# \#inventory-management **URL:** https://community.shopify.com/tag/inventory-management/2716.md [Latest](https://community.shopify.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.shopify.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.shopify.com/tags.md) --- ## [Shopify keeps one cost per variant. Where do you keep the rest?](https://community.shopify.com/t/shopify-keeps-one-cost-per-variant-where-do-you-keep-the-rest/679035)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/shopify-keeps-one-cost-per-variant-where-do-you-keep-the-rest/679035 "2026-10-09T14:20:16Z")
Say a supplier order goes out for 100 units at $10. Forty arrive in March. The other sixty turn up in May, and by then the supplier has put the price to $12. Cost per item is one field. Whatever you put in it, those two… --- ## [How are you guys handling inventory reorders?](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-are-you-guys-handling-inventory-reorders/681984)
**Author:** [@hennyhana](https://community.shopify.com/u/hennyhana)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-are-you-guys-handling-inventory-reorders/681984 "2026-10-09T09:55:07Z")
Anyone here running a smaller Shopify store and still using spreadsheets or CSVs for inventory? How do you figure out what to reorder and when? Curious what part of that process is the biggest headache for you. --- ## [Feature Request: Add SKU/Item Number as a Column Option on the Produ](https://community.shopify.com/t/feature-request-add-sku-item-number-as-a-column-option-on-the-produ/621680)
**Author:** [@CharlestonChristmas](https://community.shopify.com/u/CharlestonChristmas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/feature-request-add-sku-item-number-as-a-column-option-on-the-produ/621680 "2026-10-09T00:10:26Z")
Add SKU/Item Number as a Column Option on the Products List Page As a merchant with a large inventory, it is essential to be able to view SKUs (item numbers) directly on the Products list page without having to open eac… --- ## [Your supplier's minimum is 1,000 and you only need 350. Here is how to price that decision](https://community.shopify.com/t/your-suppliers-minimum-is-1-000-and-you-only-need-350-here-is-how-to-price-that-decision/691906)
**Author:** [@tony\_ksentri](https://community.shopify.com/u/tony_ksentri)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/your-suppliers-minimum-is-1-000-and-you-only-need-350-here-is-how-to-price-that-decision/691906 "2026-10-08T14:14:18Z")
A while back I asked here what people do when a supplier’s minimum order is way above what they actually need. I went and did the arithmetic properly, and the answer surprised me enough that it is worth writing up. Quic… --- ## [The seven formulas behind most inventory and profit questions here — what am I getting wrong?](https://community.shopify.com/t/the-seven-formulas-behind-most-inventory-and-profit-questions-here-what-am-i-getting-wrong/692328)
**Author:** [@tony\_ksentri](https://community.shopify.com/u/tony_ksentri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/the-seven-formulas-behind-most-inventory-and-profit-questions-here-what-am-i-getting-wrong/692328 "2026-10-08T08:09:49Z")
The same handful of questions come up here most weeks — what should I reorder, how much buffer, am I actually making money on this product. They all come down to seven formulas, and none of them is complicated. I wrote t… --- ## [Looking to test one real pre-upload image workflow](https://community.shopify.com/t/looking-to-test-one-real-pre-upload-image-workflow/694177)
**Author:** [@rworks24](https://community.shopify.com/u/rworks24)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/looking-to-test-one-real-pre-upload-image-workflow/694177 "2026-10-08T03:38:57Z")
I’ve had some really useful conversations here about product image workflows, and one thing keeps coming up. A lot of the tedious work happens before the images ever reach Shopify. Matching images to the right product o… --- ## [How do you make sure Shopify and Amazon stay in sync?](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-do-you-make-sure-shopify-and-amazon-stay-in-sync/688934)
**Author:** [@Jaime\_Ciriaco](https://community.shopify.com/u/Jaime_Ciriaco)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-do-you-make-sure-shopify-and-amazon-stay-in-sync/688934 "2026-10-07T11:04:50Z")
Hi everyone! I’m a solo developer working on a small project around Shopify + Amazon catalog consistency, and I’m trying to understand how merchants actually deal with this problem before I keep building. If you sell t… --- ## [Feature Request: Let merchants choose the default setting for “Restock items” when issuing refunds](https://community.shopify.com/t/feature-request-let-merchants-choose-the-default-setting-for-restock-items-when-issuing-refunds/681925)
