How to Calculate Your Real Inventory Carrying Cost (It Is Not Just Storage)

Just read this from Okiela and it is spot on for anyone running a store.

How to Calculate Your Real Inventory Carrying Cost. Turns out it is 20 to 30 percent of your inventory value every year, not just the warehouse fee.

They walk through the 50K example (14K plus a year), the five components, and the no BS fixes you can actually use next week.

Super practical, zero theory. Especially timely in 2026 with AI forecasting becoming a game changer.

If you are a hunter building or scaling ecommerce, give it a look and let me know what you think 👀

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