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Product Reports

Product Reports

The Reports feature helps you analyze your product catalog, find issues, and identify opportunities through 20 different report types across four categories.

Opening Reports

Open using one of these methods:

  • Menu: Reports

Note: Products must be loaded before generating reports.

Available Reports

Stock & Inventory Reports

Report Description
Duplicate Products Find products with duplicate titles, SKUs, or barcodes
Dead Inventory Products with no sales activity and stagnant inventory
Low Stock Products with inventory below a specified threshold
Out of Stock Products with zero inventory across all variants
Location Imbalance Find variants with inventory concentrated at one location
Fulfillment Risk Products with inventory at only one fulfillment location
Inventory Freshness Identify stale inventory cache data that may be inaccurate
Location Capacity Per-location inventory health summary and distribution

Product Quality Reports

Report Description
Missing Images Products without any images
Missing Descriptions Products with empty or very short descriptions
Missing SEO Data Products missing meta titles or descriptions
Price Analysis Analyze pricing: no compare-at price, zero price, high discounts

Sales & Velocity Reports

Report Description
Sales Velocity Calculate days of stock remaining based on sales rate
Slow Movers by Location Find slow-selling inventory by specific location
Variant Inventory Matrix Detailed variant-level inventory with sales velocity

Prerequisite: Sales & Velocity reports require a sales data sync before they can be used. If sales data has not been synced, these reports appear grayed out with a message explaining why. Use Tools > Sales Data Sync to import order history. The Dead Inventory report can also optionally use sales data for more accurate results when the "Use Sales Data" parameter is enabled.

Organization Reports

Report Description
No Collections Products not assigned to any collection
Multiple Collections Products that appear in more than one collection
High Variant Count Products with many variants (potential performance issues)
Never Published Products in draft status that were never published
Tag Analysis & Cleanup Find tags used by few products and clean up unused tags

Report Configuration

Scope Selection

Choose which products to analyze:

  • Selected Products - Only products selected in the grid
  • All Products - All products loaded in the cache

Parameters

Each report has configurable parameters:

Duplicate Products

Parameter Description Default
Match By Which field to compare (Title, SKU, Barcode, or All) All
Case Sensitive Whether matching is case-sensitive No

Dead Inventory

Parameter Description Default
Days Without Sales Threshold period 90 days
Minimum Stock Only include if > X stock 1

Low Stock

Parameter Description Default
Threshold Stock level to flag 10

Missing Descriptions

Parameter Description Default
Minimum Length Characters required 50

Missing SEO

Parameter Description Default
Check Title Include missing SEO titles Yes
Check Description Include missing meta descriptions Yes

Price Analysis

Parameter Description Default
Analysis Type What to check: No Compare-At Price, Zero Price, High Discount (>50%), or All Issues All Issues

High Variant Count

Parameter Description Default
Threshold Variants to flag 50

Generating Reports

  1. Select report type from dropdown
  2. Configure parameters
  3. Choose scope (all/selected/filtered)
  4. Click Generate Report
  5. Wait for analysis to complete

Report Results

Results Grid

The results grid shows:

Column Description
Product Product title
SKU Primary SKU
Issue What was detected
Recommendation Suggested action
Value Relevant metric

Sorting and Filtering

  • Click column headers to sort
  • Use grid filters to narrow results
  • Group by issue type

Row Colors

  • Red - Critical issues
  • Yellow - Warnings
  • Gray - Informational

Report Details

Duplicate Products Report

Finds products with similar titles:

Issue Types:

  • Exact match - Identical titles
  • High similarity - Very similar (>90%)
  • Moderate similarity - Somewhat similar (threshold-90%)

Recommendations:

  • Merge duplicate products
  • Differentiate titles
  • Delete true duplicates

Dead Inventory Report

Products with stock but no sales:

Identifies:

  • Slow-moving inventory
  • Overstocked items
  • Products to discontinue

Recommendations:

  • Discount to move stock
  • Bundle with popular items
  • Discontinue and liquidate

Low Stock Report

Products approaching stockout:

Use For:

  • Reorder planning
  • Stock alerts
  • Purchasing prioritization

Recommendations:

  • Reorder from supplier
  • Set reorder point
  • Enable back-in-stock notifications

Out of Stock Report

Products with zero inventory:

Identifies:

  • Currently unavailable products
  • Products needing restock
  • Items to potentially archive

Recommendations:

  • Restock popular items
  • Archive discontinued items
  • Update product availability

Missing Images Report

Products without images:

Why Important:

  • Reduces conversion rate
  • Looks unprofessional
  • May hide from some sales channels

Recommendations:

  • Add product photos
  • Use placeholder images
  • Prioritize high-value items

Missing Descriptions Report

Products with empty/short descriptions:

Impact:

  • Poor SEO performance
  • Lower conversion rate
  • Customer confusion

Recommendations:

  • Write descriptions
  • Use AI generator
  • Apply bulk description templates

Missing SEO Report

Products without SEO optimization:

Checks:

  • SEO Title empty or same as product title
  • SEO Description empty

Recommendations:

  • Add unique SEO titles
  • Write meta descriptions
  • Use bulk SEO edit

Price Analysis Report

Products with pricing issues:

