Ecommerce Insights

Still Using Spreadsheets? You’re Losing Two Days a Week, Says New Report

You know that feeling when you open 12 tabs just to figure out what’s in stock, what needs to ship, and what’s already overdue? Same. And according to a new report from Digital Commerce 360, it’s not just you. More than half of marketplace sellers are still relying on spreadsheets or clunky internal tools to run their business. The result? Teams are losing 36% of their week (nearly two full workdays) to manual updates and repetitive tasks. If you’re feeling that drag, it might be time to ditch eCommerce spreadsheets and get serious about scaling.

That’s not running a business. That’s being a full-time spreadsheet babysitter.

Marketplace Growth Is Breaking Ops

Selling on Amazon, Walmart, TikTok, and Shopify? Great. But as sales grow, so does the chaos.

Inventory lives in one file, orders live in another, and shipping? That’s its own headache. What starts as a tidy system quickly turns into “where did that order go” panic.

Growth is great until your backend can’t keep up.

Spreadsheets Don’t Scale (No Matter How Pretty the Color Coding)

We get it. Spreadsheets are familiar. They’re cheap. You can make them pink. But they were never built for real-time inventory syncing, multichannel fulfillment, or the holiday rush.

Here’s what that lost 36% of your week actually looks like:

  • Slower shipping because your team is copying and pasting labels
  • Stockouts and overselling because your inventory isn’t in sync
  • Customer complaints because the order they placed doesn’t exist
  • More hours, less control, and zero time to grow

If you’ve ever felt like your business is being held together by CTRL+C and hope, you’re not alone.

Upgrade Your Ops Without Hiring 10 More People

That’s where Ordoro steps in. We help sellers get out of spreadsheets and into workflows that actually work.

  • Centralize your inventory across every channel you sell on
  • Consolidate orders from Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, and more
  • Automate shipping with batch label printing, routing rules, and tracking updates
  • Sync in real time so you always know what’s where

We help you keep grow and keep your sanity while you do it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much time are sellers losing to manual processes?
Sellers using spreadsheets or internal tools are losing about 36% of their week (nearly two days) to manual tasks.

Why are spreadsheets so risky for fast-growing brands?
They create delays, invite errors, and simply don’t scale with multichannel complexity. What worked at launch won’t work at scale.

How does Ordoro fix this?
Ordoro centralizes inventory, automates shipping, and syncs everything in real time so sellers spend less time managing and more time scaling.

Is it worth switching if I’m already used to spreadsheets?
Yes. If you’re spending 10+ hours a week updating cells, it’s time to let software do the heavy lifting.

Ready to Fire Your Spreadsheets?

Running a business shouldn’t feel like being stuck in Excel limbo. You’ve got orders to ship, customers to wow, and way better things to do with your week.

Let Ordoro take the manual mess off your plate. We’ll help you automate the boring stuff so you can focus on what actually drives growth.

Talk to one of our eCommerce pros and we’ll show you how to turn lost time into real efficiency , before the holiday chaos kicks in.

Less clicking. More scaling. Let’s do this.