# Manage and Publish Products

Once your products are created (via UI, Excel import or API), you will find them in “Manage Products”. The view is organized by status tabs—Draft, Pending Approval, Active, Inactive, and Rejected. Clicking on a product master shows its color ways and variants. You can quickly adjust stock and prices or open “Edit Product Details” to add more data or publish.

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## Product Statuses

#### Active

Products that are published, approved, and currently live in the shop.

#### Inactive

Products that were live but have been taken offline. These can be reactivated without re-approval.

#### Pending Approval

Products you have published but that still need About You’s review before going live.

#### Pending Active

Products that have been approved and are currently being processed for the shop. They will automatically go live shortly.

#### Draft&#x20;

Newly created or incomplete products that aren’t ready to publish.

#### Rejected

Products that failed approval. You can review the rejection reasons, make adjustments, and publish again.

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## Edit and Publish Products

Clicking on a product master opens a modal containing its color ways and variants. This quick view lets you update stock, retail prices, and sale prices. For more detailed edits, choose “Edit Product Details.” You can upload product images, update descriptions<sup>1</sup>, and then publish the product. Once approved, you can also toggle between active and inactive status without needing further approvals.

<sup>1</sup> Text formatting such as bullet points and paragraphs entered in product descriptions may not display correctly on the About You website. The system currently strips formatting, showing descriptions as plain text only.


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