FAQ · Shopify inventory recovery

Frequently asked questions about InventoryIntel

Below are answers to some of the questions you might have about InventoryIntel, grouped so that finance, merchandising and operations can find what they need quickly. In-app help resources are available to authenticated merchants after installation, and you can also contact us for more support.

Control, guardrails & permissions

Automation control, brand-safe guardrails and Shopify permissions

How InventoryIntel keeps merchant teams in charge of pricing, protected inventory and the Shopify access scope it requests.

GOVERN

Will it change prices without approval?

Not by default. InventoryIntel is review-first unless you enable policy automation. Even then, actions only launch inside the thresholds, floors, exclusions and preferred routes you have already configured.

GOVERN

Can we protect premium or seasonal inventory?

Yes. InventoryIntel is designed around guardrails. Teams can define exclusions, route limits, price floors and protected inventory rules so automation does not touch products that should stay out of recovery workflows.

GOVERN

What Shopify permissions does it need?

InventoryIntel requests the Shopify access required to read catalogue, inventory, pricing, order information relevant to recovery planning and to write campaign-related changes where execution requires it.

Runway, recommendations & recovery actions

Runway visibility, recommendation logic and Shopify-native recovery

How runway views, named inventory statuses, recommendation reasoning and recovery actions help teams act before margin erodes.

PLAN

What does the runway view actually show?

InventoryIntel can show runway clearly per SKU and classify urgency with a named inventory status. It makes it easy to see which products are healthy, slowing, critical, or stagnant.

PLAN

How does InventoryIntel decide what to recommend?

InventoryIntel weighs sales velocity, current stock position, route economics, external market context and the merchant guardrails already in place. Teams see the reasoning before they approve anything.

EXECUTE

What recovery actions can it launch?

InventoryIntel supports Shopify-native markdowns, bundles, flash-sale style campaigns, auto-tagging and storefront clearance support, while also helping route suitable stock into wholesale, marketplace, or liquidation paths when those are commercially stronger.

Operations, reporting, pricing & support

Always-on operations, reporting, pricing and merchant support

How InventoryIntel runs in the background, what reporting and exports are available, how pricing works and how to reach the team.

DETECT

Do I need to stay logged in for it to keep working?

No. Sync, monitoring, recommendation generation and qualifying policy checks continue in the background. InventoryIntel is positioned as an always-on system, not a dashboard you need to babysit.

GOVERN

What reporting and exports are available?

InventoryIntel is packaged as operational software, so reporting is not just charts. Teams can inspect recovered revenue, route attribution, action history and export aging or recovery data for finance, buying or operations workflows.

GOVERN

How does pricing work?

Start free, pay only when InventoryIntel directly generates recovered revenue; then move to Alliance when scale, governance, reporting and route complexity justify a fixed-cost model.

Related resources
Solutionsrunway visibility, recovery automation and route-aware execution explained.
Shopify integrationwhat InventoryIntel reads, writes and syncs.
PricingRecover (performance) and Alliance (fixed-cost) plans compared.
Resourcesguides on runway, recovery routes and operating an inventory recovery program.
Contact ustalk to the team about your catalogue, recovery goals, or onboarding.

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