Antevon vs Assisty: Shopify stock software or a forecasting project

Antevon describes itself as a managed demand desk for indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is a fixed-fee two-week forecasting project.³

The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision ledger.⁵

Antevon publicly offers a bookable two-week demand audit.³

Antevon Ltd operates the public offer and website.²

Not in the published offer. No additional trading aliases were established from the public pages read.

The public trading name is Antevon.¹

Assisty is Shopify-centred inventory forecasting and replenishment software.¹²

Assisty is software installed from the Shopify App Store, with support rather than a verified outsourced planning desk.¹⁴

Assisty has a live product site and an installable public Shopify listing.¹⁴

The privacy policy identifies Assisty Technology Company Limited as the provider.¹³

The Shopify listing uses the product label Inventory Management ‑ Assisty.¹²

Assisty is listed as Inventory Management ‑ Assisty on the Shopify App Store.¹²

The public audience is roughly £0.5M to £25M in revenue.⁴

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or about to do so.³

The stated service audience is in the UK and EU.⁴

The audit is positioned for a founder or commercial team without a full-time owner of the forecast.⁵

Not confirmed. Numeric merchant revenue, SKU and location eligibility limits were not established.

Assisty’s reorder guide includes apparel, electronics and perishable-food examples.¹⁵

The listing targets multi-location merchants using Shopify.¹²

UK-labelled merchants appear in public Shopify reviews; this is not proof of a UK office.¹⁶

Assisty fits a merchant with someone to review recommendations, maintain settings and approve purchases.¹⁷

The brand brings its sales export and retailer reports and makes an hour available for questions.⁵

Antevon cleans the imperfect data as part of the work.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for supplier lead-time, MOQ, safety-stock and connected-system parameter maintenance is not specified publicly.

On the optional desk, Antevon refreshes each forecast number monthly and maintains the ledger.⁵

Not in the published offer. Native system installation, production integration builds and full-stack migration scope are not established for the general audit.

The client can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or maintaining a paid login.⁵

Cleaning imperfect data is included in the audit rather than charged as a surcharge.⁵

The audit leaves the client with two Excel files to keep.⁵

Assisty syncs Shopify data automatically; the merchant still checks it and supplies planning context.¹⁴

The workflow guide assigns periodic forecast and parameter review to the merchant.²⁷

Enterprise lists personalised onboarding and training; lower-tier implementation scope is not fully specified.¹²

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.⁵

Not in the published offer. A standard service forecast horizon is not established from the public offer.

Assisty advertises product and variant forecasts.¹⁸

The main forecasting page lets the merchant choose a horizon but does not state its maximum.¹⁸

The monthly planning spreadsheet provides a rolling 12-month inventory plan.¹⁹

Not in the published offer. Retailer-by-retailer sell-in versus sell-through input coverage and data-feed availability are not specified.

The stated forecast target is what each retailer will sell, with buy decisions following from it.⁷

Not in the published offer. retailer EDI support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Verified inputs are Shopify transactions and inventory; retailer sell-in and consumer sell-through feeds were not established.²²

Not confirmed. A named retailer EPOS sell-through, purchase-order EDI or retailer write-back connector was not established in the public sources read.

The audit models each promotion separately and gives each forecast number a likely range.³

The audit prices a retailer promotion against not running it, in pounds.⁶

Not in the published offer. The standard method and data requirements for a product with no sales history are not specified in the public offer.

Launch events are marked when the audit cleans sales history.³

The monthly spreadsheet accepts merchant adjustments for campaigns and promotions.¹⁹

Merchants can enter projections for new product launches in the monthly planning sheet.¹⁹

The audit supplies buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact.³

Not in the published offer. Creating, sending and executing purchase orders are not established parts of the public offer.

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.³

Not in the published offer. The public service description does not assign every PO creation, sending or supplier-follow-up step.⁴

Not in the published offer. An audit feature for minimum-order quantities or case-pack optimisation is not established publicly.

The audit puts a date and a price in pounds on each buy that follows the retailer forecast.⁷

Suggested replenishment uses sales velocity, lead times and incoming stock, then rounds to cases and caps at maximum stock.²⁰

Assisty supports supplier-grouped POs, email sending and receiving with stock sync.²¹

The software creates and emails POs, while the merchant confirms, sends and records receipts.²⁷

Reorder parameters include supplier minimums, product order limits and case quantities.¹⁵

Lead times can be set globally and overridden for suppliers or products.¹⁵

Production sizing, cash planning and promotion calls are priced from the same forecast.⁵

Not in the published offer. An automatic hard-budget constraint or cash-constrained optimiser is not established publicly.

