Shopify Inventory Management
Shopify Inventory Management Software
Canopy is the inventory system Shopify merchants actually need — weeks cover forecasting, purchase order management, supplier portal and a real P&L dashboard, all connected natively to your Shopify store.
What is Canopy?
Canopy is Shopify inventory management software built specifically for brands that buy finished goods from overseas suppliers. It replaces spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single system that tracks stock levels, forecasts how many weeks of cover you have, manages purchase orders end-to-end, and shows your true profit per SKU — all in real time, all connected to Shopify.
Why Shopify's native inventory isn't enough
Shopify is an outstanding sales platform. It is not an inventory management system. Out of the box, Shopify gives you stock quantities, basic low-stock alerts, and a simple purchase order tool in Stocky — which Shopify shut down in 2026. That's where the built-in tooling ends.
If you source from overseas suppliers, you need to know how many weeks of stock you have — not just units — so you can place orders before you hit zero. If you import goods, you need landed cost tracking so your margins reflect what you actually paid. If you work with a factory in China, you need a supplier portal, not an email chain with a spreadsheet attached.
Shopify cannot do any of this. Canopy can — and it pushes accurate stock levels back to Shopify in real time.
What Canopy adds to your Shopify store
Weeks cover forecasting
See how many weeks of stock you have at current sales rates — per SKU, per location, across your whole store. Never get caught placing emergency orders again.
Purchase order management
Raise POs, track shipments from factory to warehouse, receive goods with barcode scanning and update Shopify stock automatically when goods arrive.
Supplier portal
Share a secure link with your overseas manufacturer. They submit their packing list directly — Canopy validates it against your PO before a single unit updates your stock.
Landed cost calculator
Allocate freight, duty and insurance to individual SKUs when you receive a shipment. Your P&L shows real margin, not just revenue minus product cost.
True P&L dashboard
See gross margin per SKU in real time, including landed costs and Meta Ads spend. Know exactly which products are worth reordering and which are quietly losing you money.
AI reorder intelligence
Canopy analyses your daily sales velocity and lead times to generate a prioritised reorder list — updated every day, not a static spreadsheet formula you set once.
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Key inventory management features for Shopify stores
- Real-time two-way Shopify stock sync via official API — no middleware, no delays
- Weeks cover per SKU based on actual rolling sales velocity, not static reorder points
- Multi-location stock tracking synced with Shopify's native locations API
- Bundle engine: sell product bundles on Shopify and Canopy decrements each component automatically
- Barcode scanning via smartphone — no dedicated hardware required
- Stocktake workflow with live variance reporting
- In-transit stock tracking: stock on the water is included in your cover calculations
- Role-based team access — warehouse staff, buyers and management see what they need
How Bailey & Coco manages 2,845 SKUs on Shopify
Bailey & Coco is a UK dog accessories brand managing over 2,800 SKUs across 152 patterns. They source from China with a 70-day production lead time — meaning a combined 190 days from order placement to UK warehouse arrival (including sea freight).
Before Canopy, they tracked stock on spreadsheets. With 2,845 SKUs and those lead times, a spreadsheet error or a missed reorder date doesn't just mean a stockout — it means six months waiting for the next shipment while your best-selling products show as out of stock on Shopify.
With Canopy, Bailey & Coco gets weeks cover per SKU updated daily, purchase orders sent directly to their China factory via the supplier portal, and a P&L dashboard that shows which of their 2,845 SKUs are actually profitable after freight and duty. Their Shopify store always reflects accurate stock — no manual updates, no overselling.
How to get started with Canopy
- 1
Connect your Shopify store
Connect Canopy to your Shopify store. The OAuth connection takes under 5 minutes and Canopy imports your products, variants and current stock levels automatically.
- 2
Add your suppliers and cost prices
Enter your supplier details, lead times and product cost prices. Canopy uses this data to calculate weeks cover and trigger reorder alerts at the right time.
- 3
Raise your first purchase order
Create a PO in Canopy and share it with your supplier via the portal. They submit their packing list — Canopy validates it and updates Shopify when goods arrive.
- 4
Review your P&L dashboard
Enter your landed costs and connect your Meta Ads account. Your margin per SKU updates in real time — finally, a number you can trust.
Shopify inventory management — frequently asked questions
Shopify includes basic stock level tracking and low-stock alerts, but it has no purchase order management, no weeks cover forecasting, no supplier portal and no P&L dashboard. For brands with more than a handful of SKUs or any overseas sourcing, Shopify's native inventory tools run out of road quickly. Canopy sits alongside your Shopify store and fills every gap.
The best Shopify inventory management app depends on your business model. For DTC brands buying finished goods from overseas suppliers, Canopy is the strongest option — it offers weeks cover forecasting, supplier portal, landed cost calculation and a true P&L dashboard, all built specifically for Shopify. Shopify shut down Stocky (its own inventory app) in 2026, and Canopy is the most complete replacement.
Canopy connects via the official Shopify Admin API using OAuth. Connect Canopy to your Shopify store via the official API and it imports your products, variants and current stock levels in minutes. Stock updates flow both ways in real time: when an order is placed on Shopify, Canopy records the sale; when you receive goods in Canopy, it updates your Shopify inventory levels automatically.
Yes. Canopy supports multiple stock locations — your own warehouse, 3PLs and retail locations — and syncs with Shopify's native multi-location inventory API. You can receive purchase orders into any location, transfer stock between locations and view per-location or aggregated stock levels across your entire business.
Absolutely. Bailey & Coco, one of Canopy's customers, manages 2,845 SKUs across 152 patterns — all sourced from China with a combined 190-day lead time. Canopy handles large SKU catalogues with ease: every variant gets individual weeks cover tracking, reorder point management and purchase order line items. The Scale plan supports unlimited SKUs.
Related pages
The full feature set — weeks cover, supplier portal, P&L and more.
Seed £59/mo, Grow £129/mo, Scale £199/mo. No setup fees.
How Canopy works as a complete stock control system for ecommerce.
How to use your smartphone to scan barcodes in your Shopify warehouse.
Stop managing Shopify inventory on spreadsheets
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