GLOSSARY
Inventory update
In brief: A change to stock, availability or fulfillment information for a product or variant.
Related terms
Stock state: in stock, out of stock, preorder, backorder. Must match the page and variants.
Google API to insert/update products in Merchant Center programmatically (near real-time).
Error when feed/markup availability differs from the real stock state on the PDP.
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