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DEAR Inventory Is Now Cin7 Core. The Automation Gap Around It Hasn't Changed.

DEAR Inventory, built by DEAR Systems, is inventory and order management software with a deep native integration into Xero, handling stock across warehouses, purchase and sales orders, and manufacturing with bills of materials. Cin7 acquired DEAR Systems and now sells the same product as Cin7 Core, kept as a distinct product line from Cin7's other, separately branded platform. Whichever name is on your account, we build the automation on top of it that its native integrations don't cover.

What We Build on Top of DEAR / Cin7 Core

The native Xero integration is genuinely strong for the standard case: invoices and bills sync, stock value reconciles. It gets thinner once you need something Xero itself can't calculate, job costing tied to a specific project, a consolidated view across more than one entity or currency. We build that layer so the number landing in Xero is already correct instead of needing a manual adjustment after the fact.

If you're selling through your own storefront, a wholesale channel, and a marketplace at the same time, the built-in Shopify connection covers the common order. We build the custom routing for the orders that don't fit it: different fulfillment rules for wholesale versus retail, bundles whose components need reserving a specific way, or a B2B price list that should apply automatically based on the customer, not just the sales channel.

A finished manufacturing order is useful to more than just the inventory system that produced it. We connect it to whatever else is waiting on that information: a sales order that's been sitting on backorder, a reorder trigger for the raw materials that just got used up, a report someone checks every morning instead of logging in directly.

For businesses running it across more than one warehouse or legal entity, we build the consolidated reporting that pulls everything into one view, so nobody's combining exports from separate company files by hand at month-end.

A Real-World Scenario: Specialty Beverage Wholesaler

One warehouse, a Shopify storefront for direct sales, a separate wholesale price list, DEAR Inventory synced to Xero.

Before

A wholesale order comes in at a negotiated price that's different from the Shopify listing. Someone has to manually override the line price every time, and on a busy week, at least one order goes out at the wrong price before anyone catches it.

After

The wholesale price list applies automatically the moment an order comes in from that channel, no manual override, no pricing mistakes slipping through on a busy day. The same order flows into Xero already coded correctly, ready for reconciliation instead of correction.

More on DEAR

Deeper write-ups on specific parts of DEAR and what we build around each one.

DEAR + Shopify

Running DEAR Inventory or Cin7 Core and still patching the gaps by hand?

Tell us what the native Xero or Shopify integration doesn't quite cover: a job costing number it can't work out on its own, a second entity that needs folding into one report, an order type that needs its own routing logic. Describe the actual gap and we'll scope what it takes to close it. And if DEAR or Cin7 Core isn't where the real slowdown is, that's fine too. The same question applies to anything else in the business that's still running on manual steps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is DEAR Inventory the same thing as Cin7 Core?+
Yes. Cin7 acquired DEAR Systems and now sells the former DEAR Inventory product under the name Cin7 Core, kept as a distinct product line from Cin7's other, separately branded platform. If you set up your account a while ago under the DEAR name, you're very likely looking at the same software now labeled Cin7 Core.
How much does DEAR Inventory / Cin7 Core cost?+
Pricing runs on tiered monthly plans, scaled by features like the number of sales channels, warehouses, and users you need. Because the product has gone through a rebrand and ownership change, check current pricing directly on Cin7's site rather than relying on an older number floating around online.
Where do I log into DEAR or Cin7 Core?+
Through your account's own login page, and which exact URL applies depends on whether your account was set up before or after the Cin7 Core rebrand. If you're not sure which one applies to you, the welcome or billing email from when the account was created usually has the right link.
Does DEAR Inventory integrate with Xero and Shopify?+
Yes, both are native, well-established integrations, Xero for accounting and Shopify for storefront orders. They handle the standard case well; it's the business-specific exceptions, custom pricing rules, multi-entity consolidation, unusual fulfillment logic, where custom automation picks up where the native integration stops.
How does DEAR Inventory compare to Unleashed?+
Both are legitimate cloud inventory platforms with strong accounting integrations. Which one wins for your business depends on specifics like pricing tiers and exact feature fit for your industry, not something we're going to referee from here. Our role starts after you've picked one: building the automation your specific operation needs on top of it.

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