Set up inventory tracking
Accurate inventory on your Shopify store helps customers when they're trying to place an order. 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 the most recent 90 days.
If you want to continue selling products that are out of stock, then check Continue selling when out of stock.
Steps:
Desktop
From your Shopify admin, go to Products.
Click the name of the product that you want to track.
If the product has variants, then click the variant that you want to track.
In the Inventory section, check Track quantity.
If you want to allow customers to purchase the item when it's out of stock, then check Continue selling when out of stock.
In the Quantity section, enter the quantity information for each location.
Click Save.
iPhone
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
- Tap the product that you want to track.
- If the product has variants, then tap the variant that you want to edit. You'll have to set inventory tracking for each variant individually.
- In the Inventory section, tap More.
- On the Inventory details screen, activate Track quantity.
- If you want to allow customers to purchase the item when it's out of stock, then activate Continue selling when out of stock.
- In the Quantity section, enter the number of Available units that you have for the product or variant.
- Tap Save.
- Tap X, and then tap Done.
Android
- From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
- Tap the product that you want to track.
- If the product has variants, then tap the variant that you want to edit. You'll have to set inventory tracking for each variant individually.
- In the Inventory section, tap MORE.
- On the Inventory details screen, activate Track quantity.
- If you want to allow customers to purchase the item when it's out of stock, then activate Continue selling when out of stock.
- In Quantity, enter the number of Available units that you have for the product or variant, then tap
✓
. - Tap X.
- Tap the back arrow to return to the product details screen.
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.