Intelligent Inventory Reservation & Allocation

Never oversell again with automated inventory reservation. Reserve stock for orders in real-time, manage allocation priorities across channels, and provide accurate available-to-promise quantities to your customers.

Complete Inventory Reservation Features

Everything you need to manage inventory allocation and prevent overselling

Automatic Order Allocation

Automatically reserve inventory when orders are placed. Fiddle instantly allocates available stock to new orders, preventing double-selling and ensuring accurate inventory availability across all channels.

  • Instant stock reservation on order creation
  • Soft allocation until order confirmation
  • Hard allocation on order approval
  • Automatic release on order cancellation

Real-Time Available-to-Promise

Calculate and display accurate available-to-promise (ATP) quantities in real-time. Account for on-hand inventory, reserved stock, incoming POs, and planned production to promise delivery dates with confidence.

  • Real-time ATP calculations
  • Factor in incoming purchase orders
  • Include planned production output
  • Deduct reserved and committed stock

Channel Priority Rules

Set allocation priorities by sales channel to ensure high-value customers and channels get inventory first. Configure rules to automatically prioritize wholesale, retail, DTC, or marketplace orders.

  • Priority-based allocation rules
  • Channel-specific reserve pools
  • Customer tier prioritization
  • Backorder queue management

Reservation Visibility Dashboard

Get complete visibility into your reserved inventory. See what's allocated to which orders, what's available for new orders, and track reservation status from order to fulfillment.

  • Visual allocation breakdown
  • Order-level reservation tracking
  • Available vs. reserved inventory
  • Historical allocation reporting

Multi-Channel Synchronization

Keep inventory availability synchronized across all sales channels automatically. When stock is reserved in Fiddle, availability updates instantly on Shopify, Amazon, and all connected platforms.

  • Automatic channel inventory sync
  • Real-time availability updates
  • Prevent cross-channel overselling
  • Unified inventory pool management

Allocation Analytics

Analyze allocation patterns and optimize your inventory strategy. Understand fill rates by channel, identify allocation bottlenecks, and improve your available-to-promise accuracy.

  • Fill rate by channel reporting
  • Allocation efficiency metrics
  • Oversell incident tracking
  • ATP accuracy analysis

Why Brands Choose Fiddle for Inventory Reservation

Protect your customer experience and operations with intelligent stock allocation

Zero Overselling

Eliminate overselling across all channels with automatic inventory reservation. Customers always see accurate availability, protecting your brand reputation.

Complete Visibility

Know exactly what's available, what's reserved, and what's promised at any moment. No more guessing or manual spreadsheet tracking.

Faster Order Processing

Automatic allocation eliminates manual inventory checks. Orders flow straight to fulfillment with inventory already reserved and ready.

Optimized Inventory Utilization

Smart allocation rules ensure inventory goes to the highest-priority orders and channels, maximizing revenue and customer satisfaction.

Scale With Confidence

Handle thousands of orders across multiple channels without worrying about inventory conflicts or manual allocation errors.

Team Alignment

Sales, operations, and fulfillment teams work from the same real-time data. Everyone knows what's available and what's committed.

Trusted by Growing Brands

See how brands eliminated overselling with Fiddle's inventory reservation

Before Fiddle, we were overselling 2-3 times per week across our Shopify and wholesale channels. Now we have zero overselling incidents - the automatic reservation is a game changer.

Operations Director
Operations Director, Multi-Channel CPG Brand

The available-to-promise feature lets us confidently promise delivery dates to our B2B customers. We can factor in incoming inventory and give accurate lead times every time.

Sales Manager
Sales Manager, Food Manufacturer

Ready to Eliminate Overselling?

See how Fiddle's inventory reservation can protect your brand and streamline allocation. Schedule a personalized demo today.

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