Setting up inventory tracking
Accurate inventory on your Shopify store helps customers place orders. Before you can view or adjust inventory levels for a product, you need to set up inventory tracking for that product. When you track inventory for a product in Shopify, you can view the history of inventory for that product for up to 180 days.
If you want to continue selling products that are out of stock, then select the Continue selling when out of stock* option.
If a product's inventory quantity is tracked using inventory apps, then its quantities are allocated only to that app location. You can change the locations that products are assigned to.
Steps:
Desktop
From your Shopify admin, go to Products.
Click the product that you want to track inventory for.
Optional: If the product has variants, then click the variant that you want to track inventory for.
In the Inventory section, activate the Inventory not tracked setting.
Optional: To allow customers to purchase the item when it's out of stock, click Sell when out of stock, and then select Continue selling when out of stock.
In the Inventory section, enter the number of Available units that you have for the product or variant.
Click Save.
Mobile
- From the Shopify app, tap the
icon
. - Tap the product that you want to track inventory for.
- Optional: If the product has variants, then tap the variant that you want to track inventory for.
- In the Inventory section, tap Edit.
- On the Inventory details screen, activate the Track quantity setting.
- Optional: To allow customers to purchase the item when it's out of stock, activate the Continue selling when out of stock setting.
- In the Quantity section, enter the number of Available units that you have for the product or variant.
- Tap Save or ✓, then tap X and Done to return to the product details screen.