When the spreadsheet stops being enough

You do not need a certain number of products, a stockout, or a second channel before you start planning. A spreadsheet can be a good starting point, and you can bring that file into Skuvelo without connecting a store first. The useful question is whether keeping the plan current is taking too much manual checking or leaving too much uncertainty around the next order.

Planning becomes more useful when supplier lead times vary, stock is tied up in slow-moving products, a product matters enough that a shortage would hurt, or more than one person needs the same current answer. A small catalog can have any of those risks.

What actually goes wrong

The columns are still there. You are the glue:

• On-hand in the sheet is not on-hand in FBA, and not what's on the Shopify or WooCommerce shelf.
• Lead time lives in your head, so you and a VA order different quantities of the same SKU.
• Amazon's restock report never saw the store. The store never saw FBA inbound.
• Handing the file to someone else is how you "add a user."

inFlow will track the counts. Amazon will tell you what Amazon wants sent in. Neither one writes a single PO that covers FBA and the store. That's the hole.

Skuvelo takes demand, on-hand, inbound, lead time, and what the next PO costs in cash, and puts them on one replenishment list. You still approve it. The sheet can retire without you throwing away how you think.

Start from the exports you already have. Import guide has the columns. Connecting Seller Central can wait.

If you are still deciding

Start with the file and make a first plan if you want a clearer view of the next order. If your workflow is manufacturing, warehouse picking, or general ledger accounting, read when Skuvelo is not the right fit. Otherwise, getting started shows the short first loop.