allow ordering out of stock items but 'in stock' label is not correct

[paleoglobe]

Hi,

 

I would like customers to be able to order items that are not in stock.

 

This is what i did

preferences > product stock > Allow ordering out of stock items

 

I use the simple stock management and it seems i have to change something here as well:

catalog > products > select a product > quantities

when not in stock > Choose: standard, allow orders as selected in product preferences.

 

This gives me two problems:

 

1. It seems that i need to change the 'when not in stock' option seperately for every product. Or is it possible to change it easier?

 

2. I get problems with my 'in stock' labels.

 

A visitor opens a category and sees a list of products. Every product can be added to the cart, but they also show 'in stock' even though the quantity is zero. When clicking to the product page (more), i get a label as well, but this one, i can change. So how can i change the label on the list?

 

Strange is that when i don't change the 'when not in stock' to 'standard, allow orders as selected in product preferences', i have the right label (delivery in 2 weeks), but in that case, it is not possible anymore to add this item to the cart.

 

Ofcourse i hope to solve this in the back office, and not with coding.

 

thanks

Christophe

Edited May 7, 2014 by paleoglobe (see edit history)

[vekia]

 

 

1. It seems that i need to change the 'when not in stock' option seperately for every product. Or is it possible to change it easier?

you can change it in bulk for each product with simple sql query.

you've got an access to some database manager software / script like phpmyadmin ?

[paleoglobe]

Hi Vekia,

 

i have acces to DirectAdmin. How does this sql query work?

i presume i have to input something here:

carry out SQL-query/queries on the server "localhost":

 

Do you have an idea about the second part of my problem?

 

Thanks

 

Christophe

Edited May 7, 2014 by paleoglobe (see edit history)

[Lucas Cerdan]

1. It seems that i need to change the 'when not in stock' option seperately for every product. Or is it possible to change it easier?

 

Unless you changed it, every product that you created should be on the default option ... by default.

 

 

 

Strange is that when i don't change the 'when not in stock' to 'standard, allow orders as selected in product preferences', i have the right label (delivery in 2 weeks), but in that case, it is not possible anymore to add this item to the cart.

I'll look into that.

[Lucas Cerdan]

I'll look into that.

Well, unless I didn't understand your problem correctly, I can't reproduce it.

 

When my product is out of stock:

- If orders are allowed, I got the custom message such as "Delivery in two weeks"

- If orders are forbidden, I got the "Out of stock" message.

[paleoglobe]

on the product page, yes, me too.

But in the list i don't. i get 'in stock.'

 

Just to be clear what i mean with list.

I have 10 products in my shop. A customer sees an overview of all 10 items. This is my list

 

By the way, how do you change the labels names?

Edited May 7, 2014 by paleoglobe (see edit history)

[Tyian]

Well, unless I didn't understand your problem correctly, I can't reproduce it.

 

When my product is out of stock:

- If orders are allowed, I got the custom message such as "Delivery in two weeks"

- If orders are forbidden, I got the "Out of stock" message.

 

Hi,

 

Its possible to setup the following

-Orders are allowed, but not be able to pay.

 

So the customers can order even without stock but the payment options will be disable.

 

The customer will receive de email "Delivery in X weeks" and I will be notified but because the customer have not payed, If I cant get the product I will just email him saying that without having refunds in the way.

 

Thank you