Out of Stock Products: A Complete Guide to Inventory Management

Out of Stock Products: A Complete Guide to Inventory Management

By Marcus Thompson

February 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM

Products can automatically become out of stock when the last item is purchased, or you can manually set them as out of stock. Here's how to manage out-of-stock products effectively:

Marking Products Out of Stock

Via Computer:

  1. Navigate to Products & Services > Products
  2. Hover over the desired product
  3. Set Inventory quantity to 0
  4. For variants, click the arrow icon and set Values to 0

Via Mobile App:

  1. Tap Products
  2. Select product
  3. Press Quantity/Stock
  4. Enter 0
  5. Press Done

Customizing Out of Stock Labels

Text Modification:

  • Open product status panel
  • Click "Out of Stock"
  • Edit text field
  • Save changes

Label Appearance:

  • Store pages: follows Products > Status settings
  • Product detail pages: matches Product Detail Page > Description
  • Product Blocks: displays white text on black background (v7.1)

Label Placement:

  • Center-aligned text: label appears below price
  • Side-aligned text: label appears on opposite side
  • Product detail pages: always below price
  • Product blocks: always on right

Variant Display:

  • Buttons: grayed out when unavailable
  • Dropdown menu: shows "(Out of Stock)" label
  • Disable dropdown label: Turn off "Show in Variant dropdown menu"

Managing Out-of-Stock Products

Best Practices:

  • Keep out-of-stock products visible to showcase full product range
  • Enable product waitlists for customer notifications
  • Reorder products to move out-of-stock items to bottom of page
  • Monitor inventory through mobile notifications (iOS/Android app available)

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