Own Inventory AI.

What you'd own.

Every artifact below transfers to your accounts on day one. The whole engine.

• ●Shopify app with demand forecasting and inventory optimization engine
• ●Cold email templates, demo scripts, and pitch framework tested
• ●Landing page, brand identity, and Shopify App Store listing
• ●Financial model projecting $172k year-one ARR under baseline
• ●3PL partnership framework and supplier relationship introductions
• ●Customer success playbook covering critical first 90 days
• ●API integration code for Shopify, WooCommerce, and Amazon

What Roll Digital builds for you.

Custom scope to take Inventory AI from MVP shell to operating business.

• ▸Production backend on FastAPI with Postgres and Redis caching
• ▸Stripe billing across 3 pricing tiers with webhooks
• ▸Email and Google OAuth authentication for secure multi-tenancy
• ▸Custom domain provisioning with SSL and CDN integration
• ▸Monitoring and alerting for third-party API integration health
• ▸30-day customer success support and merchant onboarding
• ▸Rate limiting and queue for reliable API calls
• ▸Analytics dashboard tracking forecast accuracy and performance metrics

Why this could work.

The TAM is large: 120k e-commerce SMBs spend $2.5k annually on inventory tools. Your GTM is proven: Shopify App Store listing plus cold email to merchants doing 100k to 2M GMV yearly. The founder has closed 4 deals per month at $300 recurring. 3PL partnerships provide a secondary channel. At scale, recurring SaaS revenue can turn this into a meaningful exit.

What you'd risk.

Shopify, Amazon, and WooCommerce APIs change constantly, forcing you to trap 35-50% of engineering time in maintenance rather than shipping features. AI forecasting needs 60-90 days of customer data before delivering measurable value, spiking churn in months one and two and damaging App Store ranking. Three established competitors already shipped AI-based forecasting in 2023-2024. The business has 14% historical success probability. Year-one take-home is negative.

Who this fits.

This fits a founder who owns a SaaS business already, or an agency with Shopify merchant clients. You need tolerance for integration maintenance and skill debugging third-party API changes. Cold-start churn risk suits someone with a strong customer success discipline or existing merchant relationships that enable retention through the first 90 days.

Timeline.

From contract signing to operating business.

1. Day 1
   Receive codebase, GTM assets, and existing customer relationships
2. Week 1
   Complete Stripe integration, OAuth, and auth system setup
3. Week 3
   Deploy custom domains, SSL provisioning, monitoring and alerting
4. Week 6
   Full production deployment with first customer migrations and support
5. Day 90
   Early cohort reaches data sufficiency for accurate forecasting

Pricing.

Three ways in, depending on how much you want to build yourself.