Inventory

Inventory refers to the total stock of products that a business has available for sale through its ecommerce site. It includes all items physically stored in warehouses, retail locations, or managed through third-party fulfillment services.

Why Inventory matters in mA7:

Controls product availability on your site
Ensures accurate order fulfillment and customer satisfaction
Helps you avoid overselling or stockouts
Supports promotions, bundling, and restock planning
Feeds into reporting for sales forecasting and demand planning

Common Inventory Terms:

In Stock: Quantity available to sell
Out of Stock: No units available for purchase
Backorder: Items not currently in stock but available to order
SKU: A unique code used to track each product or variant
ATS (Available to Sell): Quantity currently sellable, factoring in reserved stock

Inventory is typically managed per product SKU and can be:

Tracked manually
Synced with physical warehouses
Automated with inventory management systems (IMS)

mA7 Inventory Tool

The inventory tool allows an administrator to review and alter the inventory levels for a SKU on either the staging site or the production site. It also provides a history of inventory level changes through the lifetime of the SKU.

mA7 inventory tool

Property	Description
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit - the purchasable element of a StyleID.
Vendor	Product manufacturer's brand name.
Name	Full Product name.
Primary	Value of inventory at Primary source or location used to fulfill orders for a product. Examples: website default warehouse distribution center fulfillment partner
Alternate	Value of alternate inventory refers to secondary inventory sources or locations that can be used to fulfill orders when the primary inventory is unavailable or insufficient.
Ordered	Refers to the total quantity of a product that customers have purchased but that has not yet been fulfilled or shipped.
Threshold	An inventory undersell or oversell value that allows you to stop selling a product before it hits a zero-inventory level, or to allow you to sell over the absolute inventory by a set number of units. To undersell, enter a positive number that will be effectively subtracted from your on-hand inventory. To oversell, enter a negative number that will be effectively added to your current on-hand inventory.
ATS	This read-only field shows the current inventory for this SKU as it exists in your live environment. It is helpful for determining if you should deactivate out of stock SKUs so they don't distract from your customers when checking out.

Inventory Search

Simple Search - type in any product related keyword to view your results.

Inventory simple search

Advanced Search - When you click the down arrow icon next to Advance Search Options you will expand the search to include Product Style ID as well as Product Status (Active or Inactive).

Inventory advanced search

Inventory Search Results

Inventory search results

Details

Inventory details refer to the specific information about a product's stock status, used to track, manage, and fulfill items across locations in mA7.

Property	Description
Overview
Name	Full Product name.
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit - the purchasable element of a StyleID.
Color	Product Color.
Size	Product Size.
Primary Inventory	Inventory value at Primary Location.
Alternate Inventory	Inventory value at Alternate Location
Quantity Allocated	Value intended for open orders
Threshold	Allows you to control when a product stops selling relative to its inventory level: Undersell: Enter a positive number to stop sales before inventory reaches zero (acts as a buffer). Oversell: Enter a negative number to allow selling beyond available inventory (used for backorders or pre-orders). The value is applied to adjust the effective sellable inventory.
Warehouse Inventory
Decrementing Location	A decrementing location is the inventory source (e.g., warehouse, store, or fulfillment center) from which the stock quantity is reduced when an order is placed or fulfilled.
Quantity	Number of products.
Allocated	Allocated refers to the quantity of a product that has been reserved for customer orders but has not yet been shipped or fulfilled.
Last Modified	Date when product inventory was last modified.
Modified by	mA7 User who last modified the Inventory values.
Adjust Inventory (only editable section)
Quantity on Hand	Quantity on Hand refers to the total number of units physically available in your inventory at a given time, across all locations.
Location	Location at which to adjust the inventory.
Reason for Change	A brief reason why the change is being made.

Inventory transactions tab

Transactions

The Inventory transaction tab details any edits made to a Product SKU.

Property	Description
Warehouse Inventory
Decrementing Location	A decrementing location is the inventory source (e.g., warehouse, store, or fulfillment center) from which the stock quantity is reduced when an order is placed or fulfilled.
Quantity	Number of products.
Allocated	Allocated refers to the quantity of a product that has been reserved for customer orders but has not yet been shipped or fulfilled.
Last Modified	Date when product inventory was last modified.
Modified by	mA7 User who last modified the Inventory values.
Transaction History
Date	This reflects the date a change was made to the inventory.
Action	This reflects the action taken, added or deleted.
Adjustment	Reflects the value of the inventory item either added or deleted.
On Hand	On Hand refers to the total number of units physically available in your inventory at a given time, across all locations.
Modified by	Quantity on Hand refers to the total number of units physically available in your inventory at a given time, across all locations.
Reason for Change	The reason that you are making this adjustment. For example: "Shrinkage", or "Cycle Count".

Allocations

An inventory allocation is the act of assigning available stock to specific demand, such as customer orders, store locations, or future sales events. This prevents stock from being double-booked or oversold.

Below are the steps to review inventory allocation on a specific product

From the main inventory page, either search for the product or click the product within the list of available products.

Inventory search

Clicking on the Product name will take you to the Product Details page. Click on Allocations.

Inventory product details page

On the Allocations tab are more details about the Product.

Inventory allocations tab

Property	Description
Date	Date Order Placed
Order #	Order # associated with Product
Customer Name	Customer Name on the Order
Email	Customer email address
Order Status	Order Status
Item Status	New Backordered Presale Cancelled Processing Invoice Packed Pending Shipped Return Pending Returned
Quantity	Number of items allocated in the Order.

Tips

If you are actively sending inventory updates through a feed or through the APIs, any change here could be overwritten by your next automated update. If you are routinely seeing inaccuracies in your inventory levels after making manual revisions, check the history to see if there is a mismatch in the levels being sent by your back office and the levels you believe you should be seeing.