How much inventory to buy when starting a business? Many MOQs are 10,000, some 5,000. Found one for 2,500. At 2,500 im looking at about $5, $5.50 a piece At 5,000 im looking at $4.50 a piece One place is $5 for 5,000 as well One place says I could do $2.50 at 10,000 units Does it make sense to start at 10,000 units to get a better cost per unit? submitted by /u/ZebraChemical5746 …

Liquidating excess inventory: what should I watch out for? Hello everyone, I may need to liquidate some slow-moving inventory located in the US. To preserve the brand image, the goal is to sell to buyers outside the US. I understand there are several online marketplaces as well as individuals acting as middleman. Is there a go to place/company for such a task, or is it more a “do your due diligence on …

Inventory Management of what will be separate stores…? How do y’all manage inventory for multiple stores and keep track of all UPCs etc…? submitted by /u/Affectionate_Race954

Looking to Liquidate Dog Sweaters Inventory Hi, looking to hear ideas from the community on what the best approach is to liquidate my dog clothing and accessories inventory. Its about 4K items, mostly dog sweaters but also have rain jackets and dog harnesses. Most items are branded (www.sohopaws.com), but there are some SKUs that are 3P chinese branded. submitted by /u/therealmars…

Sourcing inventory – chicken and egg When sourcing initial products for a new ecommerce store, do you enquire with target brands about wholesale pricing. Or do you buy a small amount at retail, just to populate your store day 1 to get going live (even if there’s not much margin on these items)? submitted by /u/Worldly_Outside1259

It’s 2025, why is showing retail inventory numbers to customers still sketchy? Most businesses don’t even bother setting it up. People still call into stores all the time to see if something is there or not, like it’s 1995. When stores like Home Depot do show their inventory on their website, it’s never quite right. There are always 5 more items or 2 fewer items on the shelf than what shows up online. Retail workers/intern…

How do you keep track of inventory? Hello, i’m interested how do you keep track of inventory in your business? what challenges do you face with current system you use? submitted by /u/pyployer

Season Inventory? Did you carry seasonal products this year? If so, a couple questions: Were your estimates of sales volume close to actual? Did this leave you with insufficient or excess inventory? If you have excess seasonal products, will you store them for next year as carry over? Or liquidate? If you were insufficient, what was the cause? Better than expect…

Managing inventory reporting open-source. I created my first ecommerce store for a client whom originally just had a static site. They sell in store and online. The site is awesome, blazing fast and looks good. I used Stripe, Tailwind css, and a GO backend. The store sells a lot of new products but mostly operates on trade ins of used stuff. I thought it was straight forward that some…

Best way to maintain an inventory for a really small business I have around 200 products. They’re all personal sales, I don’t need any integration. I just need to have cost of products (which changes with every restock), cost of shipping, and total of cost plus shipping. Also, amount in stock And I would like some way to enter sales and have a way to input manually who’s the buyer, the sale price, date, a…

Service issues with Amazon & 3rd Party Inventory Software Orders Hi All, we have been having issues since 12/10 with Amazon orders importing into 3rd party software providers. We currently use Ecomdash for inventory management. I wanted to see if anyone else is having this issues, at best orders are importing once an hour which isn’t nearly frequent enough. I’ve contacted Ecomdash they said they are working o…

Order Management and Inventory Management What’s everyone’s thoughts on Order Management and Inventory Management for smaller stores. Revenue of $50k or less. Katana and Cin7 are great but $300 per month adds up to almost $4k per year (once add ons etc are included). That’s a big chunk of opex. So what are smaller stores using? (Please don’t say excel) submitted by /u/TOBYIT

Best way to liquidate inventory? Hello, We have a few e-commerce brands within the confectionery space and have quite a bit of inventory we are looking to get rid of. I’m looking for some creative ideas that others have used in the past. I’m familiar with the obvious ones, discount, BoGo, and I’m considering looking for a few potential influencers to work with. Anyone had succe…

Right time for an inventory management system At what point does it make sense to set up a dedicated inventory management system? submitted by /u/ask-kili

Best Inventory Syncing Software? I have been using Multi-orders to Sync my stock across Ebay and Etsy but today they increased their pricing from £35 -> £49, this is a 40% increase and I just can’t justify that for how poorly their service operates AND they don’t support TikTok Shop which is kind’ve insane for how prevalent its becoming in the ecom sphere. What services do you …

Target Seller Inventory Syncing Problems? Hi. We recently got approved to sell on Target Plus, and our orders are slowly ramping up. However, today we noticed that even though our inventory numbers are right in the Target Plus dashboard, all our items are marked as Out Of Stock on our store front. Has anyone ever run into this problem? If it matters, we have the store setup via Shopify,…

Need Multi Channel Inventory Software Recommendation Hello, I am looking for an affordable software to sync inventory from two warehouses to eBay and Walmart. Can anyone recommend something? Thanks submitted by /u/Ochsenschwanzragout

Inventory Management System Any recommendations on a system that would: – manage inventory – manage orders – manage returns – interface with woocommerce – interface with Xero accounting The store is small,

Tools for inventory / cashflow management? Hi Guys, I have an Amazon FBA and Shopify business selling clothes. It has been growing steadily and was fully bootstrapped. Things are great, but as we grow, we keep running into cashflow and inventory management. To restock our products, it takes about 3 months from the initial order at the factory to having the product on hand to sell. The …

Selling Auctioned Inventory I recently won an auction for a pallet of boxes with no markings. When I opened them most were mugs with what looks like original artwork. I have a small online store and was thinking about posting them for sale but do I run any legal risk selling this inventory? After a quick search I couldn’t find the original seller. Usually I sell old furni…