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Stock settings

  1. General overview: stock settings
  2. Setting your stock to sent to the marketplace

    1. stock attribute
    2. stock margin
    3. fixed stock
    4. virtual stock
    5. backorder stock
  3. Determining stock priorities

  4. Synchronization times

General overview: stock settings

Open the channel in EffectConnect > Settings > Stock

Setting your stock to sent to the marketplace

Here you will find settings related to stock that we synchronize to specific marketplace.

kb-info  Note: When you create a new product on the marketplace, stock is an important part of the offer and will always be exported through the 'Create and delete offers' synchronization.

Stock

Here you will find settings related to your stock that we send to this sales channel.

Stock attribute: the value that represents the stock of your products and serves as the foundation for determining stock.

Bol.com only: extra stock setting:  "Don't mutate stock levels for open orders (managedbyretailer)"

Bol.com utilizes its own system for stock reservation in order to effectively manage stock levels and prevent the sale of products that are out of stock.

  • Enable this setting: the stock is managed by the retailer, a corrected stock is temporarily used for new orders.
  • Disable this setting: the stock is not managed by the retailer, a corrected stock is applied in more situations than only for new orders

For more information on this setting please read: What does the stock setting 'Do not mutate stock with open orders' (managedbyretailer) in a bol.com channel mean?

Stock margin

The inventory margin is a safety margin that you can set for all products.

Stock margin: Enable or disable this option to apply a margin to your stock levels.

Stock margin attribute: if you have an attribute for stock margin, you can select that attribute here. This will then decrease your inventory by the value specified in the attribute.

Default stock margin: here you can apply a fixed stock margin for all products 

Fixed stock level

The stock level that is always and consistently sent to the marketplace for the products in the product selection. 

Use fixed stock levels: enable or disable to apply fixed stock levels
Product selection to apply fixed stock to:
product selection where you want to apply fixed stock levels
Stock value for fixed stock:
the value of the fixed stock that will always be synchronized for the products in the selected product group

Virtual stock levels

The virtual stock when the stock is less than or equal to 0.

Use virtual stock: enable or disable to apply virtual stock levels
Product selection for virtual stock: product selection where you want to apply virtual stock levels
Virtual stock amount: the value of the virtual stock that will always be synchronized for the products in the selected product group

Backorder stock level

kb-info Not all marketplaces accept backorders

Backorder stock can be used as stock when backorders are enabled in your backoffice or webshopsystem. This can be a fictitious stock or only used when your own stock is exhausted.

Use backorder stock: enable or disable this setting to use backorder stock

Virtual stock value for back orders: the value of the backorder stock that will always be synchronized for products that are enabled for backorder. 

 To learn more about a specific setting, simply click on the bullet with the question mark to access additional information.

Determining stock priorities

In this section, you have the ability to determine the priority of modules that affects your stock. The modules listed higher in the list will have a higher priority. 

When for example multiple stock manipulations apply for a certain product, the highest priority determines the modification that will be applied. 

You can easily adjust the priorities by simply dragging and dropping the modules.

About the synchronization times

Find here more information about our synchronization times.

kb-info  Note: When you create a new product on the marketplace, stock is an important part of the offer and will always be exported through the 'Create and delete offers' synchronization.