Kraig Schmitt

E-commerce runs on systems. From your website and payment gateway to fulfillment platforms and third-party marketplaces, your tools are what keep the engine running. But what happens when those systems stop talking to each other? What happens when your sales data says one thing, your inventory management tool says another, and your fulfillment center is […]

Picture this: your best-selling product is out of stock during peak season. Customers are frustrated, competitors are winning sales, and your marketing efforts are driving traffic to a dead end. Sound familiar? This scenario plays out in e-commerce businesses more often than it should. What starts as a miscalculation ends up damaging your reputation, driving

You think you’ve got a handle on your inventory. The numbers seem right, orders are moving, and forecasts look decent. Then—bam!—you’re oversold on your top SKU. A customer calls furious about a backordered item. You scramble to expedite a restock and realize you’re way under on a product that should’ve been flagged weeks ago. Sound

Dead stock is more than a storage headache—it’s a silent profit killer. It clutters your warehouse, ties up valuable capital, and slowly erodes your financial flexibility. As an e-commerce operator, nothing is more frustrating than seeing piles of unsold inventory gathering dust while faster-moving products are delayed or understocked. And yet, dead stock quietly builds

Fulfillment can feel like a war zone when your orders start scaling faster than your backend. One minute, everything’s flowing. The next, your warehouse is bottlenecked, your customer service team is buried in “where’s my order?” emails, and your staff is working overtime just to keep up. Sound familiar? If you’re like most growing eCommerce

Let me ask you a tough question right out of the gate: how confident are you in your current inventory management system? If your stomach clenched a little when you thought about it—you’re not alone. For many fast-growing eCommerce businesses in the automotive and powersports industry, inventory operations are the hidden beast in the back

Selling powersports or automotive products isn’t like selling t-shirts or coffee mugs. It’s complicated. Fitment matters. Compatibility matters. The difference between a 2005 and 2007 model year? It matters. One wrong part and you’re not just issuing a refund—you’re risking a reputation. And then there’s bundling. Maybe you offer a chain and sprocket kit, or

Avoid Stockouts, Save Sales, and Simplify Your Inventory Across Channels Let’s be honest—overselling happens to the best of us. It sneaks up quietly. You think your numbers are dialed in, your stock levels are good, your channels are aligned… until they aren’t. Then comes the dreaded customer email: “I placed an order, but now you’re

There’s nothing quite like the rush of a high season—ATV parts flying off the shelves in spring, snowmobile accessories spiking in late fall, and the chaos of trying to predict it all with last year’s guesswork. If you’ve ever found yourself overstocked on items nobody’s buying or scrambling to restock a best-seller you didn’t see