Supplier purchasing for Shopify brands

Your supplier orders, from decision to delivery.Even when suppliers slip.

Flowtopus sends your purchase orders, reads supplier replies and documents, spots suppliers who go quiet and tracks deposits and landed cost. You see a delay before it becomes a stockout, and nothing is sent without your approval.

Start free with stock alerts and reorder points. Upgrade when you order from suppliers.

Demo workspaceAtlas Textiles · PO-1048
TodayTuesday, Oct 7All SKUs covered
Nothing urgent · supplier replies checked 09:40
Stock coverage · next 45 daysSynced from Shopify · 2 min ago
Linen shirt · Sand / M8 sold/day
9 days without stockLinen & Co · day 10
Linen shirt · Sand / L6 sold/day
7 days
Canvas tote · Natural3 sold/day
Ceramic mug · Sage5 sold/day
  • Native Shopify inventory sync
  • Explainable reorder calculations
  • Human-approved purchasing
  • No full mailbox access required

01 / Read for you

Included from Starter

Messy replies in. Clear changes out.

Flowtopus reads supplier emails and PDFs, matches them to the right order and proposes each change with the exact sentence behind it. Nothing changes until you accept it.

Anna Keller · Atlas Textilesanna@atlas-textiles.com · 09:42
Linked to PO-1048

Re: PO-1048 · Linen shirts

Hi Sam,

Thanks for the order. Our dye house is running late, so the new ship date is October 21.

We can only do 160 units of Sand / L this time, the fabric roll came short.

With the cotton increase, the unit price moves to $14.50. Updated proforma attached.

Best,
Anna

Atlas Textiles · Porto · +351 22 000 0000

> On Sep 12, Sam wrote: Please confirm PO-1048 for 240 Sand / M and 180 Sand / L…

Proforma_ATL_1048.pdf2 pages · price confirmed on page 1
Proposed changes · PO-1048Reading…
Ship dateOct 7Oct 21
the new ship date is October 21
email · paragraph 2
Sand / L quantity180160
We can only do 160 units of Sand / L this time
email · paragraph 3
Unit price$14.00$14.50
the unit price moves to $14.50
email + proforma p. 1

Nothing changes on PO-1048 until you decide.

Read: email + Proforma_ATL_1048.pdf · 4 signature images ignored

02 / See the math

Included from Starter

Every quantity, explained.

Sales, stock and your own target, in plain numbers. Change the inputs, watch the order update, then approve it yourself.

Nothing is ordered without your approval.

Why 150 units?PO-1054 · Atlas Textiles
Linen shirt · Sand / MMOQ 50
Sales / day8last 30 days
Days to hold30your setting
Target stock0units
In stock96Shopify, live
Incoming0open orders
Missing0units
Rounded up to the supplier minimumAtlas Textiles sells by 50
To order0

You sell 8 a day. Holding 30 days means 240 units. You have 96 and nothing incoming, so 144 are missing. Atlas Textiles sells by 50: order 150.

Try a scenario

150 × $14.00$2,100

03 / Money

Included from Starter

Know what every order really costs.

Flowtopus tracks the deposit and balance of each purchase order, adds freight, duties and fees to the supplier price, and shows what you still owe and when.

Flowtopus records payments. It never moves money.

PO-1053 · Linen & Co360 units · $14.00 each
In production

Payments

  • Deposit · 30%Paid Oct 2
    $1,512
  • Balance · 70%Due Oct 21, before shipment
    $3,528

Landed cost per unit

Supplier price
$14.00
Freight
+$1.10
Duties
+$0.84
Inspection
+$0.35
Bank fees
+$0.21
Landed cost18% above the supplier price
$16.50
Paid$1,512
Still to pay$3,528

Balance of $3,528 due Oct 21, before the goods ship.

04 / Your week

Less chasing. More flow.

Flowtopus watches your stock and your suppliers around the clock. You step in a few times a week, only for the decisions that are yours.

  1. Day 0
  2. Connect Shopify
  3. Pick up to 5 products
  4. Add a first supplier
  5. Open Today
  6. Continue later at any step.

