CEO

Josh Payne

Josh founded Onward in 2024 with a clear conviction: the post-purchase experience is where brand loyalty is won or lost, and merchants deserve more than a basic shipping protection tool to get it right. That belief is grounded in over a decade of operating experience scaling a commerce business from startup to acquisition, giving Josh a firsthand understanding of the margin pressure and customer experience tradeoffs that DTC brands navigate every day.

Josh built Onward with a relentless focus on product depth and merchant relationships, prioritizing the kind of responsiveness and white-glove partnership that defines how Onward works with every brand on the platform.

Matt Kritzer

Your brand doesn't end at checkout,
It goes Onward.

Transforming post-purchase,
one upgraded customer at a time.
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