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At-Home Bakers
Cottage food producers & home bakeries
Running a home baking business means juggling ingredient inventory, recipe scaling, nutrition requirements, and order fulfillment — all while creating delicious products. Ardent Seller is built with cottage food producers in mind, offering specialized tools that generic inventory systems simply don't provide.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking perishable ingredients with expiration dates
- • Scaling recipes up or down for different batch sizes
- • Calculating accurate nutrition labels for products
- • Managing allergen information across recipes
- • Understanding true costs including packaging and labor
How Ardent Seller Helps
Built-in Food Database
Access pre-populated nutrition data for common ingredients — no manual data entry required.
Recipe Scaling
Scale recipes with a single click. Ingredient quantities adjust automatically to match your batch size.
Automatic Nutrition Labels
Generate FDA-style nutrition labels with per-serving breakdowns of calories, fat, protein, and more.
Allergen Tracking
Automatically detect and track allergens across your recipes based on ingredient data.
Unit Conversions
Buy flour in pounds, measure in cups, track in grams — conversions happen automatically.
COGS Calculation
Know your true cost per batch including ingredients, packaging, and labor.
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Hot Sauce & Condiments
Sauce makers, jam producers & small-batch condiment creators
Small-batch hot sauce, jam, salsa, and fermented foods are a booming cottage food category. Ardent Seller gives condiment makers the tools to scale recipes, generate nutrition labels, track batch numbers for food safety, and understand true per-bottle costs.
Common Challenges
- • Scaling recipes consistently across different batch sizes
- • Meeting nutrition labeling requirements for retail and online sales
- • Tracking batch and lot numbers for food safety and recall readiness
- • Managing diverse perishable ingredients across suppliers
- • Calculating true per-bottle costs including ingredients, packaging, and labor
How Ardent Seller Helps
Recipe Scaling
Scale sauce and condiment recipes while maintaining precise ingredient ratios and heat levels.
Automatic Nutrition Labels
Generate FDA-style nutrition labels for retail packaging and online product listings.
End-to-End Traceability
Batch/lot tracking from ingredient purchase to finished bottle for recall readiness.
Built-in Food Database
Access pre-populated nutrition data for peppers, vinegars, fruits, and common ingredients.
Packaging Inventory
Track bottles, caps, labels, and shipping boxes as dedicated packaging with per-unit costs.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true per-bottle costs including ingredients, packaging, labor, and overhead.
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Ice Cream & Gelato Makers
Artisan ice cream makers, gelato producers & frozen treat crafters
Artisan ice cream and gelato production means managing dairy and fruit ingredients with strict freshness windows, scaling custard base recipes, and tracking expensive equipment like batch freezers and pasteurizers. Ardent Seller helps frozen treat makers manage recipes, production batches, and true per-pint costs.
Common Challenges
- • Managing perishable dairy, fruit, and mix-in ingredient inventory
- • Scaling custard base and sorbet recipes for different batch sizes
- • Tracking expensive equipment like batch freezers and pasteurizers
- • Managing flavor variants and seasonal rotations
- • Calculating true per-unit costs across diverse flavor profiles
How Ardent Seller Helps
Recipe Scaling
Scale custard bases and sorbet recipes while maintaining precise ratios and overrun targets.
Built-in Food Database
Access pre-populated nutrition data for dairy, fruits, and sweeteners used in frozen treats.
Expiration Date Tracking
Monitor perishable dairy and fruit ingredients with batch-level freshness dates.
Equipment Tracking
Track batch freezers, pasteurizers, and display cases with maintenance schedules and depreciation.
Product Variants
Manage flavor rotations and seasonal specials with individual inventory and cost tracking.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true per-pint costs including dairy, mix-ins, packaging, labor, and equipment wear.