Flowtopusalways on

Youonly the decisions

  • Stock risk foundSand / M · 9 days left
  • Reorder suggestedPO-1054 · 150 units
  • Supplier reply readPO-1048 ships Oct 21
  • Coverage recomputedwith the new date
  • Follow-up due3 days, no reply
  • Confirmation readAtlas confirms PO-1054
  • Approve PO-1054150 units · $2,100
  • Accept Oct 21PO-1048 ship date
  • Send the follow-updrafted, sent by you
  1. Mon257 Shopify updates
    • 02:00Stock risk found · Sand / M · 9 days left
    • 02:20Reorder suggested · PO-1054 · 150 units
    • 08:00Morning summary · 2 priorities
    • 08:05Approve PO-1054 · 150 units · $2,100
  2. TueQuiet day, no email257 Shopify updates
    • 15:20Supplier reply read · PO-1048 ships Oct 21
  3. Wed257 Shopify updates
    • 02:00Coverage recomputed · with the new date
    • 08:00Morning summary · 1 priority
    • 08:05Accept Oct 21 · PO-1048 ship date
  4. Thu257 Shopify updates
    • 06:00Follow-up due · 3 days, no reply
    • 08:00Morning summary · 1 priority
    • 08:05Send the follow-up · drafted, sent by you
  5. FriQuiet day, no email257 Shopify updates
    • 11:30Confirmation read · Atlas confirms PO-1054

Flowtopus this week

Shopify updates synced
0
Supplier emails read
0
Nightly recomputes
0

You

Decisions
0
Morning summaries
0

Quiet days send nothing. Nothing reaches a supplier without your approval.

Simple pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you order from suppliers.

Every plan uses the same Flowtopus operating model, with capabilities and limits that grow with your business.

Free

$0/ month

Replace the inventory spreadsheet and see risk early.

Free forever

  • 1 Shopify store and 100 master SKUs
  • Inventory dashboard and low-stock alerts
  • Reorder alerts based on stock, sales and lead times

Starter

$29/ month

Send purchase orders and let Flowtopus prepare the next ones.

14-day free trial

  • 500 master SKUs and 10 suppliers
  • Purchase orders by email, 20 supplier documents read a month
  • 100 automatic reorder suggestions a month
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Pro

$199/ month

Follow every supplier, document and payment until delivery.

14-day free trial

  • 2,500 master SKUs and 100 suppliers
  • Unlimited automatic suggestions, advanced forecasting and two-person approval
  • Supplier Intelligence: 500 documents a month

Scale

$399/ month

Coordinate complex, multi-store operations.

14-day free trial

  • 5 stores and 10,000 master SKUs
  • 25 users and dedicated support
  • Supplier Intelligence: 2,500 documents a month

Start free with stock alerts and reorder points. Starter adds purchase orders, 20 supplier documents and 100 automatic reorder suggestions a month. Paid plans offer a 14-day trial. Every purchase order requires human approval before sending.

Questions

What merchants usually want to know.

The essentials before you connect a store or move an inventory workflow out of a spreadsheet.

Shopify already has purchase orders. Why Flowtopus?

Shopify lets you create a purchase order and receive it. Flowtopus handles what happens in between: it emails the order to your supplier, reads replies and documents, flags changes to dates, quantities and prices, tells you when a supplier goes quiet, tracks deposits and landed cost, and warns you when a delay will cause a stockout.

How does Flowtopus connect to Shopify?

You install the public Shopify app and authorize the inventory, product, and order access Flowtopus needs. Your Shopify store is then linked to your Flowtopus organization.

What is included in the Free plan?

Free includes one Shopify store, up to 100 master SKUs, stock visibility, low-stock alerts and reorder points. Starter adds purchase orders, sending, 20 supplier documents and 100 automatic reorder suggestions a month; Pro and Scale raise the limits and make automatic suggestions unlimited.

Does AI decide what gets purchased?

No. Critical inventory calculations remain explainable, and an authorized human must review consequential purchasing decisions before a PO is sent.

What does Supplier Intelligence do?

It connects supplier emails and documents to the correct PO, extracts commitments and exceptions, and shows their likely operational impact. Starter includes 20 documents a month; Pro and Scale raise the limits.

Do I need to give access to my whole mailbox?

No. You can send from your Google or Microsoft address without granting mailbox reading access, forward selected supplier exchanges, or send prepared messages manually. Full mailbox synchronization is a separate, optional connection.

Start with the next decision

Know where every supplier order stands.

Connect Shopify for free. Add purchase orders, supplier follow-up and payments when you're ready.

Create your free account, then connect Shopify.