Variants, lots & serial numbers
Choose tracking that matches what staff must identify at sale and return.
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Before you begin
Define which attributes are variants and which goods require real lot, expiry or serial tracking.
Where to go
Products → Stock models → Inventory
Visible menus may vary with language, permissions, app version and shop configuration.Follow these steps
- Create variants for customer-selected options such as color and size; inventory quantities are not a variant catalog.
- Use lot/expiry tracking only when receipts carry that evidence, recording dates from actual labels rather than estimates.
- Use serial tracking for individually identified units, receive serials before sale and verify a serial cannot be sold twice.
- Test sale and return from the original bill, confirming variant/lot/serial evidence and stock refer to the same unit.
How to verify success
Search/scan resolves the right variant, selected lot/serial exists and returns use original evidence.
Limits & things to check
Some capability labels describe configured data rather than acting as switches; test actual behavior before launch.
Ready to try it in your shop
Lessons are free to read. Actual operations require sign-in and the appropriate permission. Use test data for training.