**Author:** [@ShopifyMerchant1](https://community.shopify.com/u/ShopifyMerchant1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/feature-request-let-merchants-choose-the-default-setting-for-restock-items-when-issuing-refunds/681925 "2026-10-06T08:16:30Z")
I’m restarting this topic with the hope that something will be done. I found topics discussing this exact issue from 2019 and nothing has been done, despite many many requests. I’d like to request an option that allows … --- ## [What app do I need to better manage inventory on Shopify?](https://community.shopify.com/t/what-app-do-i-need-to-better-manage-inventory-on-shopify/565798)
**Author:** [@Chloe\_M](https://community.shopify.com/u/Chloe_M)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/what-app-do-i-need-to-better-manage-inventory-on-shopify/565798 "2026-10-03T20:03:10Z")
Hey everyone, I’m running a Shopify store and could use some advice on inventory management. We don’t have a huge product catalog (around 50 products), but each product has a lot of variants, usually 10+ (different mate… --- ## [Sizecurve: size curves and reorder quantities for apparel, net of returns (feedback welcome)](https://community.shopify.com/t/sizecurve-size-curves-and-reorder-quantities-for-apparel-net-of-returns-feedback-welcome/690145)
**Author:** [@SizeCurve](https://community.shopify.com/u/SizeCurve)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/sizecurve-size-curves-and-reorder-quantities-for-apparel-net-of-returns-feedback-welcome/690145 "2026-10-03T16:50:52Z")
I built a read-only app for apparel stores and I would like merchants to tell me where it is wrong. The problem it works on: in apparel, the size that sells most is often the size that comes back most. If half your L … --- ## [Bundle sold but components didn't decrement — how are you catching oversells?](https://community.shopify.com/t/bundle-sold-but-components-didnt-decrement-how-are-you-catching-oversells/658245)
**Author:** [@jamnay](https://community.shopify.com/u/jamnay)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/bundle-sold-but-components-didnt-decrement-how-are-you-catching-oversells/658245 "2026-10-03T13:34:49Z")
A pattern I keep running into with merchants who sell bundles: everything looks fine until a component in the bundle also sells on its own, or sits inside a second bundle. The stock math quietly drifts, and the first sig… --- ## [Need help building and setting up website](https://community.shopify.com/t/need-help-building-and-setting-up-website/680573)
**Author:** [@Faymays](https://community.shopify.com/u/Faymays)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/need-help-building-and-setting-up-website/680573 "2026-10-03T12:48:55Z")
Hello everyone I’m new here I currently run and operate a brick and mortar business and want to go the next step of building my website. I’m mainly struggling with inventory management. But I honestly could use a little … --- ## [New WMS with Shopify integration, looking for beta users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland](https://community.shopify.com/t/new-wms-with-shopify-integration-looking-for-beta-users-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland/689565)
**Author:** [@Spindle-Dev](https://community.shopify.com/u/Spindle-Dev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/new-wms-with-shopify-integration-looking-for-beta-users-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland/689565 "2026-10-01T12:01:55Z")
I’m a software developer at a mid-sized e-commerce company. Last year I tried to move our warehouse to a different WMS. While researching, I realized I couldn’t find what I was looking for: an intuitive system that doesn… --- ## [Stocky's read-only window closes around the end of November. What actually comes across, and what never existed](https://community.shopify.com/t/stockys-read-only-window-closes-around-the-end-of-november-what-actually-comes-across-and-what-never-existed/687775)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/stockys-read-only-window-closes-around-the-end-of-november-what-actually-comes-across-and-what-never-existed/687775 "2026-10-01T17:30:38Z")
The 90-day read-only access people have mentioned in other threads lands around the end of November. That is the runway for pulling your files, so this is what I have learned about them - from building an importer agains… --- ## [Type 1,200 into anything that sets your stock. Mine saved it as 1](https://community.shopify.com/t/type-1-200-into-anything-that-sets-your-stock-mine-saved-it-as-1/681585)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/type-1-200-into-anything-that-sets-your-stock-mine-saved-it-as-1/681585 "2026-09-28T07:48:19Z")
