Managing Locations, Transfers & Reservations
What is it?
This is Shopify's system for managing inventory across multiple physical places, like different warehouses, retail stores, or even temporary pop-up shops.- Locations: Each place where you store inventory should be set up as a 'Location' in Shopify.
- Transfers: This is the process of officially moving stock from one of your locations to another.
- Reservations: When an order is placed but not yet fulfilled, Shopify 'reserves' that stock, making it 'Committed' and unavailable for other sales.
Why is it important?
As you grow, you'll likely store inventory in more than one place. This system allows you to have a single, accurate view of all your stock, everywhere.How to Transfer Inventory:
- Navigate to Products > Transfers in your Shopify admin.
- Click Add transfer.
- Select the Origin location (where the stock is coming from) and the Destination location (where it's going).
- Add Products: Search for and add the products you are transferring, and enter the quantity for each.
- Save the Transfer: Once saved, the inventory quantities are 'Committed' at the origin. When you receive the shipment at the destination, you re-open the transfer, click 'Receive items', and the stock levels will be updated, officially moving the available inventory to the new location.
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