AI dashboard that monitors POS-ecom inventory and auto-fixes lost sales.
Small retail business owners are frustrated with expensive and unreliable POS systems that fail to integrate with e-commerce platforms, causing constant inventory discrepancies and lost sales.
InvGuard is a monitoring service that pulls data from your POS and e-com APIs hourly, identifies discrepancies, and suggests/pushes fixes. It includes a simple mobile POS app for quick adjustments. Prevents lost sales with predictive stockouts.
Small retail business owners managing both physical stores and e-commerce
AI-powered monitoring and prediction, not just sync—focuses on prevention and alerts.
supportive
Hourly scans for discrepancies across POS/ecom.
Forecast stockouts based on sales velocity.
Push corrections to e-com with approval.
Real-time notifications via app/email/SMS.
Quick stock tweaks on phone.
Sales velocity charts.
Multi-user access with roles.
PDF/CSV discrepancy summaries.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| pos_type | text | Yes |
| ecom_type | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| account_id | uuid | No |
| sku | text | No |
| discrepancy | int | No |
| ai_prediction | text | Yes |
| fixed | bool | No |
| timestamp | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| account_id | uuid | No |
| type | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| sent_at | timestamp | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/accountsAdd monitored account
/api/audits/latestGet recent discrepancies
/api/fix/discrepancyApprove and push fix
/api/predictionsFetch stockout forecasts
/api/mobile/adjustUpdate stock from app
10 alerts/mo
None
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 180 | 4% | $252 | $3,024 |
| Month 6 | 1,100 | 7% | $2,310 | $27,720 |
InvGuard spots issues before lost sales—predicts, alerts, and fixes automatically.
Run LinkedIn ads targeting 'retail manager' + 'inventory issues'. Offer free month to first 50 from r/retailhell. Partner with one POS reseller for referrals.
Inventory mgmt
No POS integration, no AI
POS-focused AI prevention
Multi-channel
Complex setup
Simple monitoring + AI
AI models improve with more user data on discrepancies.
AI accessibility + retail labor shortages make automated prevention timely.
AI prediction inaccuracy
Human override + feedback loop
Mobile app store approval
PWA fallback
Data privacy for APIs
SOC2 path + clear consents
Success: 50 signups
Success: Reduce discrepancies 80%
Success: 200 users
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