The Products and Drafts pages in AutoDS provide centralized control over your dropshipping inventory. The Products page displays all active listings in your store, while the Drafts page allows you to review and customize products before they go live. Both pages share similar features and tools, giving you complete flexibility to manage your listings efficiently from one central location.

By understanding how these pages work, you can maintain better oversight of your inventory, apply bulk updates, and ensure all product information is accurate before publishing to your selling channels.

The following tips can help you manage your products and drafts more effectively in AutoDS:

The Products page serves as your central hub for managing all active listings across your connected selling channels. This page provides comprehensive visibility into your inventory status, performance metrics, and listing details.

To access the Products page:

The Products page provides several actions to help you manage your listings efficiently. Each one is described below:

The Products page displays your listings in a list view, with each row representing a product. The columns in each row provide essential details to help you manage your listings effectively and make informed decisions. In the table below, we describe each column:

The Variations column on the Products page shows the current status of each product's variants (available, on hold, or out of stock) and helps you track their availability and syncing. Statuses reflect the latest monitoring scan from the source site together with your configured settings.

For each status displayed in the Variations column, AutoDS shows a number indicating how many variants of that product are currently in that status. The Total column, next to the Variations column, displays the total number of variants for the product across all statuses.

In the table below, we explain each one of these product variant statuses:

The Variations column on the Products Page in AutoDS does not show how many units are available at the supplier. It shows how many product variants currently have stock available.

For example:

If a product has:

This creates 6 possible variations. If all 6 variations are in stock at the supplier, the Variations column will display “6”. This means 6 variations are available, not that there are 6 total units in stock.

AutoDS does not display the exact number of units available for each variation. To check the specific quantity, you must open the product directly on the supplier’s website.

AutoDS allows you to customize the table view of your Products page, enabling you to focus on the information most relevant to your business. By customizing the table view, you can streamline your workflow and manage your listings more efficiently.

To customize the table view of your Products Page:

The Drafts page in AutoDS allows you to review, edit, and customize products before they go live in your store. By working with drafts, you gain full control over your listings and can avoid publishing errors or incomplete information.
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Whether you upload products manually or via AutoDS automation (FBA or Auto-Order), the Drafts page lets you polish each listing before it goes live.

To access the Drafts page:

The Drafts page provides various actions to help you manage your draft listings efficiently.

For each draft, you can see the destination store, internal notes, selected supplier, variant count, and access to view the source product to check the product on the source site, as shown in the image.

In the table below, we list every action you can do inside the drafts page with its respective description:

When you access the Drafts page in AutoDS, you will see three different tabs: Drafts, Schedule, and Recurring. Each one refers to the import method you selected when uploading your product.

In the table below, we explain each one:

When viewing the Drafts tab, click the ⋮ icon next to any draft to access the following options:

The Enhance with AI button allows you to use AutoDS AI tools to optimize your product page before publishing. Click here to learn more about the available AI tools.

Once you have reviewed and edited your draft, click + Import to publish the product to your store.

The edit view in AutoDS works the same way for drafts and published products. Whether you are preparing a listing before publishing or updating a product that is already live, you access the same editing structure.

To open the edit view for a draft:

To open the edit view for a published product:

When editing a product or draft in AutoDS, you can update product details across the following tabs:

Some fields and tabs may vary depending on your selling channel.

There are two levels of product editing in AutoDS: product-level and variant-level.

To edit variant-specific settings, go to the Variants tab and click Edit next to the relevant variant.

When editing a product, the Product tab is where you update the main details of your listing. Here is what you can edit:

When editing a product, the Product Page or Description tab is where you manage the content displayed on your listing's product page.

You can manually insert images into your draft or products by editing their descriptions. Just place the cursor where you want the image to appear, then click the image icon in the toolbar.

A new window will open with the image properties, but the URL (image link) is the only mandatory one. We recommend only adjusting the settings you are familiar with.

When you access the edit panel of a product, the Variants tab shows all product variants and is where you manage individual variant details.

For each variant, you can see:

To edit a product variant:

A panel will open with two tabs: Product and General. They are explained below.

The Product tab inside the variant panel is used for pricing and automation settings that apply only to the selected variant.

You can configure:

The General tab inside the variant panel is used to manage specifications and supplier-related information for the selected variant.

You can edit:

To edit your product images, open the Images tab (available after selecting to edit a single product or a draft). In there, you can add, delete, edit, and set the main image for your product.

When a product is imported, AutoDS automatically sets one supplier image as the main image. You can change this at any time by selecting another image and clicking Set as main image.

To edit multiple images, select the ones you want, and the available actions will include:

To edit a single image, hover over it to reveal the available options. Alongside the same bulk actions, you will also see an Edit button.

Clicking Edit opens the built-in image editor, where you can customize the image directly within AutoDS without needing any external tools.

The Item Specifications tab (located inside the products or draft editor) is not available for all selling channels, but displays attributes such as CE certificate, model, type, material, and origin, which come directly from the supplier's product page.

When accessing it, you can add more item specifications and edit or delete them.

There are different reasons for AutoDS users want to change the supplier for a product, such as:

If you want to change the supplier of your product, there are two ways to do so in AutoDS:

If you want to use the Regrab Product Details feature:

The system will automatically replace all product information with the details from the new source. Your listing will remain active throughout this process.

Each uploaded product in AutoDS displays a status label indicating whether the import was successful or if there is an issue to address. These statuses are available in both pages: Drafts and Products. Click here to learn more about import statuses and what to do when a product fails to import.

The filtering system works consistently across both the Products and Drafts pages, allowing you to find what you need in seconds. You can apply conditions, choose how they combine (Match All/Any), and save your favorite setups as reusable views. Use filters for status, supplier, store, date, price, tags, IDs, tracking, and more to keep your daily workflow focused and consistent.

Using filters provides several advantages for managing your inventory:

If you want to apply filters on either the Products or Drafts page to find your products faster:

The table below shows which filters are available on each page (Drafts and Products):

Deleting products from AutoDS removes them permanently from your AutoDS account and from your selling channel (store connected). Before deleting products, it's essential to understand the implications and available recovery options to avoid losing important listings.

Tips for avoiding accidental deletions:

To delete products from the Products page:

When you delete a product from AutoDS, the following occurs:

If the product was deleted only from AutoDS (still exists in the selling channel), you can reconnect it through the Untracked page (click to learn about the connection process).

If a product was deleted from both AutoDS and your selling channel, real recovery can only be done directly on your seller account through your selling channel's admin panel, if that capability is available. Check with your selling channel's support or help center to confirm whether product recovery is possible.

​Steps to check for recovery options on your selling channel:

If you need to make specific edits to multiple products or drafts at once, you can use the Bulk Changes feature, but notice that it only supports specific types of modifications.

To apply bulk changes to your products:

You can edit multiple drafts at once to optimize listings before importing them to your store. Follow the steps below:

The Bulk Edit option in AutoDS is not available for any desired edits; only the ones described below are available.

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On both the Products and Drafts pages, you can identify issues with your listings using visual error indicators. Next to the product image, you'll see an exclamation mark icon - either yellow or red - indicating there's an issue with that product.

How to view error details: Hover your mouse over the exclamation mark to see a message with the error name and a brief description.

Getting support for errors:

If you don't understand the error or need help after reading the description, let us know and send us:

The more details you provide upfront, the better our team can identify exactly what happened and provide the most accurate workaround.

Additional resources for common errors on AutoDS:

The table below addresses common issues and provides practical workarounds to help you resolve them on your Drafts or Products pages quickly and keep your workflow running smoothly.