# Availability and Stock Levels

Here you can find an overview of the Emporix API Availability Service, along with its features and benefits.

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* Looking for code tutorials? Check out the [Availability Service guide](/api-references/api-guides/orders/availability/availability.md).
* Looking for API reference? Check out the [Availability Service](/api-references/api-guides/orders/availability.md) in the Emporix API Reference.
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### Purpose

The Availability Service helps you manage information about the availability of products sold by your business. To make picking and packing easier, you can also manage physical location of products on particular sites.

### Features

The Emporix API Availability Service introduces a set of features that make product management easier:

| Feature                   | Description                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Availability**          | Manage information about availability of products sold by your business.                                        |
| **Product bundles**       | Automatically calculate a product bundle's stock level based on the lowest stock level of the bundled products. |
| **Location** (deprecated) | Manage the exact location of products inside a warehouse or a store — zones, racks, shelves, and bins.          |
| **Popularity**            | Store information about a product's popularity to recommend best-selling products to your customers.            |
| **Stock levels**          | Manage stock levels of products at different sites.                                                             |
| **Search functionality**  | Quickly retrieve information about location and availability of desired products.                               |


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