Category Inventory & Stock

How to find dead stock in a small store, work out why it stopped selling, and clear it with listing fixes, bundles, markdowns, wholesale or donation.

Forecast sales in a spreadsheet with moving averages, seasonal indexes and waitlist signals, then check the forecast against what actually sold.

Keep stock accurate across warehouses, shops and marketplaces: one source of truth, sync timing, stock buffers and clear allocation rules.

Rank your products by sales value in a spreadsheet, split them into A, B and C classes, and use the classes to set reorder, count and buying priorities.

Count stock in small batches without closing the store: build a count schedule, set priorities by value and handle discrepancies properly.

Track stock by size and color: one SKU per variant, counting by variant, size curves, reordering by variant and showing sold-out options clearly.

How back-in-stock alerts work, where to place the signup, email vs SMS, consent, sending in waves when stock is limited, variants, and how to measure results.

When to take preorders and when to run a waitlist, how and when to take payment, what to tell customers, and the consumer protection rules to check first.

When to keep a sold-out product page, how to show alternatives, when to 301 a discontinued product, when 404 or 410 fits, and how to mark availability.

How to calculate a reorder point and safety stock for a small online store, with three safety stock methods compared on one hypothetical product.