Inventory Software for Apparel and Clothing Makers

The size and color matrix

Apparel has an inventory problem no other craft has quite as badly: the matrix. One style in five sizes and four colors is already twenty separate items to count, price, and reorder. A small collection becomes hundreds of variants. A spreadsheet turns into a maze, and most cheap apps make you create every variant by hand with no structure. That is where clothing brands lose track of what they actually have.

Stockria handles variants as first-class items with clean, consistent codes, so the matrix stays readable instead of becoming a mess. Generate a tidy code scheme in seconds with the SKU generator.

Sizes sell at different speeds

The blanket reorder is the apparel killer. You sell out of Medium and Black while XL and the odd color sit for months, but a single stock number hides it. Stockria tracks stock per variant and lets you set a reorder point on each, so you restock the sizes and colors that actually move and stop tying up cash in the ones that do not. Work out the right levels with the reorder point calculator.

Fabric and trims as materials

If you cut and sew, you are running two inventories: the fabric, thread, labels, and zippers you buy, and the finished garments you sell. Stockria links them with a bill of materials, so cutting a run of a style draws down the fabric and trims it used. You always know how many more you can make. Work out the true material cost of a garment with the recipe cost calculator, then price it with the handmade pricing calculator.

Seasonal drops and collections

Collections launch, sell through, and retire. Stockria lets you track a drop, watch its sell-through, and retire its SKUs cleanly when it is done, without reusing old codes and corrupting your history. You go into the next season knowing what actually sold.

Sell across Etsy, Shopify, and pop-ups

Clothing brands sell everywhere: their own Shopify store, Etsy, and pop-ups or markets. That is exactly where a size sells twice, because one channel does not know the other moved it. Stockria keeps one stock count synced across Shopify, Amazon, Square, and Etsy, and works offline at a pop-up, then syncs when you reconnect. More on the fix in how to stop overselling on Etsy.

Returns and exchanges keep counts moving

Apparel gets returned and exchanged more than almost anything, and every return puts a specific size and color back into stock. Real-time counts and activity history keep the picture honest, so a returned Medium is available to sell again the moment it is back on the rack.

Set up in an afternoon, free

Start free for up to 250 items with every feature, no credit card. If your styles and variants live in a spreadsheet or another tool, send it to us and we set it up for you, free. Or see it in action first, no signup.

Common questions from clothing makers

Is Stockria good for a clothing brand? Yes. It handles the size and color variant matrix with clean SKUs, tracks stock and reorder points per variant so you restock the sizes that move, and for cut-and-sew brands it treats fabric and trims as materials through bills of materials. It also syncs stock across channels and works offline at pop-ups.

Can it handle size and color variants? Yes. Each size and color is tracked as its own variant with its own stock, cost, and reorder point, so you always know exactly what you have of every combination.

Can it track fabric and trims as materials? Yes. Set up a bill of materials for a style and Stockria draws down fabric, thread, labels, and trims when you make a run, keeping materials and finished garments accurate together.

Can I sell across Shopify, Etsy, and pop-ups without overselling? Yes. Stockria keeps one synced stock count across your channels and works offline at pop-ups, so a size sold in one place cannot be oversold in another. See the broader makers and Etsy sellers guide.

How does it compare to Craftybase for apparel? Craftybase is strong on detailed cost accounting and is billed by monthly order volume. Stockria is flat-priced, starts free, works offline, and syncs stock across channels, while still doing bills of materials. See the Stockria vs Craftybase comparison.