Location-specific Inventory Tracking in Shopify – Searchspring Help Desk

To deliver a seamless omnichannel experience, merchants need to know not just how much stock they have, but where it is located.

Standard tracking combines all warehouse and storefront stock into a single total. Per-location inventory tracking breaks this down, mapping your available stock to its specific location (e.g., {"Denver": 10, "Toronto": 4}). This granular data allows you to build location-aware storefront experiences.

Key benefits

There are several intrinsic benefits of this feature:

Location-based search: Filter search results to only show products available at a customer's nearest store.
In-store pickup: Display real-time, per-location stock availability directly on product pages.
Targeted sorting: Prioritize and boost locally in-stock products higher in search and category results.

How it works

These features make location-specific tracking invaluable:

Explicit mapping: Each product variant carries a detailed stock breakdown by location. Locations with zero stock are explicitly tracked so you can differentiate "out of stock" from "not carried."
Shopify sync: Inventory is mapped using the exact location names configured in your Shopify admin.
Performance guardrails: To protect indexing speeds and payload sizes, you can track a maximum of 10 distinct locations at a time.

Note: Tracking multiple locations increases the data size per product. For very large catalogs, this can noticeably increase full re-index times.

Configuring location tracking

This feature can be enabled in the Searchspring management console within Data\Data Feed\Shopify under the Data Attribute Settings heading.

Because leveraging location data requires custom front-end integration and data transformation, we will help you to deploy it smoothly. Contact your Customer Success Manager or reach out to our support team today to get started.