Getting started
Carrier Stash is a multi-tenant tool for babywearing educators and volunteer-run nonprofit lending libraries. Staff and volunteers use it to manage carriers, loans, and caregivers — caregivers themselves do not have accounts.
This guide walks you through the five steps to go from a blank organization to your first check-out.
1. Create your organization
The first user to sign up becomes the Org Admin and creates the organization — the top-level account that everything else lives under. During setup you’ll give the organization a name, a billing contact, and a default loan period (the platform default is 30 days). You’ll also choose an access mode: org-wide access (all library members can see across libraries) or per-library access (members see only the libraries they’re assigned to).
2. Set up your first library
On the Library screen, open the library switcher and choose New library. Give it a name (a description and location are optional), set a default loan length (default 4 weeks), and select which types apply: Loan-enabled, Education only, and Giveaway-enabled are not mutually exclusive. Confirm with Create library.
3. Add your first carrier
Use Add carrier on the Library screen. You’ll record the brand, model, carrier type, condition, which library it belongs to, and whether it’s loanable. Each carrier gets an ID automatically.
4. Invite your team and assign roles
The Org Admin invites people by email. There are two levels of role: org-level (Org Admin or member) and library-level (Library Owner or Library User), assigned from the Users page or a library’s Users settings.
Invite your team and assign roles
5. Understand tiers and carrier limits
Your subscription tier caps how many active (non-archived) carriers and libraries you can have. If you exceed the limit — for example after a downgrade — affected areas become read-only: existing loans keep working and check-in still works, but you can’t add carriers or libraries until you’re back under the limit or upgrade.