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Coffee Roasters
Specialty coffee roasters & small-batch roasteries
Specialty coffee roasting demands precise tracking of green bean origins, roast profiles, and batch consistency. Ardent Seller helps small roasters manage sourcing from multiple origins, track roast-date freshness, and understand true costs across wholesale and retail channels.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking green bean origins and lot numbers across suppliers
- • Managing roast-date freshness windows for quality control
- • Balancing wholesale accounts with direct-to-consumer retail sales
- • Calculating true per-bag costs including green beans, labor, and packaging
- • Maintaining equipment like roasters, grinders, and packaging machines
How Ardent Seller Helps
Country of Origin Tracking
Document single-origin sourcing and lot details for every green bean purchase.
End-to-End Traceability
Trace beans from importer through roasting to finished bags with batch/lot numbers.
Recipe Scaling
Scale blend recipes while maintaining precise ratios across different batch sizes.
Pricing Tiers
Set wholesale pricing for cafes and retail pricing for online and direct sales.
Equipment Tracking
Track roaster depreciation, maintenance schedules, and usage hours across machines.
Packaging Inventory
Track bags, labels, degassing valves, and boxes as dedicated packaging with per-unit costs.
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Pet Treat Makers
Pet bakeries, treat makers & pet product creators
The pet treat industry is booming, and your furry customers deserve the same quality control as human food production. Ardent Seller brings professional recipe management, allergen tracking, and batch traceability to your pet treat business.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking pet-safe ingredient sourcing and quality
- • Scaling treat recipes for different batch sizes
- • Managing allergen information for pet sensitivities
- • Meeting labeling requirements for pet food products
- • Calculating costs across diverse ingredient types
How Ardent Seller Helps
Built-in Food Database
Access pre-populated nutrition data for common ingredients used in pet treats.
Recipe Scaling
Scale treat batches up or down with automatic ingredient quantity adjustments.
Allergen Tracking
Track common pet allergens (chicken, grain, dairy) across recipes and products.
End-to-End Traceability
Batch/lot tracking from ingredient purchase to finished treat for recall readiness.
Packaging Inventory
Track treat bags, labels, and containers with automatic cost inclusion per batch.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true cost per treat including ingredients, packaging, and labor.
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Farmers Market Vendors
Market vendors, farm stand sellers & CSA producers
Selling perishable products across multiple markets means you need tight control over inventory, spoilage, and costs. Ardent Seller helps farmers market vendors track what sells where, minimize waste, and understand true profitability per venue.
Common Challenges
- • Managing perishable inventory across multiple market locations
- • Tracking spoilage and waste from unsold goods
- • Handling cash, card, and app payments with different fee structures
- • Meeting labeling requirements for packaged foods
- • Understanding true profitability per market venue
How Ardent Seller Helps
Multi-Location Management
Track inventory separately for each market, farm stand, or CSA pickup point.
Waste & Loss Tracking
Record spoilage and unsold perishables to identify patterns and reduce waste.
Transaction & Platform Fees
Track fees for Square, Venmo, and other payment methods per market.
Expiration Date Tracking
Monitor perishable inventory with batch-level expiration dates.
Automatic Nutrition Labels
Generate FDA-style nutrition labels for packaged jams, sauces, and baked goods.
IRS Schedule C Guidance
Organize income and expenses into correct tax categories at year-end.
Ready to streamline your farmers market vendors business?
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Soap & Candle Makers
Soap makers, candlemakers & wax artisans
From calculating fragrance loads to tracking cure times, soap and candle makers need tools that understand their craft. Ardent Seller handles your complex blend recipes, variant combinations, and batch tracking so you can focus on creating beautiful products.
Common Challenges
- • Calculating fragrance load percentages and wax blend ratios
- • Tracking dozens of scent oils, waxes, and colorants
- • Managing variant combinations (scent, size, container)
- • Maintaining batch records for product safety
- • Accounting for cure time in production planning
How Ardent Seller Helps
Subassemblies
Create reusable fragrance blends and wax bases shared across your product lines.
Recipe Scaling
Scale wax melt or soap batches while maintaining precise fragrance load percentages.
