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Antevon vs Linnworks: stock forecasting software or a two-week audit

Checked against Linnworks’s public pages. Prices, features and company facts checked 21 Oct 2026. Content updated 21 Oct 2026.

Linnworks offers stock forecasting as a paid software add-on to Linnworks Advanced18,23. Antevon sells a fixed-fee, two-week forecasting audit. Pick Linnworks for stock and order workflows your team runs, or Antevon when nobody owns the forecast full-time12.

Who each one fits

Linnworks targets retailers handling 1,000 or more orders a month across at least three sales channels15. It markets to cosmetics, skincare, supplements and wellness retailers16.

Antevon serves UK and EU beauty brands selling through retailers, or preparing to do so.

When Linnworks is the better choice

  • Choose Linnworks when forecasts need to separate sales channels and warehouses, using Advanced with its paid forecasting add-on18.
  • Choose Linnworks Advanced with forecasting when you need to create orders to suppliers within the software18. It can also trigger reordering at stock levels you set18.

When Antevon is the better choice

  • Choose Antevon when you need buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with the money impact attached.
  • Choose Antevon when you need to compare a retailer promotion with not running it, in pounds.

How they differ

Your team sets product, supplier and warehouse stock targets in Linnworks forecasting18. The forecast updates as sales change18. Linnworks Advanced with forecasting uses sales rates and supplier delivery times to recommend order quantities and dates18.

Linnworks is available globally, except for SkuVault Core's North America-only features17. Linnworks connects to Shopify for product listings, orders, stock and shipping26. A setup plan comes with each package, but hands-on guided setup is a separately paid service24. After setup, Linnworks offers customer support, training through LinnLearn and tutorials24.

Yurii Blazhevych, who runs Antevon's forecasts, takes your call. Antevon cleans imperfect data as part of the audit. The forecast covers each product at each retailer by month.

Antevon hands over two Excel files for you to keep. A working session on day 14 covers the first decisions.

Side by side

Rows are the questions UK beauty brands ask us. Each line is a fact from the company’s own public pages. Check this comparison: sources and dates below.

Question
Antevon
Linnworks
What it is

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

Linnworks sits in the inventory-management suite category, with order, listing, warehouse and shipping functions.12

Linnworks is subscription software with onboarding and support services, rather than an evidenced ongoing managed demand desk.23

Who it is for

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

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.4

Linnworks targets multichannel retailers processing 1,000+ orders a month across at least three channels.15

Linnworks explicitly markets to cosmetics, skincare, supplements and wellness retailers.16

Who builds the forecast

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

The customer remains responsible for data quality while paid onboarding offers migration guidance.23

The user sets optimal stock levels by SKU or supplier and warehouse; the forecast updates with current sales activity.18

What the forecast covers

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.5

Stock forecasting supports channel- and warehouse-specific demand and SKU-level stock targets.18

Retailers and sell-through

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

Partner EDI supports wholesale and dropship order flows; this does not itself establish retailer consumer sell-through data.22

ConnectPointz is a third-party Linnworks EDI route for wholesale orders, inventory feeds, invoices and ASNs.29

Promotions and launches

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

The published comparison describes manual seasonality and promotion adjustments in Linnworks and automatic treatment with the Inventory Planner addition.19

Orders to suppliers

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

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.3

The forecasting FAQ distinguishes automated replenishment from low-stock alerts, which it says are not currently available for stock forecasting.18

The stock forecasting add-on uses sales velocity and supplier lead times to recommend replenishment and can trigger reordering at configured thresholds.18

Cash

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

The optional Inventory Planner addition advertises open-to-buy and fuller buying recommendations.19

Batches and shelf life

Not part of the published offer.

Linnworks documents batch numbers and expiry or sell-by dates in WMS-enabled stock-in workflows.21

What it connects to

Not part of the published offer.

Linnworks offers a native Shopify channel integration for listings, orders, stock and fulfillment workflows.26

The public Shopify help page documents order downloads for unfulfilled orders.27

What your team still does

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

Users can inspect automation logs for channel-sync tasks and errors.25

Getting started

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

Linnworks advertises platform go-live in as little as 40 days, depending on setup complexity.24

Setup depends on channel count, SKU migration and workflow configuration, with training and testing before go-live.24

Support and UK presence

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.5

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

A dedicated onboarding specialist supports setup; Customer Success, LinnLearn and tutorials remain available after go-live.24

Linnworks lists its global headquarters in Chichester, United Kingdom.34

How it is charged

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

Linnworks requires a tailored quote; no public subscription amount was established.17

Pricing is based on monthly order tiers with overages, while Linnworks Forecasting has a flat fee.17

Anything else

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

Nothing recorded yet.

