Nederlands
EnglishA stock source is a base product whose stock you track in a unit of measure such as weight, length or volume. From this single source you sell multiple variants. ShopLinkr automatically calculates how much is available per variant.
When should you use this?
Stock sources are meant for products whose variants only come into being when they are filled or picked. For example:
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Dog food that you sell in bags of 500 grams, 1 kilo and 5 kilos
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Fabric that you sell per 50 cm, 1 meter or 3 meters
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Perfume that you decant into bottles of 50 ml, 100 ml and 250 ml
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Cable that you sell in lengths of 2, 5 and 10 meters
Do you sell variants that are produced in advance and stored separately (for example pallets of ready-made bottles of shampoo)? Then you manage those as individual products, not as a stock source.
Example
You have 100 kilos of dog food as a stock source and sell variants of 500 grams and 1 kilo:
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Situation |
Source stock |
500g variant |
1kg variant |
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Start |
100 kilos |
200 units |
100 units |
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After selling 1x 1kg |
99 kilos |
198 units |
99 units |
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After selling 1x 500g |
98.5 kilos |
197 units |
98 units |
With each sale the right amount is deducted from the source stock and all variants are recalculated automatically.
Setting it up
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Go to Products and open the product you want to use as the source.
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Enable Stock source and choose the unit of measure (weight, length or volume).
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Link variants and enter the amount for each variant (for example 500 grams or 1 kilo).
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Click Save.
The stock of all variants is automatically synced with your sales channels.
Pre-produced variants
You can also produce variants in advance from the source. This is handy for variants that sell frequently. For example: you produce 10 bags of 100 grams from your source of 100 kilos. 1 kilo is deducted from the source stock and the variant gets its own stock of 10 units.
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When a sale comes in, the pre-produced stock is used first.
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Once that runs out, you are prompted to produce from the source during picking.
Returns and cancellations
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Returns: the stock is added to the variant, not to the source. This keeps the variant stock accurate.
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Cancellations before shipping: the reservation lapses and the amount is returned to the source stock.
