The shelf runs low. Aisle sends the order.
Set a minimum for each bin. Dip under it and Aisle sends the purchase order before anyone finds an empty peg hook.
No card needed · Setup call included
Emailed to Cobb Valley at 4:12 PM CT
PO sent
27 units on hand
Reorder point 30
Under the reorder point, Aisle will
- Reorder 12 boxes from Cobb Valley Distributors
- Email the supplier rep Only when the order is over $500
- Text me at the counter +1 (520) 555-0148
Counting shelves at 1,180 independent hardware stores, from Bangor to Tucson
- Delgado Hardware
- Two Rivers Supply
- Whitcomb & Co.
- Tamarack Paint
- Quimby Lumber
- Pickett & Haskins
Every bin counted. Every order written.
Aisle keeps the counts from the register, the shelf and the supplier in one place, then does the ordering you used to do on Sunday night.
Low-stock board
Every item under its minimum, sorted by how fast it sells and updated with each sale at the register.
- Deck screws, #8 × 2½ in Bin 7-C 27 30 PO sent
- Stove pipe, 6 × 24 in Bin 12-A 4 10 PO sent
- Heat tape, 30 ft Bin 3-F 2 8 Needs approval
- Furnace filter, 16 × 25 × 1 Bin 11-B 9 18 PO sent
- Painter’s tape, 1.88 in Bin 5-D 14 24 Needs approval
Every supplier on file
Case packs, lead times and delivery days, so each order reaches the right rep on the right day.
- CV Cobb Valley Distributors Fasteners, hand tools · Net 30 Thu
- PF Plainsman Fastener Co. Anchors, bolts · 2-day ground Tue
- RG Redbud Garden Wholesale Seed, soil, hose · case packs of 6 Tue, Fri
- GB Great Bend Paint Co. Paint, sundries · $300 minimum Mon
2 orders arriving Thursday from Cobb Valley
Minimums that follow the season
Reorder points rise ahead of the first freeze and spring planting, drawn from three years of your own sales.
Synced with your register
Sales arrive every few minutes, so the count on the board matches the count on the peg hook.
- Garden hose, 50 ft −1 13 left
- Hose nozzle, 7-pattern −2 31 left
- Hose repair kit, 5/8 in −1 5 left
Cycle counts before the doors open
Walk an aisle with your phone at 7 AM. By the time the first contractor pulls in, the counts are posted and the orders are right.
- Count from any phone
- Scan the shelf tag or type the bin. There are no handheld scanners to buy or charge.
- Variances wait for a look
- Anything off by more than 5% goes to a review list instead of straight into your numbers.
- Counts post to the board
- The moment a bin is counted, its minimum and open orders update with it.
bins counted
- Carriage bolt, 3/8 × 4 in 64 64
- Lag screw, 5/16 × 3 in 120 -8 112
- Hex nut, 3/8 in 210 210
- Fender washer, 1/4 in 85 +6 91
- Eye bolt, 1/4 × 4 in 18 18
- Toggle bolt, 1/8 × 3 in 46 46
- Deck screw, #8 × 3 in 340 340
- Threaded rod, 3/8 × 36 in 12 12
Up and ordering by Friday
No scanners to buy and no week of training. Most stores send their first automatic order five days after signing up.
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Day 1 · about 40 minutes
Bring your catalog
Upload the item export from your register, or start from our list of 61,000 hardware SKUs.
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Day 2
Set minimums and suppliers
Aisle suggests a minimum for every bin from 90 days of sales. Change any you disagree with.
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Day 5
Approve the first orders
Review the week’s purchase orders in one list, then turn on auto-send one supplier at a time.
Median of 1,180 stores · 2025
What a year on Aisle changes
Measured against each store’s own twelve months before switching.
- fewer stockouts on a store’s top 200 items
- 37%
- less cash sitting in slow-moving stock
- $18,640
- a week back from counting and ordering
- 6.5 hrs
- earlier on seasonal reorders
- 11 days
We used to learn we were out of stove pipe when a customer asked for it. Now the order goes out before the last one sells.
Casey Yoder
Owner, Yoder Farm & Hardware, Goshen, IN
41%
fewer stockouts in the first six months
Cobb Valley gets our orders at 4 PM every weekday without me touching them. My buyer spends her mornings on the floor again.
Robin Tolliver
General manager, Two Rivers Supply, Missoula, MT
Minimums follow the season now. We went into the first freeze with heat tape on the shelf instead of on backorder.
Morgan Haskins
Co-owner, Pickett & Haskins, Bangor, ME
Questions from the counter
Still weighing it? Call us. Half the team has worked a hardware counter, and the other half has stocked one.
Weekdays, 7 AM to 6 PM CT
+1 (515) 555-0162Which registers does Aisle work with?
Aisle reads sales from most hardware-store point-of-sale systems and from any register that exports a spreadsheet. If yours is not on the list, we build the import during setup.
Do my suppliers need to sign up for anything?
No. Purchase orders go out by email as a PDF and a spreadsheet, or through EDI for distributors that take it.
Can I approve orders before they are sent?
Yes, and that is the default. Turn on auto-send per supplier once you trust the minimums, and set a dollar cap above which Aisle always asks.
What does it cost?
Plans start at $89 a month per store with unlimited items and suppliers. The 30-day trial includes a setup call with someone who has run a counter.
How long does a first full count take?
Most stores count one aisle each morning before opening and have the whole floor in Aisle within two to three weeks.
What happens to my data if I leave?
Export your catalog, counts and order history as spreadsheets at any time. We delete everything 30 days after you close the account.
Stop counting on Sunday nights
Try Aisle free for 30 days. We import your catalog and set your first minimums with you on a call.
From $89 a month per store after the trial