The Offer Summary Report lists the availability of an item using the Availability element. The value of the availability element indicates if the item can be purchased or when the product usually ships. There are a number of possible Availability element values. The value returned by the Availability element may not match the product details page on the Web site because there are typically two versions of an availability message: short and long. ECS returns the short value of the statement. The longer, more verbose availability message is used by most product detail pages.
For non-Amazon products in JP, FR, DE, and CA; the value returned by the Availability element is “1-2 business days,” or the localized equivalent, regardless of the actual availability.
The following table describes the possible Availability element values:
| Message | Description |
|---|---|
| Usually ships in %X | A dynamic response where %X represents a variable amount of time. |
| In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. | The item is available for purchase, but is not in stock. |
| Not yet released | The item is not available for purchase. The item may or may not have a projected release date. If there is a release date, it may show up in the ReleaseDate element of the item attributes. |
| Not yet published | The item is not available for purchase. The item may or may not have a projected release date. If there is a release date, it may show up in the ReleaseDate element of the item attributes. |
| This item is not stocked or has been discontinued. | The item is not available for purchse. |
| Out of Stock | The item is currently not available for purchase, but may be in the future. |
| Only %X left in stock--order soon (more on the way). | The item is available for purchase, but there may only be a few copies left where %X represents a variable amount of time. |
| Only %X left in stock--order soon. | The item is available for purchase, but there may only be a few copies left where %X represents a variable amount of time. |
| Limited Availability | Used for items sold by third-parties if an item is out of stock, but may be available for purchase later. |
| Out of Print--Limited Availability | Customers can choose to be notified if a copy becomes available. |
| Special Order | Titles occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. The buyer is notified if the item becomes unavailable." |
| This item is currently not available by this merchant | The message is sent primarily for Amazon offers that are missing an availability message. |