Mission control for commerce
Never run out of your best sellers. Stop buying losers.
Inventory forecasting and profit insight for Shopify and Amazon brands: what to order, when to order it, and what each product really earns after every cost. It plans around every campaign, pre-order and late delivery, and reads your orders, purchase orders, deliveries, shipping labels and ad spend, not the numbers someone typed in, with the working shown on every number.
- Built by ecommerce owners, to run our own brands
- Runs alongside what you use now
- Nothing is ordered, sent or changed until you say so
- Free during early access. No card, no contract.
A year of sales
- Kerno
- Spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet sold out
- Example store
| The year | Spreadsheet | Kerno |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | $751k | $981k |
| Gross profit | $338k | $442k |
| Weeks short of stock | 10 | 0 |
| Hours planning orders* | 144 | 12 |
- +$230kmore sales
- +$104kmore gross profit
- 132 hback to work on core, profitable jobs
- 0weeks sold out, not 10
Kerno learns your business and works 24/7 to make you more profitable.
Start with the problem you have today.
All three work with Shopify and Amazon, and run alongside what you use now.
You plan reorders in a spreadsheet, or by feel.
See ForecastKerno Forecast tells you what to order, how many and by when, for every SKU.
Insulated bottle: order 840 today
You sell plenty, but can’t say which products make money.
See InsightsKerno Insights shows what each product really earns, after every cost. It only reads your data, so nothing in your store changes.
Gift box set: $31,500 in sales, −$4,400 after every cost
Your stock, orders, purchasing and accounts live in different tools.
See ERPKerno ERP runs them on one system, so it spots what none of them can see alone.
Factory order, shipment, stock, sale and invoice, on one record
Figures from our example store.
Your tools each know part of the story. Kerno knows all of it.
Shopify knows what sold. Your ads know what you spent. The factory’s email says when stock ships, and your books know what you paid. Kerno reads them together, so it spots what none of them can see alone, and tells you what to do about it. Four moments from our example store:
Ads and stock
At December’s pace the bottle sells out on 3 Jan. PO-124 lands 12 Jan. Your Google Shopping ads would send buyers to a sold-out page for 9 days.
Read together fromShopifyPurchase ordersForwarder trackingGoogle Ads
Hold the bottle’s ads from 3 Jan and restart them the day PO-124 is received. That keeps about $4,200 for products you can sell.
With separate tools: Google keeps spending. You see it on the bill.
Late factory
Ningbo Steelware said PO-121 would land 27 Nov. The forwarder’s tracking says 10 Dec, 13 days late, and only 1 of its last 3 orders arrived on time.
Read together fromFactory emailsForwarder trackingPurchase orders
Plan Ningbo Steelware at 38 days, not the 25 it quotes, so the next bottle order goes today instead of in 13 days.
With separate tools: The factory’s date goes in the spreadsheet. You find out when the shelf is empty.
Wholesale quote
A stockist wants 500 bottles. They cost you $9.39 landed, with duty and freight. Shipped from stock now, they’d sell your bottle out on 22 Dec, in the December peak.
Read together fromPurchase ordersQuickBooksShopifyAmazon
Quote $15.00 a bottle for delivery from PO-124 on 12 Jan. That earns $2,425 after a $380 pallet, and the bottles in stock stay for your December shoppers.
With separate tools: Three spreadsheets, an email to the forwarder, and a guess at the margin.
Cash
March’s supplier payments come to $16,400, $4,400 over the $12,000 a month you set aside for stock.
Read together fromPurchase ordersQuickBooksShopify
Split the cold brew jar order into two shipments a month apart, so half the payment moves to April and stock never drops below safety.
With separate tools: You find out from the bank balance in March.
- It shows its reasons. Every suggestion says what it read and why, in plain words.
- It asks first. Nothing is sent, paused or ordered until you say yes, or turn on autosend for that step.
- Your data stays yours. Never used to train anything, and you can export all of it whenever you like.
- It works with what you have. Shopify, Amazon, your ads, QuickBooks Online and Xero.
Try it without switching.
Kerno runs beside what you have today and gets sharper with every order it sees. No migration, no risk to how you run things now.
Keep what you use now
Kerno runs alongside your spreadsheet, apps or ERP. Nothing to switch off, nothing to migrate.
Connect, or import a CSV
Connect Shopify and Amazon in a few clicks, or import your products, suppliers and purchase orders from a CSV.
It learns your business
Every order, purchase order and delivery builds the record behind the perfect purchase order and tracking from factory to invoice.
Compare, then decide
Check its buy list and profit against your own. Export everything as CSV whenever you like.
Get early access Free during early access. No card, no contract.
Questions founders ask first
Will Kerno place orders without me?
Only if you turn on autosend. Otherwise every purchase order waits for your check, and you send it yourself.
Which sales channels does it work with?
Shopify and Amazon. Tell us on the early-access form if you sell somewhere else too.
Do I have to replace the tools I use now?
No. Kerno runs alongside your spreadsheet or current apps and only reads your data, so you can compare the two before deciding anything.
How long does setup take?
We set it up for you from your order and purchase-order history. Numbers start appearing straight away; within a few hours Kerno knows your products, suppliers and costs well enough to flag what needs action.
How much does it cost?
Free during early access. No card, no contract. When paid plans start, you get 30 days’ notice first and a founding price you keep for as long as you stay. Nothing switches to paid on its own. Products we add later are priced on their own.
The brands pulling ahead run on one system.
- Kerno
- More profit
- More to spend on marketing
- More sales
- Less stress
- More time at the beach
If you like beaches.
Get early accessKerno Forecast is in early access for Shopify and Amazon brands. Free during early access. No card, no contract.
