Out of Stock?

[KDW]

My company's web store may be getting a lot of business soon, and I'm not 100% sure what happens when an item is out of stock. I know that in the admin module I can set it to allow checkout anyway, but I'd like to be able to set the page up in such a way that, after a certain number of orders, the user is informed that the wait may be longer than normal for the product, due to high demand; they should still be able to check out if this is agreeable.

 

Is this something that can be done easily with OSCommerce?

[KDW]

My company's web store may be getting a lot of business soon, and I'm not 100% sure what happens when an item is out of stock. I know that in the admin module I can set it to allow checkout anyway, but I'd like to be able to set the page up in such a way that, after a certain number of orders, the user is informed that the wait may be longer than normal for the product, due to high demand; they should still be able to check out if this is agreeable.

 

Is this something that can be done easily with OSCommerce?

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nobody?

[Simmy]

nobody?

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Admin->configuration->stock->allow checkout

 

This setting defines whether the customer can still checkout! There will be a red warning that the product is out of stock and you can probably change the wording of this in catalog/includes/language/english/shopping_cart.php

 

You also need to switch on the check stock level setting in admin->configuration->stock

[KDW]

Admin->configuration->stock->allow checkout

 

This setting defines whether the customer can still checkout! There will be a red warning that the product is out of stock and you can probably change the wording of this in catalog/includes/language/english/shopping_cart.php

 

You also need to switch on the check stock level setting in admin->configuration->stock

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Exactly the information I was looking for. I knew about that setting in the admin module, but I didn't know exactly what it did. I just need a way to make sure people know that it may be 6-8 weeks before delivery after a certain point.

 

Thanks very much for your help!