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SKU

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

abbreviationCore term

In e-commerce, SKU means: Short for stock keeping unit: a unique code a seller gives to each product and each version of it, such as a size or colour, to track stock and orders.

In Turkish: stok kodu, stok tutma birimi, SKU

How it is used

Used daily by sellers, warehouses and analysts. A blue T-shirt in five sizes is one product but five SKUs. People talk about the number of SKUs in a catalog, the best-selling SKUs or SKUs that are out of stock.

Example sentences

  1. We have around 3,000 SKUs, but 200 of them bring in most of our revenue.

  2. Each colour needs its own SKU, otherwise the warehouse will pick the wrong item.

Common collocations

  • SKU number
  • number of SKUs
  • best-selling SKU
  • SKU level
  • assign a SKU
  • inventoryAll the products a business has available to sell, and the records that show how many of each item are in stock and where.
  • product variantOne version of a product that differs from the others in a feature such as size, colour or capacity, usually with its own SKU and stock.
  • stock levelThe number of units of a product that a seller currently has available, usually tracked per SKU and per warehouse.
  • product catalogThe full set of products a business sells, together with their information such as names, categories, prices, variants and images.
  • warehouseA large building where a business stores its products and where orders are picked, packed and prepared for shipping.

This word in other fields

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