Low Stock Alerts

Alerts evaluates configured rules against Stockr’s stored forecast and inventory data. Keep inventory and history synchronized before relying on it.

Add a rule

Open Alerts → Add Rule and choose a SKU or vendor rule. Enter the SKU or mapped vendor, recipients, and thresholds:

Setting	Behavior
Quantity threshold	Triggers when the evaluated stock quantity is at or below this value. If blank, the reorder rule’s point is used.
Days-of-stock threshold	Also triggers when estimated coverage is at or below this value. Leave blank to skip.
Recipients	Comma-separated email addresses receiving the digest.
Active state	Enables or disables the rule.

Vendor rules depend on supplier/vendor mappings. The rule evaluates Stockr’s planning data; it is not a separate real-time check of every Shopify variant at every location.

Delivery and history

Scheduled evaluations group matching items into a digest per recipient and deduplicate the same SKU within that recipient’s digest. Normal sends suppress another digest to the same recipient for 24 hours. There are no per-rule weekly schedules or snooze controls in the current app.

Send Test Alert evaluates active rules and can send real email. It bypasses the normal 24-hour suppression, so review recipients and any configured CC/BCC addresses first. If no items meet the conditions, no test digest is sent.

Use History to review recorded sends. A recorded send is not proof that the recipient opened the email or that it reached the inbox.

If an alert is missing

Check the active rule, exact SKU or vendor mapping, stock/history freshness, recipient spelling, and whether that recipient received a digest in the last 24 hours. A new installation’s setup restrictions also apply.

Alert rules notify people; they do not by themselves place supplier orders. Use automation for explicitly configured purchasing.