What is Reorder lead time on the Products page?

A lead time is how many days a reorder takes to arrive: from ordering new stock until it is in your warehouse, ready to sell. The Reorder lead time card above the Products table shows your store's default. Every store starts with 30 days. A line under the number reads store default, and owners and admins also see Change.

Click Change to open Default reorder lead time. Use the minus and plus buttons or enter the days, from 0 to 365. The panel shows Ordered today, the days in between and Ready to sell with its date, and says how many products use the default. Click Save, like Save 30 days, and a message says Default lead time is now 30 days. Every product without a lead time of its own uses it.

A product can have its own Reorder lead time, for a supplier that is slower or faster. Open one of its variants and enter the days under Shipping and stock, then click Save in the pill. The field says For all 3 variants of Essential Tee, because they come from the same supplier. It takes whole days from 1 to 365. Empty the field, or click Use the store's default under it, to hand the product back to the default. The line under an empty field reads Uses the store's default. A variant that is only a download needs no lead time.

The Lead time column shows it for every variant, the product's own days or the store's in grey. It is hidden at first, and Sort and columns turns it on.

A lead time changes no number on your P&L. Insights uses it on the Inventory tab to date each product's Order by day. That is the last day to reorder, so new stock arrives before the old runs out. Only an owner or admin can change lead times. Anyone else reads the card and the field.