Counting
Year end inventory count for Shopify: a dated checklist
A dated checklist for a year end inventory count on Shopify: cut-offs for orders, receiving and returns, count day, and what to send your accountant.
The Binly blog
Practical inventory notes for Shopify shops
Plain guides on counting stock, reordering on time and keeping your Shopify numbers honest, from the team that builds Binly.
Counting
Stock count variance: when to recount, adjust or leave it
Recount by units and by money, not by percent alone. A two-part rule with thresholds, a six-line worked example and a plan for what to do after a recount.
Counting
Inventory accuracy formula: four ways to score one count
Inventory accuracy has no single formula. One count of 200 variants scores 86%, 97.9%, 98.4% or 99.7% by method. All four are worked out in full.
Counting
Cycle count schedule for Shopify: a worked 600 SKU plan
Rank your SKUs by sales, count the top group every 4 weeks and the tail twice a year. A worked plan for 600 SKUs comes to about 10 lines a day.
Counting
Shopify inventory not matching the shelf? 9 causes and checks
Shopify and your shelf disagree for a short list of reasons. Nine causes, a check for each, and a 15 minute routine to run on one product.
Counting
Count inventory while your Shopify store is open: how to
Count inventory while the store is open by applying the change your count found, not the counted total. Worked examples with the arithmetic.
Purchasing
Receive a purchase order in Shopify: short, damaged, late
Count the box, not the packing slip. How to receive a purchase order in Shopify when a delivery is short, damaged or over, with a worked two-line example.
Costs
Landed cost per unit, with a full worked example
Landed cost per unit is goods plus freight, duty and fees, divided by units. A full worked example with value and weight allocation, and the margin effect.
Counting
Free stocktake spreadsheet and checklist for Shopify stores
A free stocktake spreadsheet (.xlsx) and a one-page printable checklist. Count blind, read the differences, recount the big gaps, then update Shopify.