The buying page advertises a budget constraint that defers less-urgent items.²⁰

Not in the published offer. Batch tracking, expiry handling and shelf-life constraints are not established in the public offer.

Order-size caps can be used for shelf-life concerns; batch, expiry-date and FEFO handling remain unverified.¹⁵

Not in the published offer. Shopify support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. Amazon support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. 3PL support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. ERP support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. CSV file intake support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Assisty imports Shopify product, order and stock data and writes inventory changes when POs are received.²⁷

Not confirmed. A Amazon marketplace sales/stock connector was not established in the public sources read.

Not confirmed. A named 3PL stock/receiving connector was not established in the public sources read.

Assisty documents an outbound ERP route through merchant-configured Shopify Flow, not a verified native ERP sync.³⁰

The replenishment workflow documents CSV supplier import and Excel, CSV or PDF PO export.²⁷

Not in the published offer. A formal approval matrix for forecast sign-off and cash commitments is not published.

The brand signs its retailer promotions after the desk’s profit read.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for ongoing operational exceptions and their response times is not fully specified publicly.

The merchant reviews, adjusts and approves automated orders before suppliers see them.¹⁷

Merchants report data discrepancies and review exceptions; Assisty support investigates reported data issues.²⁹

The audit takes two weeks from when the data lands, not from payment.³

The audit draft arrives on day 13 and the walkthrough call is on day 14.³

The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, purchase orders, a stockist list and a promotion calendar.³

The client supplies a sales export, retailer reports and an hour for questions.⁵

Assisty says initial reorder suggestions appear when the store sync completes, without a fixed elapsed-time guarantee.¹⁴

The helpdesk says the initial data sync may take a few hours and can take longer for large data volumes.²³

The documented setup requires forecast settings, reorder parameters, supplier setup and review of suggested buys.²⁷

The helpdesk says inventory history is collected from installation onward, not retroactively before installation.²⁸

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.⁵

The audit includes a working session through the first decisions on day 14.⁵

The monthly desk refreshes the numbers, maintains the ledger and reads retailer promotions before the client signs.⁵

Antevon lists a registered office at Manorfield, Church Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EA.²

Not in the published offer. A staffed UK operating office is not established from the public registered-address statement.

Antevon Ltd states that it is registered in England and Wales under company number 17404379.²

Not in the published offer. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response-time commitments are not specified publicly.

Not in the published offer. Named or independently verified UK clients are not established from the allowed public pages.

Assisty documents chat, email, phone and WhatsApp support.²³

Not confirmed. A staffed UK office was not verified.

Not confirmed. A UK-registered Assisty contracting entity was not verified.

Not confirmed. Staffed UK support hours and time-zone coverage were not established.

A public review labels Boop Beauty as a UK merchant using the app.¹⁶

Antevon publishes from-prices for both the audit and the monthly desk; the final fee is scoped on a call.⁸

Neither the audit nor the monthly desk is billed by the hour.¹⁰

The audit fee depends on product and retailer count, is quoted on the first call, and is fixed once agreed.⁸

Half the audit fee books the slot and half is paid on delivery.⁸

Data cleaning is part of the audit work, not a surcharge.¹⁰

The optional monthly desk is scoped to the catalogue and retailer count.¹⁰

Not in the published offer. A separate minimum purchase or initial commitment beyond the published from-prices is unknown.

Not in the published offer. Whether a separate setup or onboarding fee applies is unknown.

There is no surcharge for cleaning imperfect audit data.⁵

Not in the published offer. Trial availability and trial terms are unknown from the public pages checked.

The full terms for working together are in each signed engagement letter, not the website terms.²

The monthly desk is optional after the audit.¹⁰

The audit files keep working without an ongoing software login or subscription.¹⁰

The monthly desk has rolling 30-day notice.⁸

Public prices are available but are scoped by Shopify plan, selected features and source billing labels.¹²

Paid Assisty pricing is per store and changes with the store’s Shopify plan.²⁵

Not confirmed. A minimum paid term, seat commitment or minimum spend beyond the listed per-store subscription was not established.

The pricing page says there is no setup fee.²⁵

The website advertises a 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee for the first purchase.²⁵

The Shopify listing bills recurring charges every 30 days; minimum commitment and notice period remain unverified.¹²

The terms say termination requires cancelling the Assisty account.²⁶

Audit exports and reports are used only to build the client’s files, not shared outside Antevon and deleted on request.¹¹

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