Transforming the buying process from a time sink into an efficient, profit-generating flywheel.

What We Do

Vendor Data Ingestion and Centralization

Our service acts as a central source of truth for vendor product data, costs, catalogs, and promotions – all normalized and kept continuously up to date.

Pairing and Comparing Retailer + Vendor Data

Vendor product data is matched to individual retail chain SKUs, fueling insights into better pricing, stocking, store layout, and product line performance for retailers.

Simplifying Cost, Pricing, and Inventory Updates

Retailers are alerted to cost updates for items they sell with recommended pricing adjustments to protect margin. Plus, new items can be sourced from centralized vendor data easily and at any time.

Meet the Founder

Andy Wilkerson (CEO and Owner of Blackhawk Hardware in Charlotte, NC) founded Profit Forge after experiencing firsthand how much friction exists for independent retailers in onboarding and maintaining vendor data.

“We’re building a suite of tools that simplifies the buying process and connects retailers, chains, and co-ops into a shared intelligence layer — unlocking the power of collective data for AI-driven pricing, inventory optimization, and business analytics.”

– Andy Wilkerson

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Profit Forge is building a suite of tools to connect retailer and vendor data into a streamlined and centralized management workflow.

  • Profit Forge tools and services are currently in development. Limited user testing is expected to begin in Spring 2026.

  • Vendors
    Please send an email to submit@profitforge.ai with the following items attached:

    • Product catalog

    • Price list (including UPCs and cost)

      • Preferably in CSV or Excel formats. PDFs will also be accepted.

    Retailers
    If you are interested in piloting our services for your retail property, please fill out the contact form below and a Profit Forge staff member will be in touch.

  • We are still refining our pricing model, but we expect to be easily affordable for retail businesses of all sizes.

  • We will continue updating this website with news and information related to our pilot program and general release rollout.

    If you have specific questions, please use the contact form below to get in touch.

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