Inventory Type

Inventory type determines what fields are available for different categories. Putting information into the correct fields will assist with reporting, online integrations, etc. which makes selecting the correct inventory type an important step in customizing your categories.

Screenshot of Category Settings Emphasizing Inventory Type

All inventory types have the following fields:

Item Name, Category, Condition, Quantity, Cost (Store Owned Inventory Only), Price, UPC, Extra Information, Vendor, MSRP, E-Commerce Item, E-Commerce Name/Title, E-Commerce Description, Height, Width, Depth, Weight, Drop Ship, E-Commerce Tags

Default

This inventory type should be avoided unless the additional fields from the other inventory types aren't needed.

Default inventory type has no additional fields from the shared fields listed above.

Screenshot of Default Inventory Type Fields

Book

This inventory type is great for books and other forms of media.

Book inventory type has the following fields in addition to the standard fields listed above:

• Subtitle, Author, ISBN, Cover Price, Number of Pages, Format, Published Year, In Print, Weight (In Store), Dimensions (In Store)

Screenshot of Book Inventory Type Fields

Clothing

This inventory type can be used for more than just clothing items. It's great for anything that you would want to assign a family group (Mens, Womens, Childrens, etc.). Don't get hung up on the inventory type name.

Clothing inventory type has the following fields in addition to the standard fields listed above:

• Family Group, Brand, Color, Size

Screenshot of Clothing Inventory Type Fields

Extended Attributes

This inventory type is great for items that don't need family group markers. For most stores this should be the inventory type that is used for any non clothing items.

Extended Attributes inventory type has the following fields in addition to the standard fields listed above:

• Brand, Color, Size

Screenshot of Extended Attributes Inventory Type Fields