What's coming next to Ardent Seller

Switching from another tool? Upload whatever export it gives you — Craftybase CSVs, an Inventora export, or a messy multi-tab spreadsheet — and AI maps it into a working Ardent Seller account: materials, products, recipes, vendors, customers, and opening stock, cross-linked and previewed for your approval. Nothing writes until you confirm, and every migration can be rolled back.

Planned scope: Privacy-first by design: the AI only ever sees your column headers and a few sample rows — never your full files. It proposes how your old tool's data maps into Ardent Seller, then everything is checked against your actual files and shown to you for review — you see exactly what will be created, fix anything that looks off, and nothing is written until you approve. Every migration can be undone afterward. A migration brings over your whole catalog — materials, products, recipes, vendors, and customers — with your current stock levels as the starting point (order-by-order history import is planned as a follow-up). Like every AI feature, it can be turned off in Account Preferences

Accept partial deliveries from suppliers with real-time stock updates and tracking of remaining quantities on order.

Planned scope: Record received quantities per delivery; automatically track backorder status; multiple receipts per PO

Skip the blank recipe form. Describe what you make in plain English, like "cold-process lavender goat-milk soap, 20-bar batches", and AI drafts a starting recipe with typical ingredients and estimated quantities for you to review and edit.

Planned scope: Ingredients are matched to your existing inventory where possible, and anything new is only added if you choose to add it. Quantities are marked as estimates to check before you produce, with a stronger reminder for food, and nothing is saved until you review it

Reduce costs without sacrificing quality with AI-powered ingredient suggestions — find substitutions when materials run low or prices spike, while maintaining your product standards.

Planned scope: Suggests smart alternatives based on what you have in stock and current ingredient prices, respects allergen and dietary constraints, and understands baker's percentages

Visualize work in progress on drag-and-drop boards — manage purchase orders, production runs, and sales orders by moving cards through your custom workflow stages.

Planned scope: Drag-and-drop cards to track orders from "New" to "In Progress" to "Ready to Ship." Customize columns to match how you work — whether that's by order status, market date, or customer

Recover ingredients from unsold inventory — break down overstock, seasonal items, or discontinued products to reclaim components for new uses.

Planned scope: Reverse production transactions for unsold finished goods; recover full or partial component quantities back to inventory

Stay on top of orders with scheduled production runs that ensure you have the right products ready at the right time without overproducing.

Planned scope: Not built yet: a calendar view of scheduled runs is under consideration (#147). Today a production run has a Scheduled status and date, warnings when an ingredient runs short, and a printable worksheet showing on-hand stock

Manage wholesale customer credit limits and payment terms (net 30/60/90) while monitoring outstanding balances for better cash flow control.

Planned scope: Set payment terms for wholesale accounts (like local boutiques or gift shops). Track who owes you money and for how long — helpful when shops pay on consignment or after selling your products

Connect to Amazon Handmade or Amazon Seller Central to track marketplace sales and sync inventory levels.

Planned scope: Supports both FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) and seller-fulfilled sales; Amazon fees automatically tracked

Connect your BigCommerce store to automatically import sales and synchronize inventory levels across platforms.

Planned scope: Two-way sync keeps BigCommerce inventory accurate; orders imported with customer and shipping details

Connect to Faire wholesale marketplace to manage B2B orders and keep inventory in sync across retail and wholesale channels.

Planned scope: Wholesale orders automatically imported with retailer details; inventory synced to prevent selling wholesale stock you don't have

Link your Gumroad account to track digital product sales, downloads, and revenue from the creator platform.

Planned scope: Perfect for creators selling digital products, courses, or memberships; Gumroad fees automatically imported for accurate net revenue tracking

Integrate with print-on-demand providers like Printify, Printful, or Gelato to track orders for custom-printed products.

Planned scope: Orders automatically sent to POD provider for fulfillment; track production and shipping status; costs imported for accurate COGS

Link your Squarespace Commerce site to import sales and keep inventory synchronized automatically.

Planned scope: Orders automatically imported when customers purchase; inventory levels updated to prevent overselling on your website

Link your Wix online store to automatically import sales and keep inventory levels synchronized.

Planned scope: Full integration with Wix Stores; orders flow into Ardent Seller; inventory counts push back to prevent overselling

Connect PayPal to automatically import sales made through invoices, in-person mobile payments, and direct transactions.

Planned scope: Useful for tracking sales outside traditional platforms; PayPal fees automatically recorded; payment details linked to orders

Connect QuickBooks Online to sync financial data — including COGS, inventory values, and purchase orders — for seamless bookkeeping.

Planned scope: Inventory valuation automatically synced; COGS posted to correct accounts; purchase orders exported to QuickBooks for payment tracking

Link to Xero accounting software to automatically sync sales, purchases, and inventory values for accurate financial records.

Planned scope: Financial transactions flow into Xero automatically; inventory asset values kept current; eliminates duplicate data entry

Connect Ardent Seller to AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT so you can ask about stock, costs, and sales in plain language, and later log work from the chat.

Planned scope: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with a secure sign-in: read-only first (inventory, stock levels, sales, costs, recipes), then a small set of write actions such as logging a sale or adjusting stock

Build custom integrations and automations using Ardent Seller's REST API to connect with any platform or service.

Planned scope: Full programmatic access to inventory, orders, customers, and more; webhooks for real-time notifications; comprehensive API documentation and examples

Connect ShipStation to automatically send orders for shipping, print labels, compare carrier rates, and track shipments.

Planned scope: Orders automatically pushed to ShipStation when ready to ship; tracking numbers synced back; shipping costs imported for accurate expense tracking

Catch bookkeeping mistakes before they skew your reports. A review of your transactions flags likely duplicates, unusual unit costs, uncategorized or miscategorized expenses, sales below cost and stale drafts, each with a link to fix or dismiss it.

Planned scope: Checks run on demand or on a schedule, including before tax season. Fixed rules find the problems and AI explains them; you make every fix yourself, and anything you dismiss stays dismissed. It checks data quality only and does not give tax advice

Get a plain-English review of your month, in the app and by email: revenue, margin, top sellers, channels and anything worth a closer look, with every figure linked to the report behind it.

Planned scope: Every figure is calculated from your own reports and AI only writes the words around them, so it cannot make up a number. It looks back at the month rather than predicting the next one, and you can turn it off

Let AI analyze your sales history to predict what you'll sell next week, next month, and next season — so you're never caught without stock during peak times.

Planned scope: Learns your seasonal patterns and growth trends from your own sales history, factors in how long your suppliers take to deliver, and shows how confident it is in each prediction

Ask a question about your business in plain English, like "What was my best-selling scent last quarter?", and get the answer with its numbers, a chart and a link to the full report.

Planned scope: Answers come from fixed, checked reports over your own data, never from numbers written by AI. When it can't answer a question it says so and points you to the closest reports instead of guessing. It only reads your data and never changes it

Protect your account with an extra security layer requiring a verification code from your phone in addition to your password.

Planned scope: Supports authenticator apps (Google Authenticator, Authy); optional or required enforcement per account; backup codes for recovery