There’s been a lot of news around stockouts right now. Stockouts suck for everyone. Your store loses the sale. Your suppliers lose the order. The customer is disappointed. Hoarders might benefit in the short-term but if their timing is wrong, they have to figure out how to unload a shed full of toilet paper. Literal …
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Overselling and upsetting customers
Last week we had an appliance delivery scheduled from Home Depot. We got the reminder email and phone call to remind us to be around. Then two days before the delivery we got an automated call saying the appliance was back-ordered for three months and our new delivery date would be in October. Turned out …
Painless Inventory on Shopify: Three ways private apps can manage products painlessly for you
Top Shopify merchants, no matter what size, have the same problem locking in their success. Even if they’re making a decent profit, they are always under a lot of pressure to keep tabs on merchandise at every single stage of the sales process. Unfortunately, Shopify doesn’t make this task very easy. Using their standard procedures, …