--- title: "Inventory Management" description: "Configure location access, stock thresholds, inventory protection, and fulfillment priority for order editing." url: https://docs.orderediting.com/en/articles/14121924-inventory-management collection: "Product & Order Change Settings" updated: 2026-11-08 language: en --- # Inventory Management Configure location access, stock thresholds, inventory protection, and fulfillment priority for order editing. # Find this setting Open **Inventory Management** in Order Editing. You can also open **Inventory management** from the **Mintsoft** integration page. Select **Global settings** or a location to change its settings. # Overselling Protection Open **Overselling Protection** from **Global settings**. Select **Another app updates my Shopify inventory numbers**. Select **Mintsoft** or **Custom** as the inventory management app. Connect Mintsoft with API credentials to use its free-stock number. Select **Custom** when another app updates Shopify inventory and you want Order Editing to use Shopify's available inventory number instead. Order Editing checks every SKU on a new order. If units sold during that order's editing window reach 90% of the selected inventory provider's available stock for any SKU, Order Editing closes editing for that order immediately. The threshold applies to all products by default. For shared inventory, use the **Multiple stores** card. On the flagship store, select **This is the flagship store that sells the most inventory**. On a regional store, select **This is a regional store**, then enter the flagship store's `myshopify.com` domain. Enable overselling protection on every store that shares inventory. Connected stores contribute sales of the same SKU to a shared count, even when protection is disabled on one of those stores. Without a flagship domain, only your store's orders count. Counts use original units ordered in minute buckets. The order being checked never counts toward its own earlier sales, because its whole creation minute is excluded. Cancellations, refunds and later edits do not reduce the count. Collection starts when you enable protection or join an inventory organization; earlier sales are not backfilled. Delayed order notifications can temporarily undercount sales. If the selected inventory provider cannot return stock for a SKU, Order Editing does not shorten the editing window. In the **Editing Rules** block on a Shopify order, inspect units sold, Mintsoft available stock, the 90% threshold, window, and verdict for each SKU. The diagnostic excludes the order's entire creation minute. Use **Previous SKUs** and **Next SKUs** for longer lists. # Location access Use **Allow order editing for this location** to control editing for orders fulfilled there. Disabled locations are excluded from the location priority list. Units-sold protection applies across locations. # Inventory allocation

Mode

Behaviour

Default Shopify behaviour

Uses Shopify's normal inventory allocation and routing.

Allow products from any location

Allows products from any enabled location.

Prevent split shipments

Limits additions to products that can be fulfilled from the original order's location.

Every location where order editing is allowed needs an allocation method. # Minimum inventory level In **Overselling Protection**, select a location to set its stock buffer. The control starts at **1**. A product at or below the configured level is not offered for post-purchase addition from that location. For example, with a minimum level of 3, a variant with 3 units remaining is excluded. It becomes eligible again when available inventory rises above 3. If sales data is unavailable, the inventory-risk check reports an error instead of substituting a stock estimate. # Unpaid inventory protection The **maximum unpaid inventory multiplier** limits how many units can be reserved across unpaid edited orders. Lower values protect scarce inventory; higher values allow more concurrent additions for products with reliable supply. # Location priority Drag locations into the order Order Editing should prefer when more than one enabled location can supply the product. This priority applies to products added during editing and does not replace Shopify's routing for the original order. # Global controls - **Split-shipment reduction** moves items between warehouses so they can ship together. - **Inventory overselling protection** appears when **Merge fulfillment orders by location** is enabled and checks stock before moving order items to another location. - **Global inventory protection** closes editing early for scarce SKUs across all locations. - **Merge fulfillment orders by location** combines fulfillment orders that ship from the same location. - **Auto-fulfill digital products** fulfills non-shipping items after Editing Time ends and Order Editing releases its holds. # Availability and expected results Overselling Protection is not limited to Shopify Plus. Its usefulness depends on the inventory source, shared SKUs and connected-store configuration. Review the health information after setup and allow time for new inventory and order activity to arrive. Protection reduces overselling risk; it does not replace your inventory system or guarantee that stock can never oversell. # Check the allocation configuration Use an existing eligible order and search for a product stocked at the configured locations. Confirm the product appears only when an enabled location has inventory above its minimum level and the allocation mode allows it. ## Related - [Hidden Products](https://docs.orderediting.com/en/articles/14153543-hidden-products.md) - [Order Downgrades](https://docs.orderediting.com/en/articles/14153541-order-downgrades.md) - [Bundle Editing](https://docs.orderediting.com/en/articles/14121914-bundle-editing.md) - [Setting Up the Order Editing Customer Survey](https://docs.orderediting.com/en/articles/15323716-setting-up-the-order-editing-customer-survey.md)