Inventory Settings¶

Overview¶

Inventory Settings configures stock tracking and low stock notifications for your store. Get notified when products run low on stock and control how out-of-stock items are displayed to customers.

Accessing Inventory Settings¶

Navigate to: Modules > System Settings > Inventory

Inventory Settings

Default Inventory Tracking¶

Configure the default inventory tracking behavior for new products.

Track Inventory by Default¶

Type: Toggle switch (On/Off)
Default: Off
Purpose: Set the default value for inventory tracking when creating new products

When Enabled:

New products will have inventory tracking enabled by default
Stock levels will be monitored for new products
Products will appear in the Inventory Management page

When Disabled:

New products will have inventory tracking disabled by default
Stock levels won't be monitored (unlimited stock assumed)
Products won't appear in the Inventory Management page unless manually enabled

Note: This setting only affects the default value for new products. You can always override the inventory tracking setting on individual products.

Low Stock Notifications¶

Configure automatic notifications when product stock drops below a threshold.

Enable Low Stock Notifications¶

Type: Toggle switch (On/Off)
Default: Off
Purpose: Receive notifications when product stock drops below the threshold

When Enabled:

You will receive notifications when any product's stock reaches or goes below the threshold
Helps prevent stockouts by alerting you early
Can be overridden per-product using the Min Quantity field

When Disabled:

No automatic low stock alerts
You must manually monitor inventory levels

Default Low Stock Threshold¶

Type: Number input with "units" suffix
Default: 10
Visibility: Only appears when Low Stock Notifications is enabled
Purpose: Set the stock level that triggers a notification

How It Works:

Products with stock at or below this quantity will trigger a notification
Example: If set to 10, you'll be notified when a product has 10 or fewer items
Can be overridden per-product by setting the Min Quantity field on individual products

Best Practices:

Scenario	Recommended Threshold
Fast-moving products	20-50 units
Regular products	10-20 units
Slow-moving products	5-10 units
Made-to-order items	0-2 units

Allow Backorder (Pre-orders)¶

The Allow Backorder feature lets you continue selling products even when they're out of stock. This works like Shopify's "Continue selling when out of stock" option.

How It Works¶

Inventory Setting	Allow Backorder	Result
Track Inventory OFF	N/A	Unlimited stock, no validation
Track Inventory ON	OFF	Hard block when stock = 0
Track Inventory ON	ON	Can oversell, stock goes negative (Pre-order)

Setting Allow Backorder¶

Allow Backorder is configured per-product (and optionally per-variation):

Go to Products → Select a product → Edit
In the Pricing & Inventory tab, enable Track Inventory
Toggle Allow Backorder to enable pre-orders for this product

For Products with Variations:

Each variation can inherit the product's backorder setting or override it
In the Manage Variations page, use the Backorder tab in Batch Actions to:
Inherit from Product: Use the parent product's setting
Allow Backorder: Override to allow pre-orders
Disallow Backorder: Override to block when out of stock

Customer Experience¶

When a product is out of stock but backorder is allowed:

Instead of "Out of Stock" button, customers see a "Pre-order" button
A message appears: "This item is currently out of stock but available for pre-order."
Customers can still add the item to cart and complete checkout
The same rules apply to both customers and admin users

Admin Cart Editing¶

When editing carts in the admin panel:

Green hint: Sufficient stock available
Yellow/Warning hint: Exceeds stock but backorder is allowed
Red/Danger hint: Exceeds stock and backorder is NOT allowed (blocked)

This helps administrators understand stock status when manually editing customer carts.

Out of Stock Display¶

Configure how out-of-stock products and variants appear to customers.

Product Out of Stock Behavior¶

Type: Dropdown selection
Default: Show with badge
Purpose: Control how out-of-stock products appear in product listings

Options:

Option	Description
Show with badge	Product remains visible with an "Out of Stock" badge
Hide completely	Product is hidden from listings until back in stock

When to Use Each:

Show with badge: Customers can see what's coming back, create waitlists
Hide completely: Cleaner catalog, no frustration from unavailable items

Variant Out of Stock Behavior¶

Type: Dropdown selection
Default: Show with badge
Purpose: Control how out-of-stock variants appear on product detail pages