As of version 2.94, you can set up the system so that inventory is temporarily unavailable as soon as someone adds the item to the cart, instead of when a customer purchases the item. This inventory count hold is temporary; the item is released back into stock in time. This is useful for OOAK items or flash sales.
To turn on Instant Inventory:
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Log in to the storeadmin area.
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Select Catalog Setup from the Administration menu.
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Change the following variables:
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Temp Cart: This is the number of minutes before the item will be released back into inventory, after someone adds the item to his or her cart.
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Self Cart: This is the number of minutes before the item can be re-ordered by the person who added the item to his or her cart.
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At this point, inventory counts will be temporarily decreased as someone adds an item to the cart.
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To turn Instant Inventory off at a later time, change Temp Cart and Self Cart to Do Not Set.
e.g.) Stop someone from ordering an item in someone else's cart for one hour:
Temp Cart = 60
Self Cart = 5
Strawberry Candle has 1 in stock.
- Customer A adds a Strawberry Candle to his cart at 9:30 am.
- Customer B will not be able to add Strawberry Candle to her cart until after 10:30 am.
- If Customer A accidentally deletes the item from the cart, he won't be able to re-add the item to his cart until 9:35 am.
