Alertr: Inventory Management

Alertr: Inventory Management is a sophisticated, yet elegantly simple, application designed to liberate Shopify merchants from the precarious guesswork of stock management. It serves as a vigilant, intelligent partner that transforms raw inventory data into actionable foresight. By seamlessly syncing with your store daily, Alertr calculates precise sell rates for every SKU, predicts potential stockouts before they occur, and delivers clear, timely reorder alerts directly to your inbox or Slack. This tool is crafted for discerning brands—from ambitious startups to established direct-to-consumer businesses—that recognize lost sales from inventory oversights as an unacceptable cost. Its core value proposition is profound clarity and proactive control, replacing reactive spreadsheet scrambles and costly, complex enterprise software with a streamlined, intelligent workflow that ensures optimal stock levels are maintained effortlessly.

Daily Inventory Intelligence Sync

Alertr performs an automatic, daily synchronization with your Shopify store, pulling the latest product data and order history. This continuous data stream allows the system to calculate accurate, dynamic sell rates for each product variant, ensuring your inventory insights are always based on the most current commercial reality, not stale, manually-updated figures.

Smart Reorder Alerts & Projections

Moving beyond simple low-stock notifications, Alertr provides intelligent reorder guidance. By analyzing your configured lead times and historical sell rates, it not only alerts you when stock dips below a threshold but also recommends the exact quantity to reorder to safely cover demand until new stock arrives, eliminating guesswork.

Centralized Inventory Dashboard

Gain immediate, panoramic visibility of your entire inventory health from a single, intuitive dashboard. View all SKUs organized by critical status—such as low stock, needs reorder, or out of stock—alongside key metrics like days of stock remaining and sell-through velocity, enabling rapid, informed decision-making.

Configurable Workflow & Data Export

Tailor Alertr to your unique business rhythm. Configure your preferred lookback period for sell rate calculations, lead times, and alert frequencies. Furthermore, all analyzed inventory data can be exported to CSV with one click, facilitating seamless integration with purchase order systems or external reporting.

Replacing Manual Spreadsheet Management

For merchants trapped in the cycle of error-prone, time-consuming manual spreadsheet updates, Alertr automates the entire tracking and calculation process. It saves hours per week, as demonstrated by its founding use case with a DTC jewelry brand, while providing vastly more accurate and proactive insights than any static sheet.

Proactive Prevention of Stockouts

Businesses that cannot afford to miss sales due to out-of-stock items use Alertr as an early-warning system. By receiving alerts based on predictive sell-through rates, merchants can reorder best-sellers and key components well in advance, ensuring continuous sales momentum and customer satisfaction.

Transitioning from Shopify Stocky

With Shopify's announced sunset of Stocky, merchants require a capable, straightforward alternative. Alertr directly addresses this need by replicating and refining the core workflow—sell rate tracking, reorder alerts, and dashboard visibility—offering a seamless migration path without unnecessary complexity or feature bloat.

Streamlining Team Communication

Teams that rely on Slack for operational communication integrate Alertr to broadcast reorder alerts directly into designated channels. This creates a centralized, actionable notification system that ensures the right team members are instantly informed, accelerating procurement and planning processes.

How does Alertr differ from Shopify's built-in inventory tools?

While Shopify provides basic stock level tracking, it lacks proactive, predictive alerting. Alertr supplements the platform by automatically calculating sell rates, predicting future stockouts based on historical velocity, and sending timely notifications before you run out, turning passive data into active intelligence.

What happens during the 14-day free trial for the Pro plan?

The free trial provides full, unrestricted access to all Pro plan features, including unlimited SKU monitoring, email and Slack alerts, and CSV export. You can configure the app, receive alerts, and fully integrate it into your workflow to experience its value before any commitment is required.

Can I customize the conditions that trigger a reorder alert?

Absolutely. Alertr is designed for flexibility. You can configure key parameters such as the "lookback window" for calculating sell rates, the expected lead time from your suppliers, and your preferred safety stock threshold, ensuring alerts are perfectly calibrated to your specific business model and supply chain.

Is there a long-term contract or cancellation fee?

No. Alertr operates on a simple, transparent monthly subscription model. You can cancel your Pro plan at any time without penalty or being locked into a lengthy contract. This aligns with our commitment to providing value-driven, hassle-free service.

Alertr offers two straightforward pricing tiers designed to scale with your business. The Free plan is ideal for small stores beginning their journey, supporting up to 50 SKUs with core dashboard and sync features at no cost. The Pro plan, priced at a special beta rate of $19 per month (rising to $29/month at public launch), is for growing brands that require comprehensive protection against stockouts. It includes unlimited SKUs, intelligent email and Slack alerts, full data export capabilities, and a 14-day free trial. This structure ensures merchants pay only for the advanced intelligence they need, with no hidden fees or complex per-feature charges.