https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:17:07 +0000 Mon, 30 May 2011 10:53:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4515 https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17645.html#17645 Author: hhsign
Subject: 4515
Posted: 30-May-2011 at 10:53am

1 BTO inventory problem still exists that I think EI should fix is if a customer orders 6 BTO items or standard products in a BTO product but you only have 5 in stock, it will let the customer complete the order before it hides the BTO item.
]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 10:53:15 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17645.html#17645 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17644.html#17644 Author: Brett
Subject: 4515
Posted: 30-May-2011 at 3:56am

T-Shirts is just an example everyone can relate to ;) thanks for the tip though]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 03:56:39 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17644.html#17644 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17643.html#17643 Author: Hamish
Subject: 4515
Posted: 30-May-2011 at 3:52am

Hi Brett, if you are actually selling t-shirts then the Apparel add-on would be the way to go :-)]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 03:52:08 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17643.html#17643 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17640.html#17640 Author: Brett
Subject: 4515
Posted: 29-May-2011 at 10:54pm

Turns out i needed to change this setting under BTO Settings:

Should your store's general inventory settings apply to BTO Products? Yes - Use the Store Settings area of the Control Panel to edit general inventory settings for the store. No - BTO products are always available for sale, regardless of general inventory settings.

Had to change that to yes. I didn't realize it applied to BTO items as well, but it makes sense now.]]> Sun, 29 May 2011 22:54:30 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17640.html#17640 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17639.html#17639 Author: Brett
Subject: 4515
Posted: 29-May-2011 at 10:49pm

I noticed the Computer demo store does what I expected it to do. However, is this a feature of the conflict management plugin?]]> Sun, 29 May 2011 22:49:21 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17639.html#17639 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17638.html#17638 Author: Brett
Subject: 4515
Posted: 29-May-2011 at 10:39pm

For exampe:

Add a BTO product "T-Shirt" with 5 options (Colors).
You have 5 T-Shirts, each with a different color.
So, set the inventory for the BTO product to 5.
Then, create 5 BTO items, one to represent each t-shirt color.
Set the stock of each of the 5 colors to 1.

That way, there are 5 total shirts in stock, with one of each color being in stock.

The problem I'm having is that the BTO items who's stock is set to zero (who are out of stock) are still displaying as a BTO option, and nothing is being shown to the customer to reflect that this particular BTO item is out of stock.

I tested this by changing the BTO Item's stock to 0 manually. Is there some other process which takes place when an item is actually bought that marks it as being out of stock?

I had assumed that, once the stock of that particular BTO item dropped to 0, it would no longer show up as an option for the BTO product (or for any BTO product it is assigned to, for that matter).]]> Sun, 29 May 2011 22:39:30 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/how-does-inventory-work-with-bto-items_topic4515_post17638.html#17638