How to Pre-purchase Inventory on SourcinBox?
To ensure a sufficient product supply and shorten the processing time, SourcinBox allows you to pre-purchase products as inventories and store them in our warehouse for free. Once you have orders for the products in stock, we can ship them out within 24 hours.
You can follow the steps below to pre-purchase products as your inventory.
Step 1
Find the product you want and open the Product Detail, select the color, size, and specification, enter the product quantity, and then click "Add to Inventory Cart".
Step 2
You can edit the product quantity before checkout, and then click "Checkout" to proceed.
Step 3
You can select a payment method and click "Pay Now" to finish the purchasement, or you can click "Create Inventory Order" and pay for it later in the Manage Orders - Inventory Orders section.
After you have purchased the products as inventory, you can check them in the Manage Inventory - My Inventory section.
Step 4
We will prioritize using your inventory products for your order fulfillment. When you pay for orders that include the inventory product, the product cost will be deducted according to your available inventory.
Analyze your inventory needs and turn on alerts.
If you are not sure how many products you need to pre-purchase as inventory properly, then SourcinBox can help you analyze and recommend the inventory quantity you may need to purchase based on your sales volume in the past.
Click "Analyze" in the Inventory Analysis section. You will see an estimated inventory calculation formula.
You can assign calculation weights to the average sales of the past 5 days, the past 10 days, and the past 15 days and set the Inventory Cycle to estimate how much inventory you need to replenish.
You can see the recommended inventory replenishment based on your customized formula and add the corresponding quantity of products directly to your Inventory Cart for purchase.
If you turn on the Inventory Warning, it will show "Running out" when the product quantity is less than the inventory quantity you set. And you can replenish the inventory in time.
Updated on: 05/02/2024
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