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BuyCast
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Built by Amazon operators who still run purchasing on it.

We got tired of running our own Amazon business out of spreadsheets. So we built the purchasing view we wished we had, and we use it every week.

Our team operated on Amazon for years before we started writing a single line of this product. We know what it's like to lose a weekend rebuilding a reorder spreadsheet after a velocity shock. We know what it's like to realize a SKU has been unprofitable for two months because the fee estimate lied. And we know what it's like to have the purchase-order history in one system, inventory in another, and the forecast in a tab nobody trusts.

The product exists because the tools we tried were either too rigid (RestockPro), too expensive for what they delivered (Helium 10 on the enterprise tier), or too shallow (spreadsheet templates dressed up as SaaS). We set out to build the tool an experienced buyer would actually trust: order history next to the stock it explains, forecasts that show their own accuracy, settlement-based P&L, and optional AI help that stages every suggestion for a person to approve.

How we run purchasing day to day

Our own operation, week by week.

This is the cadence our team follows on BuyCast. It is also the cadence the product is designed around, which is why the demo walks the same four steps.

  1. Monday

    Demand review

    The buyer opens the overview and works the list of SKUs flagged for a decision: days of cover against target, velocity change, and anything the forecast disagrees with. Most SKUs need nothing; the ones that do get a note in the cart.

  2. Tuesday to Thursday

    Purchase orders and work orders

    Open orders are checked against expected arrival before anything new is placed. New POs are built in the cart, grouped by supplier, and sent once the buyer has confirmed quantities against lead time and minimums. Assemblies get a work order instead, so component demand shows up where it should.

  3. As stock arrives

    Receiving and the books

    Received quantities are posted against the PO, landed cost updates on the SKU, and the vendor bill lands in QuickBooks without anyone re-keying it. Amazon settlements post as balanced journal entries every two weeks.

  4. Always

    What stays manual

    Supplier negotiation, new-product decisions, and anything with a lead-time or cash-flow judgement call stay with a person. The product puts the numbers in front of them; it does not make the call.

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What we believe

Principles that show up in the product.

Show your homework

Every forecast carries its realized accuracy. Every recommendation shows the inputs. No black boxes.

AI that stages, never fires

Drafts. Audit logs. Reversible. If an AI action can’t be undone, we don’t ship it without a person in the loop.

The buyer is the customer

Not the agency reselling us. Not the marketplace. The person deciding what to reorder this week.

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