Operations metric

Weeks of inventory on hand

How many weeks your stock would last at your recent pace of sales.

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   1 · How we calculate it

   Units on hand divided by average weekly units sold.

   Weeks of inventory=Units on hand÷Average weekly units sold

   We divide the units on hand at the latest stock snapshot by the average units sold per week over the last 3 complete months.

   Every channel counts, in stock and in sales.

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   2 · Where the data comes from

   It needs 2 kinds of data, each from a system you connect.

   Data	From
   Units on hand	Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, ShipHero
   Orders and refunds on every sales channel	Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, TikTok Shop

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   3 · What we compare it with

   Public direct-to-consumer brands hold a median of 19 weeks.

   11.3 weeks25th percentile

   19.0 weeksMedian · Eightx

   24.1 weeks75th percentile

   Eightx counted 133 days of inventory at the median of 11 public brands, and 79 to 169 days for the middle half.¹ We divide the days by 7.

   Their basis	They divide inventory at cost by a year’s cost of goods. We divide units on hand by units sold.
   Their period	Each brand’s latest fiscal year. Ours uses the last 3 complete months of sales.
   Who they count	11 public direct-to-consumer and consumer-goods brands.

   19.0 weeks medianNorthwind Pet Co · 16.0 weeks

   0.0 weeks30.0 weeks

   Inside their middle half

   Eightx, Apr 30, 2026 →