Assigning inventory to locations
If your store has multiple locations, then the inventory at each location is shown on the details page of each product.
When you create a product, the product is stocked at one location: your store's shipping origin. You can change the list of locations that stock the product and adjust the inventory levels of the product at each location, with the following constraints:
- All products need to be stocked at a minimum of one location.
- You can’t unstock products from locations that have unfulfilled orders or transfers that require inventory of that product.
If you need to update the inventory quantities for a large number of products across locations, use a CSV file.
Change the list of locations that stock a product
If you remove a location from the list of locations that stock a product, the inventory quantity at that location will be deleted.
Steps:
- Go to Products and open the product.
- In the Inventory section, make sure Shopify tracks this product's quantity is selected in the Inventory policy list.
- Click Edit locations.
- Check the locations that stock the product, and uncheck the locations that don’t stock the product.
- Click Save.
- From the Shopify app, tap Products.
- Tap the product with the location you want to change.
- If your product has variants, then tap the variant selector, and then tap the variant with the location that you want to change.
- Tap Inventory.
- Make sure Track quantity is enabled.
- In the Quantity section, tap Edit locations.
- Check the locations that stock the product, and uncheck the locations that don’t stock the product.
- Tap Save.
- From the Shopify app, tap Products.
- Tap the product with the location you want to change.
- If your product has variants, then tap the variant selector, and then tap the variant with the location that you want to change.
- Tap Inventory.
- Make sure Track quantity is enabled.
- In the Quantity section, tap Edit locations.
- Check the locations that stock the product, and uncheck the locations that don’t stock the product.
- Tap Save.
Stock products at locations by using the bulk editor
You can change the locations that stock a product by using the bulk editor on the Inventory page.
Steps:
Go to Products > Inventory.
Select a location.
Use the checkboxes to select one or more products.
Click Edit variants.
Optional: In the bulk editor, click Add fields and add fields for the locations where you want to stock the products.
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In the cells of the bulk editor, check or uncheck Stock at this location. You can also update the quantities, such as in this example:
Click Save.
For general guidance on using the bulk editor, see Bulk editing products and variants. The instructions for products also apply to bulk editing of inventory.