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Blocking Affects: availability availability

Fix “Missing availability” on Pinterest Catalog

Pinterest Catalog requires availability on every item. Without it, the item can't enter the catalog. Pinterest treats missing availability stricter than missing-but-invalid availability — the latter at least makes it into the catalog as 'out of stock'.

What you see in Pinterest Catalog:

Missing availability

Pinterest requires availability on every item. Without it, items can't enter the catalog.

For mixed-region catalogs, per-region availability matters — items in stock domestically but unavailable for international shipping need explicit regional flags.

Top causes

  • 1

    Feed-generation pipeline doesn't include availability for some product types

  • 2

    Field is mapped from a source field that has empty values for many items

  • 3

    Items added recently before availability was set in the source system

How to fix it

  1. 1

    Identify affected items

    Pinterest Business → Catalog → Diagnostics → 'Missing availability'.

  2. 2

    Default to 'in stock' for missing items

    If you're sure all listed items are in stock, default missing values to 'in stock' at feed-generation time.

  3. 3

    Long-term: populate at source

    Update the source system so every product has explicit availability.

  4. 4

    Re-submit

    Force a feed refresh.

Related issues

Meta Commerce Manager

Missing availability

Items without an availability value can't enter Meta's catalog. Affects items where the feed-generation pipeline failed to map the availability field correctly.

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TikTok Shop

Invalid availability

TikTok Shop's availability field is stricter than Meta's or Google's. It accepts specific values ('in stock', 'out of stock', 'preorder') and rejects anything else. Items with invalid availability are rejected from the catalog.

Read more

Related fields

availability

FAQ

What if I genuinely don't know an item's availability?

Default to 'out of stock' until you do. Out-of-stock items still index but don't serve in shopping placements — safer than guessing 'in stock' for items you can't fulfil.

Last reviewed: 26 May 2026

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