Product record versus live listing

A product record holds everything you know about an item, including information that never appears on a listing: cost, notes, storage location, internal thresholds and history. A listing holds what buyers see and what the marketplace controls.

Why the separation matters

• You can prepare, correct and reorganise product information without touching anything that is selling.
• One product record can carry different values for each store it is listed in.
• Seller-only information stays private because it is never part of the listing.
• When a record is linked to a live listing, SellerHint can protect it from deletion.