How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Updated on October 24, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 33 Seconds to Read Magento 1.6 will not allow backorders of products. Before you can allow products to be displayed that has no stock inventory you should set your shopping cart to display out of stock products. After this has been done, you can then configure Magento 1.6 to allow backorders. This is done in the Magento Admin Panel. Log into your Magento Admin Backend. Go to System ->> Configuration. Click on “Inventory” in the left side menu pane. Open the “Product Stock Options” section. Change the “Backorders” to “Allow QTY Below 0 and Notify Customer“. Click “Save Config“. Learn more about our Magento Hosting plans or visit our other Magento Tutorials in our Education Channel. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 10 Magento Security Tips Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6 Adding Store Email Addresses to Magento How to stop Displaying Product Reviews in Magento 1.6 How to Install Magento Manually Merging Javascript Files in Magento 1.6 How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6 Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6
