How to Manage Product Stock Quantities?
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SiteGround Ecommerce features various options for effective stock management of your inventory. You can set how to track the availability of each product while adding it, or when editing an existing one.
To enter the product editor, follow the steps below.
- Open Site Admin > Store Manager > Products section.
- Select the “New Product” button for a new product. To edit an existing product, click on its name or select its Actions (kebab) menu > Edit.
- Inside the product editor, scroll down to the Pricing & Inventory section.
- Choose how to manage the product availability from the Stock Management drop-down menu. The options are Simple and Advanced (Track quantity).
- Depending on your choice, the Quantity field will change. For Simple stock management, you can either select to make the product in or out of stock. For Advanced stock management, you can set a number of available units.
- Press Save to confirm.
Simple Stock Management
With this mode enabled, you can make the product available or unavailable. Simply open the Quantity dropdown menu and select In Stock or Out of Stock.
The simple stock management option is recommended for non-physical products, which are not limited by physical quantities. Such are training courses, downloadable files, music, images, video, etc.
Advanced (Track quantity)
In Advanced mode, you can set a predetermined number of available units in the Quantity field. The store will then automatically decrease the number of available units upon the submission of a new order for the product.
The advanced mode is suitable for physical products with a limited number of units.
Stock Management for Product Variations
You may offer products in different variations. In this case, each variation will be listed under the Pricing & Inventory section with its own Quantity field. You can set a separate stock availability for each variation. This option is available in both simple and advanced stock management.
