Warehouses

If you store your stock in multiple warehouses then you can reflect this in store. You can create warehouses and virtual warehouses and manage where the stock is situated. However should you not want warehouses visible to customers - stock levels can be merged by disabling Settings > Settings > Products > Stock > 'Separate stock per warehouse'.

Create/Edit Warehouses

Feature	What it does
Name	Give your warehouse a meaningful name
Sort order	This lets you dictate the order that the warehouses appear in your store. Lower numbers will appear higher in the list.
Supplier warehouse	Enabling this will show the stock levels from supplier feeds. Handy Hint If you have multiple warehouses created - you should always have one warehouse set as your Supplier warehouse.

FTP stock import

Feature	What it does
Use automatic stock updates via FTP	If enabled you may update this warehouse via a file imported from an FTP specified in the following fields.
Host name	The URL/TTP address of the server you wish to access the file from.
Username	The username required to access the host.
Password	The password required to access the host.
File name	The file you wish to access.
Passive mode	The FTP can be run in Active or Passive mode, for this kind of setup passive mode is more commonly used.