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Deadstock AIA Shopify app that turns dead inventory back into cash.

Year2026 → present
RoleFounder · Product · Engineering
StackShopify App Platform · Node.js · OpenAI · Remix · PostgreSQL

Problem

Cash trapped in inventory nobody knows what to do with.

Every Shopify merchant past a certain size has the same problem: dead inventory. SKUs that are not moving, sitting in a warehouse, tying up cash. The merchant knows it is a problem — but figuring out what to do about it is tedious.

Which products to discount? Which to bundle? Which to relist with better copy? Which to write off entirely? Manual analysis is so painful that most merchants do nothing. The cash stays trapped.

Approach

Stop asking merchants to decide. Make decisions for them.

The insight: the merchant does not want better analytics. They want recovery actions, pre-cooked, one-click-approve.

Deadstock AI scans the store's inventory, identifies the deadweight, runs each item through an AI suggestion layer — rewrite, bundle, discount, retire — and surfaces a queue of one-click recovery actions. The merchant does not analyse. They approve.

Built

What's in the app.

Shipped a full Shopify app that installs in one click and starts generating recovery actions immediately.

  • 01Full inventory scan with deadstock detection and Cash-at-Risk scoring per SKU
  • 02AI suggestion engine — rewrites listings, proposes bundles, calculates margin-safe discounts
  • 03One-click action queue with approval flow — act on recommendations without leaving the app
  • 04Performance tracking — which AI actions actually moved inventory and recovered cash

Outcome

Where it is now.

Submitted to the Shopify App Store in May 2026. Currently in review.

Once approved, public launch goes live with App Store listing, full onboarding flow, and tiered pricing starting at $19/month.

Next step

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