An inventory database allows a Web store’s pages to access this database to report on stock availability. Most of the sophisticated and all of the large Web stores use inventory databases.
We suggest that, at least at first, you consider doing without this enhancement.
Adding an inventory database feature to a Web store requires the help of a professional Web store developer, which is expensive. And the feature often doesn’t deliver the benefits that it promises.
What we know about bookselling, for example, is that the large Web bookstores only hint at stock availability. If amazon.com provides the availability description, “Usually ships in 24 hours,” that reportedly means the book is stocked at amazon.com.
But the availability description, “Usually ships in 1-2 days,” actually means that amazon.com’s principal distributor had inventory yesterday. The bottom line is that the often unreliable nature of inventory reports coupled with the large up-front cost involved makes Web stores with integrated inventory systems impractical for most businesses.
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