Product Variants
Track every scent, size, and container combination with individual inventory and pricing.
Automatic SKU Generation
Auto-generate structured SKUs from attributes — e.g., SOY-LRG-VAN-JAR — so every scent, size, and container combo gets a unique identifier without manual entry.
End-to-End Traceability
Batch/lot tracking for safety recalls — trace any ingredient to every product it touched.
Equipment Tracking
Monitor pour pots, wax melters, and curing racks with maintenance schedules.
Packaging Inventory
Track jars, labels, boxes, and wicks as dedicated packaging with automatic cost inclusion.
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Skincare & Cosmetics
Indie beauty brands, body care & cosmetics makers
Formulating skincare and cosmetics means managing precise ingredient percentages, tracking shelf life of emulsions, and navigating regulatory requirements. Ardent Seller gives indie beauty brands the tools to manage complex formulations, maintain batch records, and understand true product costs.
Common Challenges
- • Managing precise formulation percentages for serums, creams, and lotions
- • Tracking shelf life and stability of emulsions and active ingredients
- • Maintaining batch records for regulatory compliance
- • Managing diverse raw materials (oils, butters, actives, preservatives)
- • Calculating true costs across small-batch production runs
How Ardent Seller Helps
Recipe Scaling
Scale formulations up or down while maintaining precise ingredient ratios and percentages.
Expiration Date Tracking
Monitor shelf life of raw ingredients and finished products with batch-level dates.
End-to-End Traceability
Trace every ingredient from supplier through formulation to finished product for recall readiness.
Subassemblies
Create reusable base formulations like oil blends and emulsions shared across product lines.
Automatic Unit Conversions
Work across grams, milliliters, ounces, and drops with automatic density-based conversion.
Packaging Inventory
Track bottles, pumps, labels, and boxes as dedicated packaging with per-unit costs.
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Herbalists & Apothecary
Herbalists, tea blenders & botanical product makers
Crafting tinctures, tea blends, and botanical preparations requires precise measurements and careful sourcing. Ardent Seller handles the complexity of diverse units, herb origin tracking, and shelf life management so you can focus on the art of herbalism.
Common Challenges
- • Managing precise measurements for tinctures and botanical extracts
- • Tracking herb sourcing and origin for customer transparency
- • Monitoring shelf life across dried herbs and liquid preparations
- • Maintaining batch records for herbal preparations
- • Working with diverse units of measure (drops, ml, oz, grams)
How Ardent Seller Helps
Automatic Unit Conversions
Work seamlessly across drops, milliliters, ounces, and grams with automatic conversion.
Country of Origin Tracking
Document herb sourcing for transparency and compliance labeling.
Recipe Scaling
Scale tincture and blend recipes while maintaining precise ratios.
Expiration Date Tracking
Monitor shelf life of dried herbs and liquid preparations with batch-level dates.
Subassemblies
Create reusable base tinctures and oil infusions shared across multiple products.
End-to-End Traceability
Trace every herb from supplier through blending to finished product.
Ready to streamline your herbalists & apothecary business?
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Pottery & Ceramics
Potters, ceramic artists & clay studio sellers
Pottery involves expensive kiln equipment, precise glaze recipes, and a multi-step production process from throwing to final firing. Ardent Seller helps potters track kiln depreciation, scale glaze formulas, document firing schedules, and understand true costs across every piece.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking kiln depreciation and maintenance on expensive equipment
- • Managing glaze recipes with precise ingredient ratios
- • Documenting multi-step production (throwing, bisque fire, glazing, final fire)
- • Managing size and glaze variants for each form
- • Calculating true costs including clay, glazes, kiln firing, and labor
How Ardent Seller Helps
Equipment Tracking
Track kiln depreciation, element replacement schedules, and firing costs across your equipment.
Recipe Scaling
Scale glaze formulas while maintaining precise ingredient ratios for consistent results.
