Should I delete old products or just turn them off?

[rwgomez]

I was wondering if anyone has advice as to what to do with products that I no longer sell.

 

Up until now I have been simply clicking the red dot next to the product in Catalog Management to mark it as "out of stock." However, as my catalog grows, things like the dropdowns in Product Attributes are becoming way too over populated. I would like to delete some of these old products (like event tickets that we will never sell again) but am wondering if there are negative repercussions to doing this. Does it mess up my records of past orders? Are there legal reasons why I should leave them in the system?

 

Anyhow, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

-robert (https://www.mmoca.org/catalog/)