Your shelves are full but your cash is trapped. Retail accountants hear the same complaint from small shops: excess stock "ties up capital and keeps you from re-investing." Your inventory software already tells you WHAT is slow-moving — this system tells you WHAT TO DO about each item.

The Dead-Stock Cash Recovery System is the decision layer on top of inventory tracking. Enter cost, price, stock, and units sold. Every SKU is scored by sell-through velocity and flagged DEAD / SLOW / HEALTHY, with a recommended action: re-merchandise, bundle, mark down, liquidate, or donate. The Markdown Optimizer shows the deepest discount you can offer before losing money — and the deepest discount that keeps your target margin — with a profit/loss verdict per SKU. The Action Planner tracks channel, target date, and planned vs. actual cash recovered.

## What's inside (file-by-file)

- `Dead-Stock-Recovery-EN.xlsx` — English workbook: Setup, Velocity Scorer, Markdown Optimizer, Action Planner (4 sheets)
- `Dead-Stock-Recovery-AR.xlsx` — full Arabic RTL mirror of the English workbook (same sheets, same formulas)
- `QUICK-START-GUIDE.md` + `QUICK-START-GUIDE-AR.md` — first-run walkthrough (15 min), tuning, limits, troubleshooting
- `WORKED-EXAMPLE.md` + `WORKED-EXAMPLE-AR.md` — one complete FICTIONAL recovery: 6 SKUs, score → decide → price → plan → execute, all arithmetic shown
- `Recovery-Playbook.md` — the 5-step sequence: audit → score → decide → execute → prevent
- `Liquidation-Channel-Guide.md` — when clearance, bundle, marketplace, liquidator, or donate wins
- `FAQ-AND-LIMITS.md` + `FAQ-AND-LIMITS-AR.md` — 12 product-specific FAQs + honest limits
- `WHATS-INSIDE.md` — file-by-file inventory + version history
- `README.md` — package overview + scoring rules
- `cover.png` + `previews/` — cover and 3 workbook screenshots

Total: 16 files.

## Free sample (try before you buy)

Read the free sample excerpt before buying — the scoring rules, one SKU worked end to end, and the first 3 steps:

https://github.com/fexo9/dead-stock-cash-recovery-system/blob/main/FREE-SAMPLE-Dead-Stock-Cash-Recovery.md

## FAQ (product-specific)

1. **Does this track my inventory?** No. This is the decision layer, not a tracker. It scores the SKUs you enter and recommends what to do with each one. Pair it with an inventory tracker: track stock there, recover cash here.
2. **How much cash will I recover?** Depends on your stock, margins, channels, and whether customers actually buy. The workbook shows exact markdown math and a markdown-everything ceiling, but real recovery is always lower — the worked example recovers 36.5% of the actioned SKUs' trapped capital, a realistic first-round outcome, not a promise.
3. **Why does Planned Recovery look too high?** It auto-fills the markdown scenario. If you are liquidating, bundling, or donating, overwrite it with your real expected number — the liquidator's quote, the bundle share, or $0 for a donation.
4. **What does "99,999 days of cover" mean?** A sentinel for "infinite": velocity is zero. Treat it as "will never sell at current velocity".
5. **A SKU shows "Check input". What broke?** Nothing — a non-numeric value (usually text) in the stock column. Delete it or type a number.
6. **Why is a zero-stock SKU blank instead of DEAD?** A zero-stock SKU has nothing to recover, so the row is deliberately ignored.
7. **Can I change the DEAD/SLOW thresholds?** Yes — on the Setup sheet. Change one thing at a time and watch which SKUs flip.
8. **Does it handle marketplace fees and shipping?** No. Cash figures are gross of fees and shipping — subtract them mentally before listing.
9. **Does it work in Google Sheets?** It opens and calculates, but layout was designed and tested for Excel (desktop & web). Standard formulas only — no macros, no add-ins.
10. **How many SKUs can it score?** 50 rows on the Scorer, 60 on the Markdown Optimizer, 56 on the Action Planner. Score your slowest 50 first.
11. **The max-safe discount is 0% / verdict "Below target margin". Now what?** Your cost is too close to your price to protect the target margin with a markdown. Bundle, liquidate, or donate — not markdown.
12. **Is the Arabic workbook the same as the English one?** Yes — same four sheets, same formulas, same sample data, mirrored RTL. Numeric results identical. Pick one and use it; the two do not sync.

## Honest limits

- Not a profit or recovery guarantee. It calculates from your inputs.
- Sell-through ignores in-period restocks — direction (DEAD vs HEALTHY) is still reliable; treat borderline SLOW cases as "watch".
- Velocity is backward-looking. The workbook cannot see the future.
- Estimated cash recovered assumes you sell ALL stock at the max-safe price. Treat it as a ceiling.
- No tax, accounting, or legal advice. Donation write-offs, liquidation contracts, and marketplace fees are yours to check locally.
- No sales, review, or testimonial claims.
- Sample data is fictional. Excel-first; Google Sheets "opens and calculates", not pixel-perfect layout.

## Details

- Price: $24 one-time. Commercial license.
- Format: ZIP download (16 files: 2 Excel workbooks + Markdown docs + cover + previews). Excel desktop & web; no macros.
- Version: v2.0 (2026-10-17). Changelog: added quick-start guides (EN + AR), worked examples (EN + AR), FAQ + limits (EN + AR), inventory. Removed listing.txt from the paid ZIP (store-side file; its "30-day money-back guarantee" line was unverified — refunds follow each store's own policy). Workbooks unchanged. Price unchanged.

## Demo video

Watch a 72-second walkthrough of the real v2.0 files:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCYEejaDFA

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