[pauneugen]

I have searched through the Wiki and found the variable $product_unavailable. Not really sure how to use it as in the backend I have only the options to hide a product when it is out of stock.

It would be nice to be able to show how many items there are in stock and if in case one item goes out of stock to be able to show a custom message something like "We will be restocking soon this items, please come back later"

Any ideas, please?

[Aleksey]

Hi! Yes, the $product_unavailable variable can be confusing. Maybe we will remove it from the API.

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It would be nice to be able to show how many items there are in stock and if in case one item goes out of stock to be able to show a custom message something like "We will be restocking soon this items, please come back later"

To do it you should uncheck the "Hide if Out Of Stock" checkbox in the Edit Product form. After that you can display the number of items in stock and the out of stock message using the following code:

      <? if ($product->track_inventory && $product->in_stock > 0): ?>
            <p>Number of items in stock: <strong><?= $product->in_stock ?></strong></p>
      <? endif ?>

      <? if ($product->is_out_of_stock()): ?>
          <p>
            <strong>This product is temporarily unavailable</strong>
            <? if ($product->expected_availability_date): ?>  
                <br/>The expected availability date is <strong><?= $product->displayField('expected_availability_date') ?></strong>
            <? endif ?>
          </p>
      <? endif ?>

The Expected Availability Date field has been added a couple of days ago. You can find it on the Inventory tab of the Create/Edit Product page. We will update the Demo store template soon, and it will include all added features.

Thank you

[pauneugen]

Thank you very much! :)

[MarkF]

Hi,

if a product is out of stock, is it possible to allow a customer to click a link to request an email notification when that product comes back into stock?

Great way not to lose a customer! ;)

Regards
Mark :)

[Aleksey]

Hi, Mark!

I added this request to the wish-list. :-)

Aleksey

[MarkF]

Thanks! :)

[zone]

Any updates on Mark's suggestion? I didn't realize this feature was missing...it's really important to retain customers! :D

This post has been edited by zone: 17 April 2010 - 10:39 AM

[Aleksey]

Hi!

No updates yet, sorry. We will try to publish this feature in version 1.0, or soon after the release.

Aleksey

[NickToye]

Aleksey, on 17 April 2010 - 05:57 PM, said:

Hi!

No updates yet, sorry. We will try to publish this feature in version 1.0, or soon after the release.

Aleksey

I know you've got loads on, and I for one appreciate all the work that has gone into Lemonstand, but do you think this feature could be implemented?

My client recently has been dreaming up hacks to get this to work. Like sending people off to a subs page where they can check a box in a Campaign Monitor form. Personally I don't think it's worth hacking like that, a native Lemonstand solution would be awesome.