Editing Inventory Management (section)

==Pending Inventory in the Order Manager==
When an order is placed for an item in your inventory or in Manufacturer's Dedicated Inventory, it is removed from availability on your web site and placed in a pending status while you have a chance to fulfill the order.   If you cancel or refund the order inventory is automatically made available again.  These actions on the inventory are triggered by setting the order status to in progress / on order / not yet shipped / shipped / cancelled / refunded.  This status is shown to the buyer in their "My Account" order tracking area. 

"Inventory Type" indicates if the order is being fulfilled from your own inventory or from Manufacturer Dedicated Inventory. If an order is placed on your inventory but you want to special order it instead, you can set the status to "on order" which will release the pending inventory back to your web site.