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Map locations to warehouses
Choose which Shopify locations feed each TikTok warehouse, set buffers, and why an unmapped warehouse shows zero on TikTok.
TikTok Shop keeps stock per warehouse. Shopify keeps it per location. Kizing publishes each TikTok warehouse's stock from the Shopify locations you map to it. This is the setting that fixes most "TikTok shows 0 but Shopify has stock" problems.
How the number is worked out
For each linked SKU and each TikTok sales warehouse:
- Add up available stock (not on hand) across the Shopify locations mapped to that warehouse.
- Take off the percentage buffer, if set.
- Take off the unit buffer, if set.
- If a "publish 0 below" value is set and the result is under it, publish 0.
- If a maximum is set, publish no more than it.
Example: two locations with 30 and 12 available, a 10% buffer and a 2-unit buffer: 42, minus 4.2, minus 2, gives 35 published.
Map a warehouse
- Open Location mapping. Each TikTok sales warehouse is a row.
- Tick the Shopify location or locations that ship that warehouse's orders.
- Optionally set buffers for the warehouse.
- Repeat for every warehouse. A red row means a warehouse has nothing feeding it.
Free maps one Shopify location per warehouse. Pro and Multi let you add up several locations per warehouse.
Unmapped warehouses
A TikTok warehouse with no Shopify location would publish 0 for every product. Kizing never does that just because a mapping is missing: setup won't go live until each warehouse is mapped, and the hourly check reports any warehouse left unmapped later (for example after you add a warehouse in Seller Center) as a critical drift item.
Buffers
| Setting | What it does | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Buffer % | Holds back a share of available stock | Stock shared with retail or other channels |
| Buffer units | Holds back a fixed number per SKU | Hot sellers during lives and spikes |
| Publish 0 below | Publishes 0 when stock drops under the value | Avoid selling the last damaged unit |
| Maximum | Caps what TikTok sees | Limited drops |
When a location changes
If a mapped Shopify location is deleted or deactivated, its stock stops counting. If that leaves a warehouse with nothing, the hourly check flags it, and the mass-zero guard stops a sudden catalogue-wide zero.