Every fact we hold for this page (132), with what we could not confirm
Question
Antevon
Linnworks
What it is

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

Linnworks sits in the inventory-management suite category, with order, listing, warehouse and shipping functions.12

Linnworks is subscription software with onboarding and support services, rather than an evidenced ongoing managed demand desk.23

Linnworks is actively offered through current product, pricing and onboarding pages.12

Marlin Equity Partners announced a majority growth investment in Linnworks in 2021.13

Not confirmed. The current exact equity stake and full holding-company chain were not established.

Marlin Equity Partners currently lists Linnworks in its portfolio.14

Not confirmed. No separate corporate or trading-name aliases were verified.

Linnworks is a multichannel inventory and order-management software platform.12

Who it is for

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

Linnworks targets multichannel retailers processing 1,000+ orders a month across at least three channels.15

Linnworks explicitly markets to cosmetics, skincare, supplements and wellness retailers.16

Linnworks serves businesses selling through marketplaces and their own ecommerce stores.12

The Linnworks platform is offered globally; SkuVault Core is restricted to North America.17

Linnworks is designed for operations teams using guided configuration rather than custom development.12

Who builds the forecast

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

The customer remains responsible for data quality while paid onboarding offers migration guidance.23

The user sets optimal stock levels by SKU or supplier and warehouse; the forecast updates with current sales activity.18

Hands-on guided onboarding is a separately paid, scoped service, even though the pricing page says each package includes a guided onboarding plan.24

What the forecast covers

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.

Stock forecasting supports channel- and warehouse-specific demand and SKU-level stock targets.18

Not confirmed. The maximum forecast horizon and forecast time buckets were not established.

Retailers and sell-through

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.

Partner EDI supports wholesale and dropship order flows; this does not itself establish retailer consumer sell-through data.22

Not confirmed. Retailer POS or sell-through ingestion and a per-retailer consumer-demand forecast were not established.

ConnectPointz is a third-party Linnworks EDI route for wholesale orders, inventory feeds, invoices and ASNs.29

Linnworks also lists SPS Commerce for retailer order workflows.30

Not confirmed. Specific UK beauty-retailer trading partners, message types, data direction, plan access and connector fees were not verified.

Promotions and launches

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 published comparison describes manual seasonality and promotion adjustments in Linnworks and automatic treatment with the Inventory Planner addition.19

Not confirmed. A specific new-product launch forecasting method was not verified.

Orders to suppliers

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

The forecasting FAQ distinguishes automated replenishment from low-stock alerts, which it says are not currently available for stock forecasting.18

The stock forecasting add-on uses sales velocity and supplier lead times to recommend replenishment and can trigger reordering at configured thresholds.18

Users can create purchase orders in Linnworks, with reordering also available against configured stock thresholds.18

The team can create POs in the interface or configure automatic reordering against its chosen stock levels.18

Supplier records can hold pack sizes and minimum order quantities for purchase orders.20

Stock forecasting uses supplier lead times alongside sales velocity.18

Cash

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.

Not confirmed. A native cash-budget constraint or cash-allocation optimizer was not verified.

The optional Inventory Planner addition advertises open-to-buy and fuller buying recommendations.19

Batches and shelf life

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

Linnworks documents batch numbers and expiry or sell-by dates in WMS-enabled stock-in workflows.21

What it connects to

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.

Linnworks offers a native Shopify channel integration for listings, orders, stock and fulfillment workflows.26

The public Shopify help page documents order downloads for unfulfilled orders.27

Linnworks offers native Amazon integration and advertises FBA, Amazon Vendor and Direct Fulfillment workflows.28

Linnworks supports 3PL workflows using FTP, CSV or API, with named providers including ShipBob and CIRRO Fulfillment.15

Fulfillment-center imports can bring assigned-order status back into Linnworks.31

ERP connections are available through flexible APIs or pre-built integrations.32

Order data can be exported to CSV, including scheduled or one-time Dropbox and FTP/SFTP exports.33

File imports can create or update inventory and add orders from channels without a direct integration.31

What your team still does

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.

Not confirmed. Forecast sign-off and cash or purchase approval responsibilities were not explicitly documented.

Users can inspect automation logs for channel-sync tasks and errors.25

Not confirmed. Ownership of recurring forecast and commercial exception review was not established.

Getting started

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

Linnworks advertises platform go-live in as little as 40 days, depending on setup complexity.24

Setup depends on channel count, SKU migration and workflow configuration, with training and testing before go-live.24

Support and UK presence

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.

A dedicated onboarding specialist supports setup; Customer Success, LinnLearn and tutorials remain available after go-live.24

Linnworks lists its global headquarters in Chichester, United Kingdom.34

The ROW SaaS agreement names Linn Systems Ltd, company 06784391, registered in England and Wales.23

The public support page lists a UK/Europe phone number and weekday support windows in EST, while tickets can be logged anytime.36

Linnworks publishes a case study of Northampton-founded health-and-beauty business Sol Retail.35

How it is charged

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

Linnworks requires a tailored quote; no public subscription amount was established.17

Pricing is based on monthly order tiers with overages, while Linnworks Forecasting has a flat fee.17

ROW contract charges exclude VAT and other applicable taxes; final scope and charges are set in the order form.23

Not confirmed. No contractual minimum spend or minimum paid order tier was established.