Production Steps & Directions
Document multi-step firing schedules and production processes with time estimates.
Product Variants
Manage sizes, glaze options, and form variations with individual inventory and pricing.
Labor & Services Tracking
Include throwing, trimming, and decorating time at custom rates in product costs.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true per-piece costs including clay, glazes, kiln firing, labor, and equipment wear.
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Jewelry Makers
Jewelry designers, beaders & accessories artisans
When your raw materials include precious metals and gemstones, accurate cost tracking isn't optional — it's essential. Ardent Seller helps jewelry makers track high-value inventory, manage consignment placements at boutiques, and understand true margins on every piece.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking high-value precious metals and gemstones accurately
- • Managing variant combinations (size, metal, stone)
- • Placing inventory on consignment at boutiques and galleries
- • Calculating true costs on materials with fluctuating prices
- • Organizing small components across storage locations
How Ardent Seller Helps
Automatic COGS Calculation
Track true costs on high-value materials like gold, silver, and gemstones.
Product Variants
Manage ring sizes, metal types, and stone options with individual SKUs and pricing.
Automatic SKU Generation
Auto-generate SKUs that encode attributes — e.g., RING-GLD-7-DIA — so every size, metal, and stone variant is instantly identifiable.
Consignment Tracking
Monitor pieces placed at boutiques and galleries with sales reconciliation.
Pricing Tiers
Set wholesale pricing for retailers and retail pricing for direct customers.
Subassemblies
Track findings, chain assemblies, and component sets as reusable building blocks.
Inventory Photos
Catalog finished pieces and materials visually for quick identification.
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Woodworkers & Furniture Makers
Woodworkers, furniture makers & custom builders
Custom woodworking means expensive equipment, complex builds, and significant labor investment. Ardent Seller tracks your equipment depreciation, documents multi-step build processes, and calculates true project costs including tools, materials, and time.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking expensive equipment depreciation and maintenance costs
- • Managing lumber and hardware inventory across projects
- • Documenting complex multi-step build processes
- • Calculating labor costs for custom commissions
- • Understanding true project costs including tools and overhead
How Ardent Seller Helps
Equipment Tracking
Track saws, routers, and CNC machines with depreciation schedules and maintenance intervals.
Labor & Services Tracking
Include labor hours at custom rates in project cost calculations.
Production Steps & Directions
Document build processes with step-by-step instructions and time estimates.
Subassemblies
Track drawer assemblies, frame components, and hardware kits as reusable sub-builds.
Bin Location Tracking
Find lumber, hardware, and finishes quickly with storage location codes.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true project costs including wood, hardware, finishes, labor, and equipment wear.
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Clothing & Textile Makers
Sewers, knitters, crocheters & fiber artisans
Whether you sew garments, knit sweaters, or weave textiles, your craft involves managing fabric and yarn inventory, tracking production time, and offering products in multiple sizes. Ardent Seller helps textile makers manage materials, document patterns, and calculate true costs including labor.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking fabric yardage, yarn skeins, and notions across projects
- • Managing size and color variants for each design
- • Calculating labor-intensive production costs accurately
- • Documenting complex construction steps for repeatable production
- • Maintaining equipment like sewing machines, sergers, and looms
How Ardent Seller Helps
Product Variants
Manage sizes, colors, and fabric options with individual inventory and pricing per variant.
Automatic SKU Generation
Auto-generate SKUs from size, color, and fabric attributes — e.g., DRESS-SM-BLU-LIN — eliminating manual entry across your variant matrix.
Labor & Services Tracking
Include sewing, knitting, or weaving time at custom rates in product cost calculations.
Production Steps & Directions
Document construction steps with time estimates for repeatable, consistent production.
Subassemblies
Track pre-cut fabric kits, knitted panels, and component pieces as reusable sub-builds.
Equipment Tracking
Track sewing machines, sergers, and looms with maintenance schedules and depreciation.
