Pre-Order Stock Levels

Overview

If you are using ASNs to manage inbound deliveries at your warehouse then it is possible to setup the system to automatically provide a pre-order stock level to desired channels so that you can sell the stock before it arrives at your warehouse.

The stock level is dynamically calculated based on the on-order level, less the required by back order level - so it will reduce with every order placed, preventing you overselling your stock before it arrives.

Stock Feed Rules

The first stage to enable pre-order stock levels - is to setup a stock feed rule on the channel(s) you want to sell pre order stock on.

See our guide here;

Inventory Sync / Stock Feed Rules

Create a rule with PRE_ORDER as the type & the level as 0 for the required channel:

We'd recommend setting products to All at this stage - you still have individual control over products being pre-order enabled in the next step.

Enabling Products for Pre-Order

To enable individual products to be sold with pre-order stock levels - navigate to Products > Overview > Actions > Edit

Then just toggle on the Pre-Orderable button:

You can also do this in bulk by using the product upload template found in Products > Extras > Upload Products.

Just populate the SKU & BackOrderable Columns:

Pre-Order Status Report

You can setup a daily scheduled report so that the system alerts you when it detects that a product is eligble for pre-order.

Scheduled Reports

When viewing the report on the system directly you can also quickly toggle on enable pre-order: