Update Your Stock Levels

You can update stock levels and stock locations for individual products in the Product Details screen as well as update stock for multiple SKUs in bulk using the Inventory CSV import process.

If you have not yet set your initial stock levels, review our Set Your Initial Stock Counts article for details.

Update a Single SKU

When you add, remove, or set stock, you can add a note to help you remember why you made the adjustment. When you add stock, you can also specify your cost for those additional units.

These functions, including a history of changes, are also available via the Inventory tab in the Product Detail screen.

V3 Inventory tab with Action icons and history highlighted.

The Inventory tab also offers the ability to Move stock from one warehouse location to another.

V3 Move Stock pop-up.

The above process is a good option if you just need to adjust stock for a single SKU, but it would be a lot of clicks to update multiple SKUs in this way. To update stock levels for multiple SKUs in bulk, follow the steps in the next section Update Multiple SKUs.

Update Multiple SKUs

Updating multiple Inventory records takes three main steps:

  1. Export your existing inventory records.

  2. Update the Inventory CSV file as needed.

    • Be sure your CSV file contains all the information you need for your inventory records. The CSV import process will replace the inventory data in ShipStation with the data from the CSV.

    • Additionally, if you have a blank cell in the CSV for a field that currently contains data in ShipStation, the CSV import will overwrite that data with a null value and that data will no longer be available in ShipStation.

  3. Import the updated CSV file.

    • A CSV template is no longer required for inventory imports.

    • You can enable inventory sync for automatic inventory count updates. Turn off sync to stop updates.

The sections below walk you through how to complete each step noted above.

Export Existing Inventory Records

Modify the CSV Stock Levels

Import Inventory CSV into ShipStation

Once your import is complete, your stock levels will be updated for that Inventory Warehouse. Repeat this process for each Inventory Warehouse. Read our CSV Import Troubleshooting and Tips article if you encounter difficulty importing your CSV file.

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