# Availability Service

Manages the availability and physical location of a product.

### Key features and benefits

* Manages availability and stock at hand of a product in a physical location
* Manages the exact location of products inside a warehouse/store — zones, racks, shelves, bins
* Searches for a product's location in a physical place
* Displays the availability of a product on either a virtual site (website, mobile site) or physical site (warehouse, store)
* Tracks stock levels of products at a site
* Identifies the physical location of a product, such as a rack, shelf, or bin, to guide packers to it
* Turns stores into mini DCs
* Enables Click & Collect from a store
* Runs dark stores or fulfillment from a warehouse
* Uses location information to optimize the pick-pack process
* Uses stock level information in local stores to feed Google Search and other digital product discovery services
* Understands availability in different locations
* Provides buyers with stock information before they buy
* Shows stock levels/availability based on stores, for example, nearby to a customer
* Offers customers accurate information about the availability of a product in a store, for example, when a customer chooses Click & Collect