Automatic COGS Calculation
See true garment costs including fabric, notions, labor, and equipment wear.
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3D Printing Entrepreneurs
3D printing businesses, model makers & prototypers
Your printers are depreciating assets, your filament costs add up fast, and you might sell digital files alongside physical prints. Ardent Seller tracks it all — from equipment maintenance schedules to per-print cost calculations that include machine wear.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking filament and resin costs per print accurately
- • Managing printer maintenance and depreciation across multiple machines
- • Balancing digital design files with physical product inventory
- • Calculating true cost per print including electricity and machine wear
- • Handling product variants across materials and colors
How Ardent Seller Helps
Equipment Tracking
Track printer depreciation, maintenance hours, and replacement planning across your fleet.
Automatic COGS Calculation
Factor in filament cost, machine depreciation, and labor for true per-print costs.
Production Consumption Tracking
Automatically deduct filament/resin usage when recording production runs.
Digital Products & Services
Manage STL file sales alongside physical printed products in one system.
Product Variants
Track prints across different materials, colors, and scales with individual pricing.
Multiple Inventory Categories
Organize filaments, resins, hardware, finished prints, and equipment separately.
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Tabletop Game Creators
Board game designers, zine makers & indie publishers
A single game box can contain dozens of individual components — cards, dice, miniatures, rulebooks, and more. Ardent Seller helps indie publishers manage complex assembly, track convention inventory, and sell digital editions alongside physical products.
Common Challenges
- • Managing diverse physical components (cards, dice, miniatures, rulebooks)
- • Assembling complex game boxes from many individual parts
- • Selling at conventions with limited on-hand inventory
- • Balancing digital editions (PDFs) with physical products
- • Tracking costs across print runs with varying quantities
How Ardent Seller Helps
Bundles & Kits
Assemble game boxes from individual components with automatic inventory deduction.
Subassemblies
Track card decks, miniature sets, and component bags as intermediate assemblies.
Multi-Location Management
Manage warehouse stock separately from convention booth inventory.
Digital Products & Services
Sell PDF rulebooks and digital editions alongside physical games.
Packaging Inventory
Track boxes, shrink wrap, and inserts as dedicated packaging with per-unit costs.
Production Steps & Directions
Document assembly instructions for game boxes to ensure consistent packaging.
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Small Farm & Homestead
Small farms, homesteads & market gardens
Running a small farm means tracking seeds, feed, and supplies alongside expensive equipment that depreciates over time. Ardent Seller brings professional inventory and equipment management to small farm operations without the complexity of enterprise agriculture software.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking seed, feed, and supply inventory across growing seasons
- • Managing equipment depreciation and maintenance on farm machinery
- • Recording crop waste and losses from weather, pests, or spoilage
- • Understanding true cost of production for farm products
- • Organizing supplies across multiple storage locations
How Ardent Seller Helps
Equipment Tracking
Track tractor, tool, and irrigation equipment with depreciation and maintenance schedules.
Waste & Loss Tracking
Record crop losses from weather, pests, and spoilage for accurate accounting.
Multi-Location Management
Manage inventory across fields, greenhouse, barn, and farm stand separately.
IRS Schedule C Guidance
Organize farm income and expenses into correct tax line items.
Expiration Date Tracking
Monitor perishable supplies and harvested products with batch-level dates.
Vendor Management
Track seed suppliers, feed stores, and equipment dealers with purchase history.
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Wholesale & Consignment
B2B sellers, wholesale distributors & consignment managers
Selling wholesale and through consignment partners means managing different price points, tracking inventory at multiple retail locations, and reconciling payments. Ardent Seller gives you the tools to run a professional B2B operation alongside your direct sales.
Common Challenges
- • Managing different price points for wholesale vs retail customers
- • Tracking consigned inventory across multiple retail locations
- • Reconciling payments from consignment partners
- • Maintaining vendor and buyer relationships
- • Generating professional price lists and invoices
How Ardent Seller Helps
Pricing Tiers
Configure retail, wholesale, and custom pricing with automatic tier selection per customer.
