What Are Inventory Rules?
Inventory Rules control how much of your available inventory is displayed on a sales channel.
They can be useful when you want to:
Reserve inventory for other sales channels or offline sales
Limit the quantity shown on marketplace listings
Keep listings active even when inventory is low
Note: Inventory Rules are based on a product's available inventory and apply to an entire sales channel. They cannot be configured for individual listings.
Types of Inventory Rules
Sellbrite offers three types of Inventory Rules:
Percentage of Available – Sends only a percentage of your available inventory to a sales channel.
Maximum Quantity – Limits the highest quantity that can be displayed on a sales channel.
Minimum Quantity – Maintains a minimum quantity on a sales channel, even when available inventory falls below that amount.
Set Inventory Rules
To set Inventory Rules:
Open the sales channel you want to update
Set the Inventory Rules for that channel
Remember that Inventory Rules are applied on a per-channel basis. If you want the same rules used across all of your connected sales channels, you must repeat these steps for each channel.
Percentage of Available Rule
The Percentage of Available rule lets you send only a percentage of your available inventory to a sales channel.
This is useful if you want to reserve inventory for other channels, offline sales, or other business needs. Inventory Rules always round down to the nearest whole number.
For example:
Available inventory: 10
Rule: 90%
Quantity shown on the channel: 9
Because quantities are rounded down, products with very low inventory may show as out of stock sooner than expected.
For example:
Available inventory: 2
Rule: 40%
Quantity shown on the channel: 0
Maximum Quantity rule
The Maximum Quantity rule limits the quantity that can be displayed on a sales channel, regardless of how much inventory you actually have available.
For example:
Avail inventory: 10
Maximum Quantity rule: 5
Quantity shown on the channel: 5
This rule offers several benefits:
Creates a sense of scarcity by showing a limited quantity available for purchase, which can encourage buyers to act sooner.
Reduces the risk of overselling when inventory is also being sold through other channels or locations.
Can help work around listing quantity restrictions imposed by certain sales channels.
Minimum Quantity rule
The Minimum Quantity rule maintains a minimum quantity on your listings, even when your available inventory falls below that amount.
For example:
Available inventory: 0
Minimum Quantity rule: 2
Quantity shown on the channel: 2
