Inventory, stock & costs
Track cost of goods, stock levels, replenishment, dead stock and business expenses.
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Cost of goods, explained: track what you paid and choose Simple or Advanced
How DashVue's Cost of Goods overview works, and how to choose between Simple and Advanced cost tracking.
Set a cost price on every item (Advanced item costs and Quick Fill)
Enter cost, source and purchase date per item, and use Quick Fill to step through items missing a cost.
Managing your stock levels, reorder point, supplier, location and notes
Track quantity in stock, reorder point, supplier, location and notes per listing for replenishment, kept separate from eBay.
Plan your reorders: velocity, runway and when to buy more stock
How to read sell-through velocity, runway, order-by date, suggested reorder quantity and restock cost on the Replenish page.
Find dead stock and free up the cash it's tying up
Spot listings that have not sold in 60 days or are priced below cost, see the capital tied up, and jump to the repricer.
See what your unsold stock is worth (stock value and movement ledger)
Read your unsold stock's cost and retail value, spot uncosted units, and see a per item movement ledger.
Sourcing calculator: check a deal will actually make money before you buy
Preview profit, margin and ROI on a potential deal by entering buy cost, sell price, postage, fees and ad rate before you commit.
Logging business expenses and reclaiming VAT
How to add business expenses in DashVue with category, tax-deductible flag, VAT reclaim, business-use % and recurring frequency.
Estimate costs fast with a flat rate or a percentage of the sale price (Simple mode)
Set one default cost, flat or a percentage of sale price, across all listings in Simple mode, then override any single item.
Import your item costs from a CSV
Bulk-upload a CSV to set cost of goods for many items at once, matched by SKU or title.
Let AI read your supplier invoices and fill in your costs
Upload supplier invoices as PDF, JPG or PNG and let AI extract line items and match them to your inventory to set your cost of goods.
Your Purchase Log: what you paid, what sold, and how each batch performed
Read your Purchase Log's batches by date and source to see cost, revenue, profit, ROI and recouped percent.
Adding and managing suppliers (lead time, minimum order, payment terms)
Set up supplier records with lead time, MOQ and terms, then assign them to items so restock timing and cost roll up correctly.
Overselling guard: reserve stock you also sell on other channels
Mark a SKU as multichannel and reserve units so DashVue warns before an eBay listing can oversell.
Landed cost calculator: include freight and duty in your cost price
Add freight, duty and other costs to your buy price to get a true per-unit cost, so COGS and stock value are accurate.
Track stock you've bought but not listed yet (your "death pile")
Log unlisted stock with a photo, cost and source, track how long it's sat unlisted, then link it to the live listing once it's up.
Snap a receipt: capture an expense from a photo with AI
Upload a photo or PDF of a receipt and let AI pre-fill the vendor, date, amount and VAT so you just check and save.
Your tax-year expense summary and eBay fees breakdown
How to read your allowable tax-year expenses, SA103 categories and eBay fees in DashVue. A record-keeping summary, not a submitted return.
Auto-relist: automatically relaunch listings that end
Turn on auto-relist to relaunch ended eBay listings automatically, add an optional price cut, and track relist count and date.
Work out the cost of a kit or bundle (kit COGS calculator)
Combine component costs into a bundle COGS and see how many kits you can build for margin checks before you sell.