Onboarding has a one-off fee calculated for the customer’s needs, implementation timing and internal resources.17

Not confirmed. A generally available Linnworks subscription trial and its terms were not verified.

The ROW agreement renews for successive subscription terms unless written notice is given at least 30 days before term end.23

Anything else

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

Nothing recorded yet.

Words used in the table
SKU
one product in one size or shade
MOQ
the smallest order a supplier accepts
PO
a purchase order, your order to a supplier
Lead time
how long a supplier takes to deliver
Sell-through
what shoppers bought at the retailer
EDI
the data link large retailers use for orders and sales
GMV
total sales through your online store
BOM
the list of parts that go into a product
3PL
a warehouse company that stores and ships for you
ERP
a business system for stock, orders and accounts

Published prices

Each price is the company’s own list price, as its page shows it, with the date we checked it. We do not estimate a price a company does not publish. Price your own case.

Linnworks

Price not published. Quote on request (checked 21 Oct 2026).

Inventory Planner can be added to a Linnworks subscription and rolled into the existing contract.18

Stock forecasting is a paid add-on to Linnworks Advanced; its public amount and billing interval were not established.18

Antevon

The audit is from £2,500 as a one-off fee; tax is not stated.8

The desk after the audit is from £2,500 per month; tax is not stated.9

Switching or using both

If you retain Linnworks for operations, consider Antevon for planning by handing over exported files, subject to data review33. The audit also needs the reports your retailers send and an hour for questions.

Questions people ask

How does Linnworks handle promotions?

Linnworks stock forecasting needs manual adjustments for promotions and seasonal changes19. You can add Inventory Planner for automatic adjustments and roll it into your Linnworks contract18,19.

What do I need to send for the audit?

Antevon asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, orders to suppliers, your retailer list and promotion calendar. The audit clock starts when the data arrives, not when you pay.

Do I need to keep paying after the audit?

The files keep working without a paid login or further engagement. The optional monthly desk refreshes forecasts and maintains the record of decisions. You still sign retailer promotions after the desk's profit review.

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Sources and dates

Antevon wrote this page. Each fact about Linnworks comes from a public page, read on the date shown. Antevon's own column follows the same rule.

We read these pages on 21 Oct 2026.

Linnworks's pages

  1. 12. Linnworks: Multichannel Inventory & Order Management Software for SMB
  2. 13. Linnworks announces investment from Marlin Equity Partners
  3. 14. Linnworks | Companies | Marlin Equity PartnersMarlin Logo-BlueMarlin Logo-Blue
  4. 15. Multichannel Inventory Management Software | Linnworks
  5. 16. Powering Growth for Beauty & Wellness Brands | Linnworks
  6. 17. Ecommerce Software Pricing | Linnworks
  7. 18. Stock Forecasting & Demand Planning Software | Linnworks
  8. 19. Stock Forecasting & Demand Planning Software | Linnworks
  9. 20. Pack Size and Pack Quantity for ordering in specific quantities from supplier : Support Center
  10. 21. Stock In - Batched product, expiry/sell by dates (WMS) : Support Center
  11. 22. ConnectPointz, a service provided by ACT Data - Linnworks Integrations
  12. 23. ROW SaaS Agreement - Linnworks
  13. 24. Ecommerce Software Onboarding & Implementation | Linnworks
  14. 25. Sync - what is it and how does it run? : Support Center
  15. 26. Linnworks Shopify Integration for Growing Businesses
  16. 27. Shopify - missing orders : Support Center
  17. 28. Amazon - Linnworks Integrations
  18. 29. ConnectPointz, a service provided by ACT Data - Linnworks Integrations
  19. 30. SPS Commerce: Enhancing Retail Connectivity Today
  20. 31. Data Import - import types : Support Center
  21. 32. ERP - Linnworks
  22. 33. Data Export - Export Types : Support Center
  23. 34. Contact Linnworks: Questions, Support, or Partnership Inquiries
  24. 35. Sol Retail: Multi-channel ecommerce automation with Linnworks
  25. 36. Linnworks Support: Get Help with Onboarding and Beyond

Antevon's own pages

  1. 1. Brand kit · Antevon
  2. 2. Terms · Antevon
  3. 3. The 2-week audit · Antevon
  4. 4. llms.txt (antevon.com)
  5. 5. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it.
  6. 6. What a November promotion has to sell to pay back · Antevon
  7. 7. Only 2 left, and the factory needs four weeks · Antevon
  8. 8. The 2-week audit · Antevon
  9. 9. llms.txt (antevon.com)
  10. 10. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it.
  11. 11. Privacy · Antevon

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