ClearStock is live on the Shopify App Store.Install free →

Guides

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

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0070

REORDER MATH · BY Abhinav Verma

Min max inventory explained (formula, Excel example, and when it fails)

The min max inventory formula for Shopify stores, with a worked Excel example — how to set both thresholds, when the policy works, and where it fails.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME8 MIN

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0069

GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Mystery boxes as a dead-stock exit: the math, the trust rules, when they backfire

Turn mystery box dead stock into cash: unit economics that beat markdowns, trust rules that protect your brand, and the failure patterns to avoid.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME10 MIN

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0068

GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Print on demand inventory: what POD removes, and what it hides

Print on demand inventory explained for Shopify sellers — nothing to count, but POD wait times are lead times and the hybrid catalog has traps.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME8 MIN

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0067

GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Quality control inspection: a pre-shipment checklist for small importers

A pre-shipment quality control inspection checklist — AQL sampling explained plainly, defect classes, photo evidence, when third-party inspection pays.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME8 MIN

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0066

GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Return to vendor: getting credit for defective and unsellable supplier stock

Return to vendor done properly — when RTV applies, how to get a return authorization, the claim email that works, and how to count the stock.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME8 MIN

INVENTORYX

INVENTORY GUIDE

#0065

GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Shopify barcode scanner not working: a test routine that isolates it

Shopify barcode scanner not working? A symptom-first test routine for POS scanning — connection, mode, app, and barcode data — one test at a time.

PUBLISHED

READ TIME8 MIN