Problem and Proposed Solution

Store owners on Shopify often realise too late that a fast-selling item has reached 0 or very low stock. The native Shopify admin only shows an "out-of-stock" badge or allows the merchant to pull a report manually – there is no proactive alerting or velocity-based forecasting built-in. The idea proposes a web / mobile app that:

• Polls the Shopify API, keeps an internal mirror of every SKU’s on-hand quantity + sales velocity.
• Lets the merchant set simple (fixed) or smart (velocity-based) reorder thresholds.
• Notifies via e-mail / SMS / Slack / WhatsApp; daily digest; anomaly detection; staff assignment.

Evidence of Pain (Forums & Community)

• Reddit thread supplied by user (/r/shopify – “Out of stock – notify retailer”) shows merchants asking how to get proactive alerts.
• Searching Shopify Community forum produces dozens of posts such as “How do I create low inventory alerts?” (threads date back to 2017-2024).
• Google autocomplete: “shopify low stock alert”, “shopify low stock alert app”, “shopify inventory alerts”.

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