Comparing Walmart.com's Product Selection With Walmart Stores
At Walmart.com and Walmart stores, we strive to bring relevant products to our customers at Walmart's Every Day Low Prices. Walmart.com carries a wide assortment of products with a focus on products that our customers are interested in buying online.
Walmart Marketplace gives you even more choices, offering hundreds of thousands of products through Marketplace Retailers approved to sell on Walmart.com. Some items may be available from more than one seller, giving you a greater choice in buying and shipping options.
Similarly, each Walmart store carries an assortment of merchandise that best serves that store's particular customers.
Although many of the products are different, there are some products which are available both online and in stores. There are also some popular store-only products listed on Walmart.com for informational purposes. Online and in-store availability is noted in the detailed description page for each item.
Please note: Prices shown on Walmart.com are online prices only. Products that are shown as available in your local Walmart store may have a different price. Walmart stores do not honor or match prices from other online sellers or from advertisements outside of a store's local trade territory.
To serve you better, Walmart.com continuously fine-tunes its merchandise assortment. If you don't see a particular item you want, we may carry it later, so please check with us again.
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Store-Only Products Listed on Walmart.com
For your convenience, the Walmart.com site shows products in the Grocery, Health and Beauty, Pharmacy Over-the-Counter and Pets departments that are only available in Walmart stores. You can use these product listings to:
- Research nutritional information, ingredients or product features
- Compare similar products
- Use the Find in Store feature on a product's page to see if that particular product is carried at your local Walmart store
- Plan your next shopping trip to Walmart
Because prices typically vary from region to region and store to store, prices for products that are only available in stores are not shown online. Please check your local Walmart for pricing information on these products.
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Inventory Limitations
If an item has limited availability, you will not be able to order quantities greater than our available supply. In some cases, limited availability may even prevent us from shipping the quantity you requested.
Due to various reasons, including manufacturing availability, distribution issues or popularity, we cannot guarantee if or when an out-of-stock item will be available again. Please check the site later to see if an item is back in stock, or look for a comparable item.
Gift Cards: If you are ordering more than 950 Gift Cards or are interested in using the cards for any promotional purpose, please email giftcards@walmart.com or call us at 1-800-411-7942, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT).
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Bulk Purchases
At Walmart.com, our associates work hard to ensure families and individuals can save money and live better. Our website is intended for personal, non-commercial use. Because our items are already at everyday low prices, we do not offer discount bulk purchases and we reserve the right to prohibit sales to dealers or resellers.
Walmart.com reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to limit the quantity of items purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may be applicable to orders placed by the same account, the same credit card, and also to orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address.
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Out of Stock Items
Items shown as "Out of Stock" are currently unavailable for purchase.
Some out-of-stock items may be on order, and just not available in our inventory. Please visit the site often to see if an item is back in stock.
For some Out of Stock items, we can email you when the item is back in stock. Click the Email Me When Available button and place your order as soon as you receive our email. Many items sell out quickly, and we cannot put items on hold.
On rare occasions, after you click Proceed to Checkout, an item in your cart may be out of stock. This happens because placing an item in your cart does not reserve the item, and if other shoppers place their orders before you, the item could sell out. If you are shopping for a high-demand item, you may want to proceed to checkout to purchase the item before shopping for other items on our site.
If an item in your cart becomes out of stock, you can add it to "Saved Items -- To Buy Later" by clicking the Save for Later button next to the item.
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Availability of Firearms
Legal restrictions prevent us from selling firearms on Walmart.com. Firearms and ammunition are only available at Walmart stores licensed to sell firearms.
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