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Shopify import error: "Inventory policy is not included in the list"

What it means: The "Continue selling when out of stock" column (Variant Inventory Policy in older files) must say deny or continue. Anything else, such as yes, no or a blank left by another platform's export, is rejected.

Find the rows in your file

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The product CSV you are about to import into Shopify, or the one Shopify just rejected.

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How to fix it

  1. Write deny (stop selling at 0) or continue (keep selling) on each listed row.

Example

A file with this problem

Title,URL handle,Status,Option1 name,Option1 value,Price,Inventory tracker,Inventory quantity,Continue selling when out of stock,Fulfillm...
Cotton Tee,cotton-tee,active,Size,S,20.00,shopify,5,sometimes,manual,

What the checker says about it

  • Line 2: "sometimes" is not allowed in Continue selling when out of stock. Use DENY or CONTINUE ("Inventory policy is not included in the list").

Once the listed rows are fixed, check the file again; the checker also looks for every other problem Shopify documents, so you do not trade one error for the next.

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