EZ Inventory has supported date and time variables in the filename/file paths, URLs, and filters for some time now.  You can use the variables {{ YYYY }}, {{ MM }}, {{ DD }}, and {{ HH }}.

We've encountered a few cases where these aren't enough, however.  So we've added a new variable called {{ current_datetime }} which extends this functionality further.  With this new variable, you can include additional parameters to specify more advanced formatting, add or subtract days, and overwrite the …

EZ Inventory has supported using formulas for inventory quantity updates for quite some time now.  This allowed our users to use conditional logic and other data manipulation against their supplier feed's data when updating the quantity in Shopify.

We've just pushed an update to extend this functionality for mapping items from their supplier's feed to product variants in their Shopify store.  This option is now available in the Data Feed settings:

Since most merchants don't have the option to modify or customize …

EZ Inventory requires a header row as the very first row when processing CSV or Excel data feeds.

The header row is needed for mapping fields, filtering the data, and also for creating quantity formulas.

We've seen a few cases from merchants, however, where their supplier's feed doesn't have a header row and it's not possible for them to add it (possibly due to legacy systems or just other complexities in their process). 

This new option to create a "virtual" header row …

In the vast majority of cases, users of our EZ Inventory app just use the Hourly or Daily scheduler to constantly keep their Shopify inventory up to date with their suppliers' feed or other external feeds.

However, we've had some users ask us if they can turn off the inventory updates on weekends or only run them on specific days of the week.

We've added an option in EZ Inventory so our users can now pick which days of the …

Many merchants rely on spreadsheets to help run their businesses for good reasons:

1. They're intuitive and easy to use.
2. Pretty much everyone is familiar with them.

While there are many sophisticated tools our there for managing inventory, sometimes all you need is a simple spreadsheet.

EZ Inventory lets you easily sync your Shopify inventory from a Google Sheets spreadsheet by acting as the bridge. EZ Inventory will read the data from Google Sheets and then use that data to update …