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70%
70% -- share of merchants using spreadsheets for inventory for small to mid-sized Shopify merchants (2023)
By 2023, over 70% of small to mid-sized Shopify merchants were still using spreadsheets for inventory.
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70%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
tociny.ai
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Tier C
https://tociny.ai/blog/simple-inventory-template-google-sheets ↗
Source Article
A Simple Inventory Template Google Sheets Can Run Your Store
January 12, 2026
At its heart, a simple inventory template in Google Sheets is just a pre-made spreadsheet built to track your stock levels, sales, and when you need to reorder. It’s the perfect, no-cost way for Shopify merchants to get a real handle on their inventory without wrestling with complex…
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tociny.ai
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Secondary citation; estimated store count ~1.2 million
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IndustryeCommerce
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RoleAll marketers
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small to mid-sized Shopify merchants: 70% share of merchants using spreadsheets for inventory. Source: tociny.ai (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/shopify-smb-spreadsheet-inventory-2023
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