships.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Launched WhatsApp Consent Collection for Shopify Plus merchants using Klaviyo.
- **2026-07** — Announced Klaviyo Forms integration.
- **2026-06** — Announced Ometria integration.
- **2026-01** — Introduced Consent Memory.
- **2025-03** — Announced SMS Easy Opt-In and reported its $7 million Series A.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dataships.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dataships/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dataships
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dataships.io

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Last updated: 2026-09-29