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Practical inventory guides for Shopify merchants — dead stock, replenishment, reorder math, purchasing, and what running out actually costs.

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

AQL sampling table: how many units to inspect on your first order

How AQL sampling works for your first import order: what 2.5 means in units at your quantity, Level II defaults, and a worked plan for a 1,200-unit PO.

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CHOOSING A TOOL · BY Abhinav Verma

Assisty alternatives (2026): options organized by why merchants switch

Assisty alternatives sorted by your reason for leaving — complexity, uniform reorder logic, pricing scale — with verified November 2026 pricing and reviews.

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INVENTORY GUIDE

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Auditing your demurrage and detention invoice: line items that get billed twice

How to audit a demurrage and detention invoice line by line — the double-billing patterns, a worked recomputation, and a dispute template that gets answered.

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INVENTORY GUIDE

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Baby and kids store inventory: size runs, safety lots, and the growth clock

Baby store inventory runs on growth stages, safety lots, and gift spikes: a size-run allocation worked example and a recall-readiness checklist.

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CHOOSING A TOOL · BY Abhinav Verma

Back-in-stock apps for Shopify: what they do and how to pick one

How back-in-stock apps work, the five criteria that separate useful ones from noisy ones, and a comparison to match a tool to your store's size and channels.

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

BOGO without the empty shelf: the inventory math of buy-one-get-one

The inventory math of buy-one-get-one: how paired velocity changes reorder points, how to size each leg, and how to plan the demand dip after the promo ends.

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