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Stranded inventory

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCommon term

In e-commerce, stranded inventory means: Stock held by a marketplace fulfillment service that cannot be sold because it lacks an associated active offer.

In Turkish: aktif teklife bağlanamadığı için satılamayan stok

How it is used

Use especially in marketplace inventory operations; the goods can physically exist even though customers cannot purchase them.

Example sentences

  1. Deleting the offer left fifty units of stranded inventory in the fulfillment center.

    The stock problem arises from the missing sales link rather than insufficient supply.

  2. We reviewed stranded inventory before sending more units to the marketplace warehouse.

    Replenishing stock does not fix an offer that is unavailable for purchase.

Common collocations

  • fix stranded inventory
  • stranded inventory report
  • stranded inventory reason
  • 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 listingThe entry for a product on a marketplace or store, made up of its title, photos, price, description and details; also the work of creating these entries.

More terms: Inventory and Stock

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