Magento: item stock availability configuration

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user1527429 picture user1527429 · Jul 21, 2012 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

I would like to know, in Magento, when one configures the inventory related to a given product, one can go to the following:

Magento Admin Panel -> Catalog -> Manage Products -> Click on Product -> Product Information -> Inventory

where a property called "Stock Availability" can be set. I have read that this property allows the product to show up as in stock in the backend even when out of stock in the frontend (found this info in the book Mastering Magento by Brett Williams).

Shouldn't it be the other way round (item shows up in stock on the frontend even when out of stock on the backend)?

Answer

Drew Hunter picture Drew Hunter · Jul 21, 2012

Your question is a little confusing - i think you are asking how to display out of stock products on the frontend (if not can you please clarify things?).

So, to allow out of stock products to be visible on frontend, first go to admin area and then to: System > Configuration

From there, find the Catalogue tab on the left and click on the Inventory option.

The go to Stock Options > Display Out of Stock Products

  • Yes = Show Products on frontend regardless of their stock status
  • No = Hide Out of Stock products

To confirm, The Stock Availability setting that you mentioned in the Catalog -> Manage Products -> Click on Product -> Product Information -> Inventory section will allow you to manually set a product to out of stock - regardless of the actually inventory level. For example, say you have a product with 100 units in stock. If you set the Stock Availability to "Out of Stock" then this will force the item to be out of stock.

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