What KARK LTD does

Kark Ltd is a London-based software company that builds and operates "Kark," a Shopify-native multi-location inventory management application distributed through the Shopify App Store. The product is designed for Shopify merchants operating multiple physical retail locations, such as fashion, jewelry, and lifestyle brands, who need to surface real-time per-store stock availability on product detail pages rather than only at the aggregate catalogue level. The app integrates directly with Shopify's native location and inventory APIs, supports metafields for store-level metadata, and works with Shopify Flow and Shopify Markets, allowing merchants to manage stock visibility across geographies and channels from a single configuration layer.

Under the hood, Kark is built as a thin app on top of Shopify's platform primitives rather than as a standalone inventory system, which is reflected in its feature set: per-location stock display on product pages, location-grouped display logic, support for bundled products and up to 250 variants per product, and an outbound integration surface with partners such as Zapiet (store pickup and shipping), ShipStation, Reloflex Collection Generation, and Zipchat. The commercial model is a self-serve SaaS subscription with three published price tiers ($6.99, $14.99, and $25.99 per month), a 14-day free trial, and no disclosed enterprise or custom-contract motion. Customer acquisition is entirely product-led through the Shopify App Store, where the app holds a 5.0 rating and has been awarded Shopify's "Built for Shopify" badge. Kark reports 1,500+ users and 400+ Shopify Plus merchants on its customer base, indicating traction primarily with small and mid-market Shopify merchants rather than large enterprise retailers.

Name

KARK LTD

Legal name

Kark Ltd

Website

https://locationinventory.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kark Ltd is a London-based software company that provides a Shopify-native multi-location inventory management app, enabling Shopify merchants with multiple retail stores to display real-time per-location stock availability on product pages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

E-commerce Inventory Management Software

akta.pro primary industry

Omnichannel Commerce & Click-and-Collect Platforms (BPAMAGAL)

Keywords

• Multi-location inventory
• Shopify inventory app
• Retail stock display
• BOPIS inventory tracking
• Store locator inventory

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription with three pricing tiers (Basic, Pro, Pro Plus) offering escalating features. Revenue is recurring and predictable based on tier selected.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KARK LTD develops and sells a Shopify-native inventory management app that displays real-time, per-store stock availability directly on Shopify product pages for multi-location retailers. The app enables merchants to communicate which specific physical store holds an item, supporting buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) and locally-relevant shopping decisions, and is distributed as a monthly subscription via the Shopify App Store.

Product overview

Kark is a unified Shopify app providing multi-location inventory visibility. The core product (Multi-Location Inventory Info App) offers a product page inventory widget that displays real-time per-store stock to online shoppers. The offering spans three pricing tiers: Basic ($6.99/mo) for inventory display and styling, Pro ($14.99/mo) adding geolocation search and auto-tagging, and Pro Plus ($25.99/mo) adding Shop from Selected Location, customer rules, fulfillment routing, and JSON metafields. Key sub-products include the Product Page Inventory Widget, Incoming Inventory Display, and Location-Based Collections. The app integrates natively with Shopify Markets, Shopify Flow, and Zapiet, and supports up to 250 product variants, 20 bundled product variants with 50 components, and 50 locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kark: Multi-Location Inventory Info App

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% fewer 'Is it in stock?' support tickets
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• ZapietcoreTechnology or IntegrationZapiet is a local pickup and delivery app for Shopify merchants. Kark integrates with Zapiet to automatically pass the pickup location selected in Kark's 'Shop from Selected Location' feature to Zapiet's cart widget, maintaining inventory fidelity across both platforms for seamless BOPIS operations.
• ReloflexcoreTechnology or IntegrationReloflex Collection Generation automatically creates and maintains Shopify smart collections based on product data. For stores using Kark across multiple locations, Reloflex ensures the underlying collection structure is always organized and SEO-ready so shoppers can find products and Kark shows them where to pick them up.
• shopexpertssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributorshopexperts is a marketplace connecting Shopify store operators with vetted freelancers, agencies, and app specialists. Merchants use it to find expert help with Kark setup, customization, and growth including installation, theme integration, location stock widgets, geo-search, and B2B workflows.
• ZipchatsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationZipchat is an AI chatbot for sales and customer support handling 24/7 conversations across live chat, WhatsApp, and email. When shoppers ask about stock or store availability, ZipChat can direct them to Kark's real-time location data for accurate answers without manual effort.
• ShipStationsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationShipStation is the leading shipping and order management platform for Shopify merchants, connecting to 200+ carriers, automating label creation, and centralizing fulfillment across every warehouse and sales channel.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Zipchat AI: AI chatbot for Shopify merchants that integrates with Kark for stock-availability queries. Adjacent in-store-customer-engagement technology serving the same merchant segment.
• ShipStation: Shipping and order management platform that integrates with Kark. Serves the same multi-location Shopify merchant segment via fulfillment rather than in-store pickup, complementing Kark's product.

Direct peers

• Stockist: Shopify app providing store locator and local inventory visibility for multi-location retailers. Most direct overlap with Kark on geolocation search and store-with-stock functionality.
• Zapiet: Shopify-native BOPIS, local delivery, and store pickup app. Direct integration partner of Kark, serving the same multi-location merchant segment with complementary (rather than overlapping) functionality around pickup and delivery scheduling.
• Storeify: Shopify store locator and inventory app with multi-location search and product availability features, overlapping with Kark's core widget and geolocation capabilities.
• Reloflex: Shopify app that auto-generates smart collections based on product data and metafields. Direct integration partner of Kark and competes for the same merchant mindshare around location-based merchandising.
• Locatoraid: Store locator app for Shopify merchants with store-distance search and product availability filters. Competes for the same multi-location SMB merchant on the Shopify App Store.

Broad incumbents

• Stitch Labs (Shopify): Shopify's broader inventory and operations suite (originally Stitch Labs) covers multi-location stock visibility natively. Represents the platform-level competitive threat to Kark's merchant base.
• Bold Commerce: Established Shopify-focused platform offering checkout, subscriptions, and store operations tooling. Operates broadly in the same merchant ecosystem and could expand into location-level inventory capabilities.

Emerging players

• Shopwaive: Shopify ecosystem app provider offering store locator and conversion tools, partially overlapping with Kark's location discovery use cases for multi-location retailers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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