What are Inventory Alerts?

SellerPulse can send you an email alert when any of your FBA SKUs go out of stock or when they are at risk of incurring the low-inventory-level fee.

To receive these alerts, go to your SellerPulse dashboard and turn on the Inventory alert, then select one or both options:

Inventory alert settings in SellerPulse.

The alerts include additional information to help you decide whether to restock the product:

Fulfillable quantity: the number of units currently available for buyers to purchase at FBA.
Inbound quantity: the number of units of this SKU that are on their way to FBA.
Reserved quantity: the number of units that are at FBA but not available to buyers because they are included in pending orders or being transferred from one Fulfillment Center to another. Some of these may return to Fulfillable Quantity later.

Low-inventory-level alerts also include Historical Days of Supply: the metric Amazon uses to determine whether an item is eligible for a low-inventory-level fee.

Low-inventory-level fee alert email from SellerPulse

Recommended Actions

When you receive one of these alerts, you should consider restocking the SKU right away. Factors to consider for each SKU include:

Profitability: is this SKU making money, after fees and shipment costs?
How would a low-inventory-level fee, in addition to the other fees, impact profitability?
FBA capacity: is this SKU selling through quickly enough? Is it taking away capacity from a more profitable or faster-selling product?
Seasonality: is it selling a lot now due to the season, but won't sell as much again
Buyer experience and seller reputation: is this SKU causing a lot of refunds or negative feedback, raising your Order Defect Rate (ODR)? Is this SKU getting a lot of negative reviews and ratings?

Tips:

Check the Inventory Report in SellerPulse for data on sales history, recent stockouts, inbound quantities, and more.
Add FeedbackFive to your subscription to see analytics on feedback, reviews, and ratings for each SKU and request more feedback and reviews.
Sign up for RestockPro to get even more in-depth data on sales history, sell-through rate, profitability, and more for each SKU, plus alerts to help you start the replenishment process before the SKU runs low, and an all-in-one place to manage your POs, shipments, and local inventory.