Inventory history
Every change to a variant's stock is logged with who made it. How to read that log when a number makes no sense, including the rows Shopify adds on its own.
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Shorter and more current than the guides. Shopify changes, seasonal stock planning and the operational problems that show up between one restock and the next.
Days of inventory remaining
The report averages sales over 28 days, including the days a variant was sold out. So the variants that run out most often get the most generous numbers.
Available vs on hand
Available, committed, unavailable, on hand. Four numbers for one variant. The gap between two of them is why your alerts and your reorders disagree.
Finding untracked variants
An untracked variant has no number, so no alert can fire on it and no report will show it. Here is how to find yours.
When one channel oversells
Every article on overselling tells you to sync your channels. You have one. Five reasons a single Shopify store still sells the unit twice.
Know before a SKU hits zero
Stockwell watches every variant at every location and emails your team when stock falls under the level you set.
Get it on the Shopify App StoreFree plan covers 500 SKUs with a daily summary. No card needed to start.