This was a bug in my own app until this week, and it wrote a wrong stock level into a live Shopify store. It takes ten seconds to check whether whatever you use has it, so it seems worth telling people how. The test. Fi… --- ## [How do you match product images to the right SKU or variant?](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-do-you-match-product-images-to-the-right-sku-or-variant/681013)
**Author:** [@rworks24](https://community.shopify.com/u/rworks24)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/how-do-you-match-product-images-to-the-right-sku-or-variant/681013 "2026-09-27T18:11:32Z")
I’m curious how people handle this with bigger product batches. Say you have a bunch of similar product photos for different colours, sizes, or variants. How do you make sure each image ends up with the right product or… --- ## [Stocky dies Aug 31. The part you'll actually miss isn't the POs](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-dies-aug-31-the-part-youll-actually-miss-isnt-the-pos/651074)
**Author:** [@Vilpert](https://community.shopify.com/u/Vilpert)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-dies-aug-31-the-part-youll-actually-miss-isnt-the-pos/651074 "2026-09-26T00:32:58Z")
Everyone’s asking which app replaces Stocky. After spending real time on the actual migration, I think that’s the wrong first question. The apps are mostly fine. The hard part is getting your history out in one piece. T… --- ## [What inventory mistake costs Shopify merchants the most money?](https://community.shopify.com/t/what-inventory-mistake-costs-shopify-merchants-the-most-money/664818)
**Author:** [@vedasuite](https://community.shopify.com/u/vedasuite)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/what-inventory-mistake-costs-shopify-merchants-the-most-money/664818 "2026-09-25T07:52:03Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been reading quite a few discussions about inventory lately, and something I’m trying to understand is where inventory problems actually become expensive for merchants. There seem to be lots of possib… --- ## [When a stocktake does not match, does anyone write down why?](https://community.shopify.com/t/when-a-stocktake-does-not-match-does-anyone-write-down-why/679330)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/when-a-stocktake-does-not-match-does-anyone-write-down-why/679330 "2026-09-25T05:41:02Z")
You count a shelf. Shopify says ten, there are seven. You set it to seven and carry on, because the shelf is right and the number was wrong and there are forty more shelves. The three units are now corrected. The reason… --- ## [Purchase Order - Incoming Inventory not working](https://community.shopify.com/t/purchase-order-incoming-inventory-not-working/654650)
**Author:** [@HectorGomez](https://community.shopify.com/u/HectorGomez)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/purchase-order-incoming-inventory-not-working/654650 "2026-09-24T19:20:46Z")
We use custom reporting to calculate inventory levels and purchasing requirements, but part of the equation hinges on the currently incoming inventory quantities, which no longer seem to work. This new purchase order sys… --- ## [Subject: Critical Improvements Required for Shopify Purchase Orders Before the Stocky Replacement on August 31, 2026 (updated from previous post)](https://community.shopify.com/t/subject-critical-improvements-required-for-shopify-purchase-orders-before-the-stocky-replacement-on-august-31-2026-updated-from-previous-post/647012)
**Author:** [@STRATEGIES](https://community.shopify.com/u/STRATEGIES)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/subject-critical-improvements-required-for-shopify-purchase-orders-before-the-stocky-replacement-on-august-31-2026-updated-from-previous-post/647012 "2026-09-24T09:23:20Z")
Dear Shopify Product Team, I am writing as a Shopify merchant who operates a busy brick-and-mortar retail store and relies heavily on an efficient purchasing and receiving workflow. With Stocky being replaced by Shopify… --- ## [Workflow for adding quantites to PO without seeing inventory](https://community.shopify.com/t/workflow-for-adding-quantites-to-po-without-seeing-inventory/666251)
**Author:** [@hstb](https://community.shopify.com/u/hstb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/workflow-for-adding-quantites-to-po-without-seeing-inventory/666251 "2026-09-24T01:42:15Z")
Attempting to switch to native POs. On the product selection modal, it shows inventory but no way to specify quantities. Once the product is added to the PO, it allows specifying quantities but doesn’t show inventory. W… --- ## [Can you see the arithmetic behind your reorder numbers?](https://community.shopify.com/t/can-you-see-the-arithmetic-behind-your-reorder-numbers/684327)
