What Is the Shopify Low Stock Product Report?
The Shopify Low Stock Product Report lists the Shopify products and variants that have fallen below a set inventory threshold, so you catch at-risk items while they still have units left to sell. By default the report flags any product or variant with fewer than 10 units on hand, and that threshold can be changed to match your sales speed, supplier lead times, or product category.
What sets this report apart from a plain stock list is the financial context sitting next to each low item. Alongside Inventory Quantity, it shows Price, Inventory Value, Product cost, and Inventory Cost. That means you are not just seeing which items are low, you are seeing how much revenue is at risk and how much cash a reorder will take.
Low stock is not the same as out of stock. This report is an early warning for items still on the shelf, while the Out of Stock Product report covers items that have already hit zero. Use this one to reorder before a sale is lost rather than after.
Which Fields Are Included in the Shopify Low Stock Product Report?
These fields help you decide which low items to reorder first and how much that reorder will cost.
You can adjust the pre-made report by adding, removing, or reordering columns, so it matches the way your team reviews stock.
Important Insights You Can Find in This Report
Which low items put the most revenue at risk?
Two products can both sit under the threshold and still be nowhere near equally urgent. Compare Inventory Quantity against Price and Inventory Value to see which low items carry the most sales exposure. A high-price item with only a handful of units left loses far more revenue per stockout than a cheap item at the same quantity, so it should move to the top of the reorder list.
How much cash will it take to restock the low items?
Read Product cost and Inventory Cost across the low rows to size the reorder before you commit to it. This tells you the capital already tied up in the remaining units and gives you a starting point for the spend needed to bring those items back to a healthy level, which is useful when cash flow is tight and you have to sequence purchases.
Is the problem a whole product or just certain variants?
Shopify tracks inventory per variant, so a product can look fine overall while one size or color is nearly gone. Pair Variant Title with Inventory Quantity to spot the specific variants that are low. That prevents blanket reorders when only a few versions actually need topping up.
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A fixed threshold treats every low item as equally urgent, but it says nothing about how fast each one sells. A product one unit under the threshold that sells twenty a week is a genuine emergency. Another product the same distance under threshold that sells one a month is not.
This report shows quantity and financial value, not sales velocity, so a row flagged as low is not automatically a row you need to act on today. Before you reorder, look at whether the item is a fast mover. The low items worth reacting to first are usually the ones that combine a low quantity with high value and quick sell-through. For the velocity side of that picture, the Inventory Replenishment report adds units sold and days to replenish so you can separate real stockout risks from slow items that simply happen to be low.
How Can You Automate the Shopify Low Stock Product Report?
Open the pre-made Low Stock Product Report in Report Pundit and press Save, since the columns are already set. You can change the low-stock threshold and add filters, for example limiting the report to Active products or to a single collection, vendor, or product type.
Once saved, schedule it to send daily, weekly, or monthly by email to yourself, your team, or a supplier, so you never rebuild it by hand. You can also route it to Google Sheets, Google Drive, or FTP, or export it as Excel, CSV, or PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as low stock in this report?
By default the report flags any product or variant with fewer than 10 units on hand. That threshold is fully customizable, so you can raise it for fast movers or products with long supplier lead times and lower it for slow sellers.
How is this different from the Shopify Out of Stock Product report?
The Low Stock Product report lists items that still have units left but have fallen below your threshold, so it works as an early warning. The Out of Stock Product report lists items already at zero units. Use low stock to reorder in time and out of stock to see what has already lapsed.
Can I set different low-stock thresholds for different products?
Yes. The threshold does not have to be a single number across the whole catalog. You can apply different low-stock levels by product, collection, or product type, which matters when a fast-moving item needs a much higher reorder trigger than a slow one.
Does the report show how much money is tied up in low stock?
Yes. Inventory Value gives the retail worth of the remaining units (Price × Inventory Quantity), and Inventory Cost gives the cost value (Product cost × Inventory Quantity). Together they show both the revenue at risk and the capital sitting in the low items.
Why does one variant show as low stock when the product looks fine?
Because Shopify counts inventory at the variant level. The report lists each variant on its own row, so a single size or color can drop below the threshold while the other variants still have plenty of stock. Variant Title tells you exactly which version needs attention.