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How to Audit Your WooCommerce Store for Stock Errors (Free, 30 Seconds)

Rudi van Buuren
Updated 15 July 2026
4 min read

The Fulnex Store Scanner is a free tool that checks any WooCommerce store's public storefront for signs of inaccurate stock — no account, no API keys, no WooCommerce login required. This guide walks through running a scan and reading the results.

Before you start

  • Your WooCommerce store's URL
  • About 60 seconds
1

Open the Store Scanner

Go to the free Store Scanner tool on the Fulnex site. No login or account is needed to run a scan.

Open the Store Scanner
2

Enter your store URL

Type in your full WooCommerce store URL, including https://. This can be your own store, or any WooCommerce store you have permission to check.

  • Include the full URL, e.g. https://yourstore.co.za
  • No trailing slash needed
  • Works on any public WooCommerce store — it only reads what's already shown to shoppers
3

Run the scan

Click 'Scan' and wait. The scanner reads your storefront's public product data and checks it against known patterns for stock inaccuracy.

Tip

Larger catalogues take a little longer — the scanner is checking every visible product, not a sample.

What you should see

Most scans finish in under a minute. You'll see a live progress indicator while it works through your product catalogue.

4

Read your results

You'll get an overall accuracy score plus a list of specific findings — which products look suspicious and why.

  • Score: a single number summarizing overall stock trustworthiness
  • Findings: specific products flagged for stale stock, sales-velocity mismatches, or listing inconsistencies
  • Each finding explains what was detected and why it matters
5

Decide what to fix first

Not every finding needs immediate action. Prioritize by what's actually costing you money — high-velocity products with stock mismatches first, low-traffic products last.

  • Fix stock on your best-selling SKUs first — that's where oversells and false 'out of stock' hurt most
  • For a one-off fix, correct the number directly in WooCommerce
  • For a store that keeps drifting out of sync, the real fix is a shared stock system — see the phantom stock guide below

Troubleshooting

The scan won't start / gets stuck

Double-check the URL includes https:// and points to a live, publicly accessible store. If your store is password-protected or behind a firewall, the scanner can't reach it.

My score seems lower than expected

A lower score usually means the scanner found genuine mismatches between sales activity and stock levels — this is common even on well-run stores, since manual updates rarely keep up with real-time sales.

Can I scan a competitor's store?

The scanner only reads publicly visible storefront data, the same as any shopper browsing the site — but only run scans on stores you have the right to check.

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