What happened to Inventory Insights in EZ Preorder
Inventory Insights, a page in EZ Preorder & Back In Stock, the Shopify app, that flagged at-risk, low-stock and high-demand products, is not currently available. It no longer appears in the app's menu, and its weekly "Inventory Insights Summary" email is switched off, so you won't see the page or get the email. Nothing else changed: your preorder list, restock alerts and Dashboard work as before, and Inventory Insights never changed products by itself.
Available on: Not currently available on any plan.
Where to find it: It isn't shown in EZ Preorder at the moment.
What Inventory Insights showed
Inventory Insights in EZ Preorder had three tabs, all built from your Shopify products and your orders from the last 30 days. Products already on your preorder list or restock list were left out of the first two tabs.
| Tab | What it listed |
|---|---|
| At risk | Products with a variant at fewer than 5 in stock that weren't on your preorder or restock list. |
| Low stock | Variants predicted to sell out within 7 days, with their Inventory, Daily sales velocity and Predicted stockout. |
| High demand | Under Preorders, your 10 preorder products with the most units sold in the last 30 days, with revenue in USD. Under Restocks, your 10 products with the most restock alert signups, with potential revenue. |
On the At risk tab, you could select products and use Add to preorder list, which added them with the Sold out rule, or Add to restock list.
How the Low stock predictions worked
Each Low stock prediction in Inventory Insights was a straight-line estimate from the last 30 days of sales:
- Daily sales velocity was the units sold in the last 30 days divided by 30.
- Predicted stockout was the current inventory divided by the daily sales velocity, in days.
- A variant was listed only if it had sold at least 5 units in the last 30 days and was predicted to sell out within 7 days.
It didn't account for seasonality, incoming stock or planned promotions.
Where to find similar information now
Without Inventory Insights, you can get the same kind of information from these places:
- Out-of-stock and low-stock products: in Shopify admin, go to Products → Inventory and sort or filter by available quantity.
- Sales speed and stock remaining: Shopify's inventory reports, such as "Inventory sold daily by product" and "Inventory remaining per product". See Shopify's guide to inventory reports.
- Restock demand by product: EZ Preorder → Restock Alerts shows signups for each product (back in stock alerts collected by the Notify Me button). See How to track restock signups and revenue.
- Preorder results: the EZ Preorder Dashboard shows preorders and preorder revenue for any period. See What the EZ Preorder Dashboard and metrics show.
- Adding products in bulk: use Bulk Add or Bulk Add Collections on the Preorder List or the Restock Alerts page (Core plan and above). See Manage your preorder list.
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I find Inventory Insights in EZ Preorder anymore?
Inventory Insights has been taken out of the app's menu and isn't available at the moment. Nothing is wrong with your store or your plan.
Why did I stop getting the weekly Inventory Insights email?
The weekly "Inventory Insights Summary" email has been switched off for all stores, along with the page. You don't need to unsubscribe.
Did removing Inventory Insights change my products or preorder list?
No. Inventory Insights only changed your lists when you used Add to preorder list or Add to restock list yourself. Products you added that way stay on your lists.
Will Inventory Insights come back?
There's no date to announce. To tell the team you'd like it back, use Request a feature on the EZ Preorder Support page.
Related articles
- What the EZ Preorder Dashboard and metrics show: preorder and restock results by period.
- Manage your preorder list: adding products to preorder, one at a time or in bulk.
- How to track restock signups and revenue: restock demand by product.
- How to get help and contact EZ Preorder support: requesting a feature.