Inventory help

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Registered User
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Hi there,

I see that the Manual says that you shouldn't just rely on the cart to do your investory for you, so my question is, when using the cart can you manage your inventory through Paypal? If so, how so?

I am used to using Paypal buy now buttons but this is my first time through a cart program like this.
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Senior Advisor
10,951 posts

Hiya Sacha,

One of the things that it means by not relying on the program to be your only inventory check is that files can become corrupt and have to be reset, inventory management in the program is not "complete" as in it does not allow for separate inventory management of items listed using the Optional Fields so any product that has optional fields the inventory for that product is total of that product of all styles.

In other words, if you create a product and you have Optional Fields to offer it in different colors or sizes, the program does not separate that from the main product, it doesn't understand that they are different items so the inventory total is for all of that product and you cannot manage the different sizes and styles separately unless you make them a completely separate product.

This makes the inventory management useful, but not exact so your inventory numbers may not always coincide with the programs if you are keeping track of all sizes and colors and styles etc.

You should always keep a separate inventory for backup too and should maintain this outside of the program for best results and for tracking more information than the program is doing.

Hope that helps :)

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