Creating Alerts

Create a stock alert rule

1. Open Stock Alerts from your Shopify admin.
2. Click New alert rule.
3. Choose the scope:
   • All products — applies a global default threshold
   • Specific product — set a threshold for one product
   • Specific variant — set a threshold for a single variant
4. Set the threshold — the stock quantity that triggers the alert. For example, 5 means you get alerted when stock drops to 5 or below.
5. Choose the alert types to send: Low stock, Out of stock, Back in stock (any combination).
6. Select one or more notification channels to alert.
7. Click Save rule.

Threshold tips

• Set a threshold that gives you enough lead time to reorder. For a bestseller that sells 50 units/day and takes 3 days to restock, a threshold of 150 is reasonable.
• Variant-specific rules override product-wide rules. Product-wide rules override the global default.

Tip

Start with a global default threshold and then add specific overrides for your fastest-moving products.

Alert types

Alert type	When it triggers
Low stock	Stock drops to or below your threshold
Out of stock	Stock reaches 0
Back in stock	Stock rises above 0 after being 0

Alert history

The Alert History tab shows every alert sent, with timestamp, product, stock level at time of alert, and which channels were notified. Use this to identify patterns — recurring low-stock events signal you need a higher reorder point.

Acknowledging alerts

Click Acknowledge on any alert in the history to mark it as reviewed. This reduces noise when reviewing the alert log.