Inventory & purchase costs
Manage Whatnot stock in WhatCopilot: low and out alerts, purchase costs, CSV import, create from sold SKUs, adjust quantities, and Orion analysis.
Inventory tracks quantities and unit purchase costs so you can protect live nights from stockouts and compute estimated margin elsewhere.
What it’s for
Bridge Whatnot sales history with operational stock, especially useful before high-volume shows.
What you can do
- KPI cards: items out of stock, items low stock
- Actions: inventory CSV import, create from sold SKUs, manual create (disabled in demo)
- Table: product, SKU, status (ok / low / out), quantity, unit cost, stock value, units sold
- Filters: search, category, status (attention / ok / low / out)
- Expandable row: alert threshold, linked buyer/net revenue, notes, last update → Adjust / Edit
- “Seen in sales” badge; multi-select → Orion; shop filter
- Feeds WhatTrack Opportunities when you have beta access (low stock × hot category)
- When a Delivery shipment moves to shipped, matching SKUs go down
Common uses
- Prevent stockouts before a themed live
- Bootstrap stock from SKUs already sold
- Connect inventory into a show cockpit lineup before going live
- Keep SKUs aligned so ship actions in Delivery hit the right stock rows
- Reconcile after a physical count with Adjust
Good to know
- Demo is read-only
- Needs Whatnot shops; stock is separate from sales CSV imports
- Ship decrement only hits SKUs that match inventory rows
See also
FAQ
- Is inventory the same as the sales CSV?
- No. Sales imports power analytics. Inventory is a separate stock layer you create or import so WhatCopilot can estimate margin and flag shortages.
- Can I edit inventory in the demo?
- No. Demo mode disables create, adjust, and inventory CSV import.
- How does inventory connect to WhatTrack?
- With [WhatTrack](/docs/whattrack) access, Opportunities matches low-stock items to hot market categories. Add category mappings (aliases) when your inventory labels differ from WhatTrack names.