SoStocked FAQs
Index:
- How does SoStocked differ from other inventory forecasting software?
- How much does SoStocked cost?
- How does SoStocked account for stockouts at Amazon?
- How do I add seasonality to my forecast?
- How does SoStocked forecast for AWD?
- How does SoStocked forecast new product launches?
- Can I create my FBA shipments from SoStocked?
- What if I store my inventory in a warehouse or 3PL and I don’t send it directly to FBA?
- How does SoStocked handle multiple suppliers or different lead times across my catalog?
- How does SoStocked handle sales fulfilling from one country into multiple other marketplaces such as with NARF, Pan-EU, or EFN?
- What is shipment reconciliation in SoStocked and why is it needed?
- Does SoStocked API connect to other platforms besides Amazon?
- Can SoStocked integrate with my warehouse or 3PL?
FAQs
Q: How does SoStocked differ from other inventory forecasting software?
A: Most inventory tools focus on generating a single recommendation—such as your next order or next transfer.
SoStocked’s Inventory Timeline shows you your business day-by-day, up to a full year into the future.
From supplier orders → to warehouse → to FBA/AWD—every movement, every constraint, fully mapped.
Everything else exists to make that timeline accurate and actionable:
- Overstock & aged inventory forecasting Avoid aged and excess storage fees by seeing them coming up to a year in advance.
- Capacity-aware forecasting Plan within Amazon storage limits—before they become a problem.
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Min/Max restocking “bumpers”
Keep inventory within optimal ranges so you don’t under-order or over-order.
- Advanced, customizable lead times Model real-world supply chains with precision.
- Order tracking Stay on top of where every order is in its lifecycle
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Built specifically for Amazon sellers
Designed around how Amazon actually operates—not generic inventory logic.
For a deeper dive, check out our 14-min demo video.
Q: How much does SoStocked cost?
A: Stocked pricing is based on the size of your Amazon business, measured by your average monthly orders over the past year across all marketplaces. This ensures pricing reflects the level of data processing and forecasting required to support your account. Pricing tiers are determined based on this volume, with discounts available for longer-term contracts or bundling.
Q: How does SoStocked account for stockouts at Amazon?
A: With our stockout tool, SoStocked goes beyond raw Amazon sales data by correcting for stockouts, partial stockouts, and disruptions like suspensions, so your forecasts reflect true demand, not blind numbers.
We pull your daily sales and FBA stock levels (up to 2 years or the life of the listing) and identify periods where inventory reached zero or effectively stopped selling due to abnormal conditions.
This includes:
- Full and partial stockouts (when inventory runs out during the day)
- Demand interruptions that look like stockouts, such as sudden sales drops caused by listing issues or suspensions
When these situations are detected, we remove those days from your demand calculation so they don’t distort your average sales velocity. This results in a more accurate forecasting and improves replenishment planning.
Q: How do I add seasonality to my forecast?
A: SoStocked gives you multiple ways to add seasonality to your forecast.
You can manually add seasonal spikes for products without much history, use Last Year’s Sales to mirror your previous demand day-by-day (with the option to layer in growth or manual adjustments), or upload a custom Demand Plan if you already forecast externally.
For more advanced planning, Combo Forecasting is our most flexible option. It lets you combine a baseline sales velocity with seasonal or event-based adjustments in a single forecast. This makes it easy to model real-world patterns like Prime Day, BFCM, or other repeatable seasonal spikes.
Because it’s fully customizable, Combo Forecasting can be set up once and reused year over year—so your seasonal planning stays consistent, scalable, and easy to maintain.
Q: How does SoStocked forecast for AWD?
A: SoStocked connects directly to the Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD) API and pulls daily SKU-level inventory data, as well as all inbound and outbound AWD shipments.
This is incorporated directly into your existing forecasts, allowing AWD to be treated like any other warehouse or 3PL within your inventory planning.
This enables seamless forecasting of both inbound AWD shipments (STAR) and outbound transfers to FBA (ASDN), all within a single system.
Q: How does SoStocked forecast new product launches?
A: All forecasts in SoStocked are built using either historical sales data, user-defined inputs, or a combination of both.
