metItem for Retail Shops
Inventory for retail shops.
Know what's on the shelf, what's in the back, and what's about to sell out — without closing early for a count. Receive deliveries against a purchase order, set a minimum level on your bestsellers, and correct a count from the shop floor on your phone.
Free for 100 items, forever — no credit card, no trial countdown
See it work in 23 seconds
A real run through the app, recorded on a phone and on a computer and edited into one 23-second clip — scanning a box of dryer sheets, checking it out, and the low-stock alert.
Scan a real product
Point your phone at a barcode and the item is added, code and all.
Check it out
Hand it to a person or a truck, and the quantity moves right away — free on every plan.
Get the alert
Cross your minimum level and the low-stock notification fires.
Sound familiar?
Three problems metItem is built to fix for retail shops.
The bestseller's sold out — again
A top item runs dry between deliveries and you don't notice until a customer asks. An empty shelf is a sale you cannot make.
Closing early to count stock
Quarterly counts mean closing the doors or staying late with a clipboard. It's lost revenue and lost evenings, and the numbers still come out wrong.
Did that delivery match the invoice?
Boxes arrive, get shoved in the back, and nobody checks the count against the packing slip. Shrinkage and short-ships go unnoticed for months.
Built for the way retail shops actually work
No bloat. No 40-tab settings panel. Just the features that turn tracking into a habit instead of a chore.
Receive a delivery against a purchase order
Raise a purchase order, then enter what actually arrived line by line. The quantity updates when you receive it, so a short delivery is visible the same day. Purchase orders are free, up to 100 a month. Catch short-ships and discrepancies the day they arrive.
Low-stock & reorder alerts
Set a reorder point per SKU. metItem flags it in-app before a bestseller sells out, on any plan — emailed alerts from Essential up — so you reorder on time instead of losing the sale.
Count without closing
Take your phone into the shop and the stockroom and correct a quantity where you find it. Stock Counts, which reconcile a whole inventory in one pass, are on the Ultra plan and above.
Sales floor + stockroom in one view
Track what's out front and what's in back separately but in one system, so you always know whether to restock the shelf or reorder from a supplier.
Also built for
- Photographers
- Contractors
- Churches & Nonprofits
- Warehouses & 3PLs
- Schools
- Makers & Etsy Sellers
- Restaurants & Bars
- Medical & Dental Offices
- Film & Video Production
- Cleaning Businesses
Comparing options? See how metItem compares to Sortly or browse the FAQ.
Never lose a sale to an empty shelf.
Free plan, 100 items, no credit card. Upgrade only if metItem earns it.