Prime Day is approaching. Most brands are asking: how do we drive more sales? The better question is: can our operation handle the sales we're about to create? For Shopify brands, the most expensive blind spot is inventory. Here's what most teams don't realize until it's too late. These are not the same number: → Available → Sellable → Inbound → Reserved → Real During normal weeks the gap between them is manageable. During a demand spike it becomes catastrophically expensive in hours. A velocity acceleration that takes weeks in normal trading can happen in 90 minutes during Prime Day. By the time your dashboard flags the problem the window to act has already closed. The brands that come out of Prime Day with margins intact aren't the ones with the best ads or deepest discounts. They're the ones whose systems were watching inventory in real time not checking it between meetings. Which inventory number is your team using right now? And who's watching what happens to it when volume spikes? → If you want an outside look at your inventory setup before Prime Day, I offer a complimentary 15-minute audit. Let's talk here → https://calendly.com/wodak-debasu/15-min-inventory-visibility-cashflow-leak-audit-call ♻️ Repost this for a DTC founder heading into Prime Day without real-time inventory visibility. #Shopify #DTC #InventoryManagement #PrimeDay #EcommerceOperations

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