For new product launches, where there is little or no sales history, you have a few options. You can start with a simple manual velocity (e.g., 10 units per day) and let Amazon sales history gradually take over as it develops. Alternatively, you can build a more detailed launch forecast using your market research and upload projected demand as a custom Demand Plan.
For more advanced launch planning, you can also use Combo Forecasting to layer a launch curve on top of a baseline velocity. This allows you to model ramp-up behavior or promotional spikes within a single forecast structure that transitions seamlessly into live sales data over time.
Q: Can I create my FBA shipments from SoStocked?
A: SoStocked does not directly create FBA shipments in Amazon. Instead, it helps you build and manage them through your existing workflow.
You create Purchase Orders or Work Orders in SoStocked, which can then be exported as an FBA or AWD shipment flat file. That file is uploaded into Amazon Seller Central to generate your shipping plans and FBA shipments.
Once created in Amazon, SoStocked automatically pulls those shipments back in through the API. You can then easily match them to the original Purchase Orders or Work Orders, keeping your inventory and shipments fully aligned across both systems.
Q: What if I store my inventory in a warehouse or 3PL and I don’t send it directly to FBA?
A: Vendors can be created in SoStocked to track 3PL or warehouse inventory, so inventory stored outside of Amazon is included in forecasting and replenishment planning.
This enables warehouse inventory to be managed as part of the overall supply chain and used for future FBA or AWD shipments when needed.
Lead times can be configured so Purchase Orders flow into the 3PL first, where inventory is received and held until it is required for Amazon replenishment.
Ongoing replenishment can be managed through min-max restocking, which keeps warehouse inventory within an optimal range between order cycles.
Q: How does SoStocked handle multiple suppliers or different lead times across my catalog?
A: SoStocked supports multiple suppliers across your catalog, and even multiple suppliers per product when needed.
Lead times are assigned first at the supplier level and automatically apply to all products linked to that supplier. These defaults can be customized at any time. If certain products have different production timelines or sourcing setups, custom lead times can be created and assigned.
A standard lead time might include production, ocean freight, ground freight, and warehouse check-in.
When Purchase Orders are created, SoStocked accounts for these differences and automatically splits shipments where needed, ensuring each portion of the order follows the correct supplier and lead time configuration.
Q: How does SoStocked handle sales fulfilling from one country into multiple other marketplaces such as with NARF, Pan-EU, or EFN?
A: SoStocked uses a feature called Regional Groupings to handle these scenarios.
Regional Groupings allows you to combine sales and inventory data from multiple Amazon marketplaces (such as NARF, Pan-EU, or EFN) into a single forecasting group. Within that group, we calculate one combined sales velocity across all included countries, which is then used to drive a unified demand forecast.
Inventory is planned against the combined demand across all marketplaces, giving you a single consolidated forecast for the entire region.
Q: What is shipment reconciliation in SoStocked and why is it needed?
A: Shipment reconciliation is the process of matching your Amazon FBA or AWD shipments back to the original Purchase Orders or Work Orders created in SoStocked.
This ensures inventory is only counted once as it moves from your internal orders into Amazon shipments, keeping your stock levels and forecasts accurate.
For example, without reconciliation, units on a Purchase Order or Work Order can still appear as available while also being counted as part of an inbound Amazon shipment. Reconciliation connects these records so the inventory is properly transitioned through the system.
Q: Does SoStocked API connect to other platforms besides Amazon?
A: SoStocked is purpose-built for Amazon forecasting and integrates directly with Amazon’s SP-API across all Amazon marketplaces to provide accurate, platform-specific insights.
For businesses that also operate outside of Amazon, we offer flexible workflows to convert user-provided into channel-specific demand plans. This allows you to incorporate off-Amazon data and simulate forecasts alongside your Amazon operations to plan and place combined purchase orders.
Q: Can SoStocked integrate with my warehouse or 3PL?
A: SoStocked does not directly integrate with external warehouse or 3PL systems.
Instead, warehouse or 3PL inventory can be tracked in SoStocked through vendor setup and manual or file-based updates, allowing it to be included in your overall forecasting, planning, and replenishment workflows alongside your Amazon inventory.