**Author:** [@Resat\_y](https://community.shopify.com/u/Resat_y)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/can-you-see-the-arithmetic-behind-your-reorder-numbers/684327 "2026-09-23T20:41:07Z")
A question for anyone who has moved off Stocky and landed somewhere new: when your replacement tells you to order 40 units, can you see why it said 40? I ask because I spent a long time building one of these, and the th… --- ## [Before BFCM, test what happens when an inventory update times out](https://community.shopify.com/t/before-bfcm-test-what-happens-when-an-inventory-update-times-out/686529)
**Author:** [@Thalia\_Apps](https://community.shopify.com/u/Thalia_Apps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/before-bfcm-test-what-happens-when-an-inventory-update-times-out/686529 "2026-09-23T14:26:40Z")
An inventory app sends “add 5 units.” Shopify processes it, but the response never reaches the app. The job retries. Does stock go up by 5 or 10? That’s a scenario I’d include in pre-BFCM testing for anyone building inv… --- ## [PO changes have made partial receiving unnecessarily complicated for makers](https://community.shopify.com/t/po-changes-have-made-partial-receiving-unnecessarily-complicated-for-makers/666212)
**Author:** [@DCSusan](https://community.shopify.com/u/DCSusan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/po-changes-have-made-partial-receiving-unnecessarily-complicated-for-makers/666212 "2026-09-23T07:08:30Z")
Purchase Order changes have made partial receiving unnecessarily complicated for makers and small manufacturers I want to share some feedback on the recent changes to Shopify purchase orders and the new transfer-based r… --- ## [When to reorder: Why a fixed stock threshold fails, and how to automate alerts](https://community.shopify.com/t/when-to-reorder-why-a-fixed-stock-threshold-fails-and-how-to-automate-alerts/664481)
**Author:** [@Report\_Pundit1](https://community.shopify.com/u/Report_Pundit1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/when-to-reorder-why-a-fixed-stock-threshold-fails-and-how-to-automate-alerts/664481 "2026-09-22T07:19:10Z")
A common pattern with some Shopify stores: Merchants set one reorder threshold (say “reorder at 10 units”) and apply it across the whole catalog. It feels systematic, but it breaks down because different products deplete… --- ## [Last December you sold out on the 10th. What number are you ordering from this year?](https://community.shopify.com/t/last-december-you-sold-out-on-the-10th-what-number-are-you-ordering-from-this-year/682390)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/last-december-you-sold-out-on-the-10th-what-number-are-you-ordering-from-this-year/682390 "2026-09-21T22:14:34Z")
The Q4 order goes in around now, and the number most of us reach for is what the same product did last year. Say it sold 400 units last December. That 400 is not what people wanted. It is what was on the shelf. If it we… --- ## [Free tool to compare supplier price list updates and catch margin changes](https://community.shopify.com/t/free-tool-to-compare-supplier-price-list-updates-and-catch-margin-changes/684485)
**Author:** [@DavidFerreira](https://community.shopify.com/u/DavidFerreira)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/free-tool-to-compare-supplier-price-list-updates-and-catch-margin-changes/684485 "2026-09-20T18:39:53Z")
Hi everyone, I’m a solo developer building CostRift, a browser-based tool for merchants who receive updated supplier price lists in CSV or XLSX. You can compare a previous supplier list with the new one and quickly see… --- ## [Stocky was not extended - what people are hearing about is a 90-day read-only export window](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-was-not-extended-what-people-are-hearing-about-is-a-90-day-read-only-export-window/676433)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-was-not-extended-what-people-are-hearing-about-is-a-90-day-read-only-export-window/676433 "2026-09-19T20:42:04Z")
There is a fair bit of word of mouth going around that Stocky’s shutdown was pushed back. Going by Shopify’s own documentation it was not, and I think I know which sentence is being misheard. The migration page still gi… --- ## [Stocky is gone - three things that catch people out afterwards, whichever replacement you picked](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-is-gone-three-things-that-catch-people-out-afterwards-whichever-replacement-you-picked/676430)
**Author:** [@juhyun\_han](https://community.shopify.com/u/juhyun_han)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.shopify.com/t/stocky-is-gone-three-things-that-catch-people-out-afterwards-whichever-replacement-you-picked/676430 "2026-09-19T20:03:17Z")
Stocky closed on 31 August. Most threads here were about getting data out before the door shut. Now that it has, three things catch people out, and none of them depend on which app you chose. 1. Your sales history does … [Next page](https://community.shopify.com/tag/inventory-management/2716.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=inventory-management)