Spreadsheet vs app for tracking resale stock and profit
Most resellers start with a spreadsheet, and plenty stay with one. Here’s an honest look at where a spreadsheet works, where it starts to hurt, and what an app like How Many? does differently.
Where a spreadsheet works
- It’s free, and you already know how to use it.
- You can add any column you like.
- It’s fine for a few dozen items on one platform.
Where it starts to hurt
- Adding stock on your phone at a car boot sale or a charity shop.
- Splitting a lot’s cost across 20 items, and keeping it right when one is returned.
- Bundles sold for one price, which need splitting back across the items.
- Refunds that belong in a later month than the sale.
- Photos, which a sheet can’t hold.
What an app does differently
How Many? is built around the item. Add it with photos in seconds, list it, sell it, post it. The cost, the sale and the postage are already there, so profit works itself out: per item, per month, per lot and per platform. Lots, bundles and refunds follow fixed rules instead of formulas that break when a row moves.
Moving over
Bring your stock in from a CSV: download the template, fill it in from your sheet, and upload it. You see every problem by row before anything is saved, up to 500 items at a time. Your data stays yours: export it all as spreadsheets whenever you like.
Free reselling spreadsheet template
A spreadsheet for your stock with the same columns as the How Many? import: brand, title, size, condition, what you paid, list price, platforms and more. Fill it in now, and bring it into the app in one go whenever you like.
Download the template (CSV)Can I keep using my spreadsheet?
Yes. Export your items, lots and sales as spreadsheets whenever you want, and carry on with both.
Is the app free?
Yes, with no limit on items. Everything How Many? does today is free. Paid extras like AI listing help may come later; what’s free now stays free.
Can I import past sales?
Yes. Under Add, then Import, choose Past sales: one row for each item and its sale, checked row by row before anything is saved.
Free account. Add a lot and every sale shows its profit.
Track the profit on every item