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Amazon AI inventory management promises to predict demand, optimize reorder points, and prevent stockouts automatically. The reality is more complex.
Parag Mamnani, Webgility CEO-3.png)
Amazon stranded inventory is stock sitting in FBA warehouses that customers cannot buy.
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What works for a side hustle selling 20 items a month will not work when you hit 200 orders a week.
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Yvette Zhou.webp)
Your Amazon dashboard shows 500 units in stock, but customers can only buy 320. The other 180 units are reserved, stuck in pending orders, unfulfillable status, or FC transfer limbo.
FBA sellers lose 1–3% of annual revenue to unreimbursed inventory errors. For a business generating $2 million in FBA sales, that's $20,000–$60,000 left on the table.
David Seth
FBA profitability in 2026 comes down to unit economics, not topline sales.
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