Flags:

  • $0 prices (might be error)
  • Very high prices (outliers)
  • Compare-at lower than price
  • Missing prices

Recommendations:

  • Review and correct pricing
  • Verify compare-at prices
  • Check for data entry errors

No Collections Report

Products not in any collection:

Impact:

  • Products may be hard to find
  • Not in navigation
  • Lower discoverability

Recommendations:

  • Assign to relevant collections
  • Create new collections if needed
  • Use smart collections for auto-assignment

Products in Multiple Collections Report

Products appearing in more than one collection:

Parameters:

Parameter Description Default
Minimum Collections Flag if in more than X collections 1

Use For:

  • Finding over-categorized products
  • Collection organization audit
  • Cleanup before migration

Context Menu Actions:

Right-click products in this report for quick actions:

  • View Collections - See which collections contain this product
  • Remove from Collection - Remove from a specific collection
  • Keep Only In - Keep in one collection, remove from others

Recommendations:

  • Review if multiple assignments are intentional
  • Consider if product belongs in most relevant collection only
  • Use for cleaning up before store migrations

High Variant Count Report

Products with many variants:

Why Flag:

  • Can slow down your store
  • Hard to manage
  • May indicate need to split

Recommendations:

  • Consider splitting into multiple products
  • Remove unused variants
  • Optimize variant structure

Never Published Report

Draft products never activated:

Identifies:

  • Incomplete products
  • Abandoned listings
  • Products needing attention

Recommendations:

  • Complete and publish
  • Delete if not needed
  • Review why not published

Tag Analysis & Cleanup Report

Analyzes tag usage across your catalog:

Identifies:

  • Tags used by very few products
  • Inconsistent tag naming (capitalization, spacing)
  • Redundant or overlapping tags

Recommendations:

  • Remove unused tags
  • Standardize tag naming conventions
  • Consolidate similar tags

Location Imbalance Report

Finds variants with inventory concentrated at one location:

Why Important:

  • Creates fulfillment bottlenecks
  • Longer shipping times for distant customers
  • Single point of failure risk

Recommendations:

  • Redistribute stock across locations
  • Set up transfer orders
  • Review allocation strategy

Fulfillment Risk Report

Products with inventory at only one fulfillment location:

Identifies:

  • Products vulnerable to disruptions at a single location
  • Variants with no backup fulfillment option

Recommendations:

  • Stock at multiple locations
  • Set minimum stock levels per location
  • Plan contingency fulfillment options

Inventory Freshness Report

Identifies stale inventory cache data:

Why Important:

  • Stale data can lead to overselling or underselling
  • Cached quantities may not reflect recent orders
  • Regular sync keeps data accurate

Recommendations:

  • Sync inventory data regularly
  • Prioritize syncing high-volume products
  • Set up automatic sync schedule

Location Capacity Report

Per-location inventory health summary:

Shows:

  • Total inventory per location
  • Number of active variants per location
  • Distribution percentage across locations

Sales Velocity Report

Calculates days of stock remaining based on sales rate:

Parameter Description Default
Sales Period Days of sales data to analyze 30 days

Identifies:

  • Products selling faster than expected (urgent restock needed)
  • Products with excess inventory relative to sales rate
  • Days until stockout per variant

Slow Movers by Location Report

Finds slow-selling inventory at specific locations:

Use For:

  • Identifying location-specific slow movers
  • Planning targeted markdowns
  • Optimizing stock transfers between locations

Variant Inventory Matrix Report

Detailed variant-level inventory with sales velocity:

Shows:

  • Per-variant inventory across locations
  • Sales velocity per variant
  • Days of stock remaining per variant
  • Highlights critically low and overstocked variants

Exporting Reports

Export to CSV

  1. Generate report
  2. Click Export CSV
  3. Choose save location
  4. Opens in spreadsheet software

Export to Excel

  1. Generate report
  2. Click Export Excel
  3. Formatted XLSX with headers

Print Report

  1. Generate report
  2. Click Print
  3. Print preview opens
  4. Select printer

Taking Action

Jump to Product

  1. Select a row in report
  2. Click Go to Product
  3. Product highlighted in main grid

Bulk Fix

  1. Select multiple rows
  2. Click Fix Selected
  3. Opens appropriate bulk editor

Select in Grid

  1. Generate report
  2. Click Select All in Grid
  3. All report items selected in main grid
  4. Use bulk tools to fix

Best Practices

  1. Run regularly - Weekly or monthly health checks
  2. Prioritize by impact - Fix high-value items first
  3. Track progress - Re-run reports to see improvement
  4. Set thresholds - Adjust parameters to your business
  5. Act on results - Reports only help if you take action

Troubleshooting

"No results found"

  • Your catalog may not have the issues
  • Check parameters aren't too strict
  • Verify products are loaded

"Report takes long time"

  • Large catalogs take longer
  • Use filtered scope for faster results
  • Some reports require inventory data

"Export failed"

  • Check disk space
  • Verify write permissions
  • Try different format

See Also

  • Product Grid
  • Bulk Operations
  • Collection Manager
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