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The cards say which models are stuck, so you stop buying them, and which sell easily, so you find more. Based on your shop's real sales and stock.
- Who can do this:
- Owner, Store Admin, Manager, Supervisor-Approver, Cashier, Appraiser, Technician, Inventory staff, Accountant, Auditor, Viewer, Dealer (role defaults; the owner can change them)
These two cards answer the questions shop owners ask most: which models are stuck and will not sell, so you stop buying more of them, and which models sell easily, so you go and find more. The system looks only at what really sold in your own shop. It does not use any other shop's data.
Two kinds of card
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Hard-to-sell models, be careful before buying more: models that sell slowly or sit in the shop. The card shows the capital tied up, how many devices are stuck and how many have sold. If none of that model is left, the card is only a note that any further purchase should be priced below normal. Only members with View cost and profit see this card, because it shows cost.
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Easy-to-sell models, running low, find more: models that sell fast in your shop and are now nearly out. The card shows how many times customers asked for the model in the last 30 days, if staff noted that a customer asked for it when there was no stock (see Wanted list and noting what customers ask for).
If a model has too little data, the system does not put it in a group and shows no card rather than guess.
What the system looks at
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Devices sold in the last 180 days, and every device still in the shop, however long it has been there.
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Devices that have not sold are not dropped. The system counts their time to sell as "at least" their age, so a long-stuck device cannot disappear from the picture. A time shown with "≥" means at least that long.
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Devices that came in less than 7 days ago are not evidence yet, and devices still in repair or waiting for inspection are not counted as on sale.
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At least 5 devices per model are needed. With fewer, the model stays in the "not enough data" group.
A model is "hard to sell" when its score is at most 35, and "easy to sell" when its score is 70 or more and at least 3 devices have sold. See how the score is built in How the easy and hard-to-sell score works.
What to do
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Open Easy / hard-to-sell models and see whether the score comes from speed, the share that sold, or markdowns.
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For hard-to-sell models still in stock, use Release cash from stuck stock by marking down by the rules to see how much cash a markdown by your own rules would free.
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Before buying that model again, check Check Safe Buy before you buy and negotiate lower than usual.
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For an easy-to-sell model that is nearly out, add it to the Wanted list and noting what customers ask for or buy when you get the chance.
When you buy, the system shows a short badge under the Safe Buy price saying whether the model is easy to sell, normal, hard to sell, or without enough data, with the confidence and the number of devices behind it. The badge never blocks a purchase. The decision is always yours.
Good to know
The cards look only at the sales history of this shop. They do not look at market prices or the condition of a device. A model that is hard to sell today may sell better at the right price, and an easy-to-sell model may earn thin profit, so check Safe Buy every time. The figures are decision support, not a guarantee of any result.
The easy-to-sell card is shown to everyone who can view stock. Neither card is sent as an alert, because they are advice you can open at any time.