Advanced Stock Display Options

The AB Commerce platform comes with an built-in stock management system.  You can also use the following optional advanced options:

Show an "Only X Left" Message

If you would like the message "Only X Left" to show when the stock falls beneath a certain level (e.g. "3"), contact the Help Desk.  If you set the level to a quantity above 5 and the quantity for a product is above 5, it will show "X in stock" instead of "Only X Left".

(you can change the wording of the text that's displayed by contacting the Help Desk)

Show "Low Stock" Message

If you have fast moving products and you want to alert the customer if a product is nearly sold out, you can set the Low Stock Quantity to a value higher than zero - when the quantity is at this level or below it, it will display "Low Stock" beside the product.

Under UPDATE PRODUCT - Stock & Ordering tab:

Similarly, you can change the Out of Stock Quantity for a product to a number higher than zero for certain products you feel sell out very quickly.

Note also that you can set a site wide Low Stock Quantity and/or Out of Stock Quantity the is used as a default for all products.  To do this, just email the Help Desk.

Use Lead Time to display Out of stock products as In stock

If you enter a value into the field below called Out of Stock Lead Time, the product will never show as out of stock but instead will show as in stock when it's out of stock with the message "Ships in X Days".

(you can change the wording of the text that's displayed by contacting the Help Desk)

Under UPDATE PRODUCT - Stock & Ordering tab:

Similarly, you can use the In Stock Lead Time field if you want to display "Ships in X Days" when the product is in stock.

Manually set text to display

For specific products, you can manually enter the text to display beside the product under these fields:

• Low Stock Message - shows for the product when it's at low stock level
• Out of Stock Message - shows for the product when it's out of stock
• Next Available Date - if the product is out of stock, you can show "Out of Stock - Next Available Date: X XXX 2020" - if you set the date to "1 Jan 2000", it displays "To Be Advised"

And the following field can be used to show a status message for any stock status.

Under UPDATE PRODUCT - Product Details tab:

Discontinuing a Product & Promoting an alternative product

Similarly, there is also the option to set a product as Discontinued with the additional option to display the text under Discontinued Message.

You also have the option of setting a Replacement Product Code (under the 1st tab when updating a product)`which will be displayed over the product with a link to the replacement product.