Inventora

Inventora is an all-in-one inventory management platform built specifically for handmade product makers and small manufacturers — particularly candle makers, soap makers, and bath and body product businesses. The software solves the unique challenges of craft production businesses by automatically tracking raw materials as products are created, calculating true cost of goods sold (COGS), managing supplier relationships, syncing stock levels across ecommerce platforms, and providing production planning tools designed for batch manufacturing workflows.

What sets Inventora apart from generic inventory tools is its deep understanding of how makers work. When a candle maker creates a batch of 50 candles, Inventora automatically deducts the correct amounts of wax, fragrance oil, wicks, dye, and vessels from raw material inventory. It flags materials approaching minimum stock levels in red, calculates the true cost per unit including all material and packaging costs, and syncs updated stock counts across connected Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, and other ecommerce stores. This eliminates the spreadsheet nightmare that most small makers face as they scale.

Key Features: Automatic raw material deduction when products are created — tracks waxes, fragrance oils, wicks, soap bases, essential oils, colorants, and packaging supplies, real-time COGS calculation showing true production cost per unit including all materials and packaging, low stock alerts with customizable minimum levels so makers never run out of critical supplies, production task management with due dates for planning farmers markets, wholesale orders, and seasonal batches, supplier management with purchase order tracking and cost history, centralized order management pulling in sales from multiple ecommerce platforms into one dashboard, ecommerce integrations with automatic stock level syncing across Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, Amazon, and more, batch production tracking for candles, soaps, lotions, and other products made in bulk, customer data and purchasing trend analytics for understanding buying patterns, quarterly financial reporting for tracking revenue and profitability over time, recipe and formula management for storing and scaling product formulations, and barcode support for streamlined warehouse and inventory operations.

Pricing: Inventora offers affordable plans designed for small makers and growing manufacturers. The platform provides a free plan for getting started, with paid plans scaling based on the number of products, materials, and integrations needed. Specific pricing tiers are available on their website and are positioned as accessible for home-based makers through established production businesses. The platform emphasizes being purpose-built for makers as an alternative to generic solutions like Craftybase.

Use Cases: Candle businesses tracking wax, fragrance oil, and wick inventory across production batches, soap makers managing lye calculations, essential oil usage, and curing timelines, bath bomb and body care product makers coordinating ingredient inventory and seasonal production, handmade cosmetics businesses calculating accurate COGS for pricing decisions, craft businesses selling on multiple platforms needing centralized stock synchronization, makers preparing for farmers markets or craft fairs planning production quantities, and wholesale-focused producers managing large batch orders with precise material requirements.