Consignment Tracking
Monitor products at retail partners with location-specific sales tracking.
Vendor & Customer Management
Maintain a complete directory of wholesale buyers and suppliers.
Inter-Location Transfers
Move stock between your warehouse, retail partners, and sales locations with full tracking.
Financial Reporting
Generate income statements and P&L reports across all channels and customer types.
Charitable Donation Tracking
Document product donations to nonprofits with proper valuation for tax deductions.
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Vintage & Resellers
Antique dealers, thrift flippers & estate sale resellers
Sourcing and reselling vintage items means tracking what you paid for each unique piece, managing inventory across antique mall booths, and understanding true margins after booth rent and platform fees. Ardent Seller gives resellers the tools to run a professional operation across multiple sales channels.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking acquisition cost on unique, one-of-a-kind items
- • Managing inventory across antique mall booths and online platforms
- • Understanding true margins after booth rent, platform fees, and shipping
- • Cataloging diverse inventory with photos for quick identification
- • Organizing tax records across multiple sales channels
How Ardent Seller Helps
Automatic COGS Calculation
Track what you paid for each item to understand true margins on every sale.
Multi-Location Management
Manage inventory across antique mall booths, online shops, and storage separately.
Consignment Tracking
Monitor pieces placed at shops and malls with location-specific sales tracking.
Inventory Photos
Catalog unique items visually for quick identification across locations and listings.
Transaction & Platform Fees
Track booth rent, Etsy fees, eBay fees, and shipping costs for accurate profit calculations.
IRS Schedule C Guidance
Organize resale income and expenses into correct tax categories at year-end.
Ready to streamline your vintage & resellers business?
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Print-on-Demand
POD sellers & custom product creators
Print-on-demand sellers need to track designs, manage product variants across platforms, and understand their true costs including base prices, platform fees, and payment processing. Ardent Seller makes it easy to see which designs are profitable.
Common Challenges
- • Managing hundreds of design variations
- • Tracking costs across different POD platforms
- • Understanding which designs are worth promoting
- • Calculating profit per design/product combination
- • Organizing digital assets efficiently
How Ardent Seller Helps
Product Variants
Manage designs across product types, colors, and sizes with individual tracking.
Automatic SKU Generation
Auto-generate SKUs across hundreds of design, product, color, and size combinations — no spreadsheets or manual entry required.
Digital Products & Services
Track digital assets and designs alongside physical product sales.
Automatic COGS Calculation
Record base costs from your POD provider and see true margins on each product.
Transaction & Platform Fees
Account for platform fees and payment processing costs in your profit calculations.
Inventory Photos
Upload multiple images per product to catalog your designs visually.
Bundles & Kits
Create product bundles for promotional offerings with automatic tracking.
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Digital Product Creators
Digital goods, templates & downloadables
Digital product sellers have unique needs — no physical inventory to track, but you still need to manage pricing, bundles, and understand which products drive revenue. Ardent Seller adapts to digital-first businesses.
Common Challenges
- • Tracking digital products alongside physical goods
- • Creating and tracking product bundles
- • Understanding revenue by product type
- • Recording income and expenses accurately
- • Tracking payment processing fees across platforms
How Ardent Seller Helps
Digital Products & Services
Manage digital products with appropriate tracking separate from physical inventory.
Bundles & Kits
Group products together as bundles with combined pricing and tracking.
Financial Reporting
Generate income statements showing revenue, expenses, and net profit for any date range.
Income & Expense Tracking
Record business income and expenses beyond just product transactions.
Transaction & Platform Fees
Track payment processing and platform fees for accurate profit calculations.
Barcode & QR Code Support
Generate QR codes for quick product lookups and streamlined workflows.
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Ardent Seller is flexible enough to work for any creative business. With customizable categories, attributes, and workflows, you can adapt it to your unique needs.
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