How do I manage stock, or hand it to Inventory?

You will have stock tracked where you want it.

Before you start

To delegate stock you need the Inventory plugin installed, and the product must already be saved.

Steps

Track stock on the product

1. Open the product, and in Inventory leave Stock source on "This product".
2. Switch on Stock settings, then enter the Stock quantity and a Low-stock threshold.
3. Press Save.

Hand stock to Inventory

1. In Inventory, set Stock source to "Inventory plugin". It saves at once.
2. Receive stock through a purchase order in Inventory.

What you will see

With your own stock, each paid order reduces the quantity and the status flips to Out of stock at 0. Cancelling or refunding returns it. Low items appear in Low stock on the dashboard.

If something goes wrong

• A manual Out of stock status always blocks purchase, even without a quantity.
• Backorders is saved but nothing reads it; do not rely on it.
• Delegated products skip the store's own stock changes; Inventory reserves on payment and commits when the order is shipped.
• Max per cart caps the total across all variations.