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title: "How to allow back orders in PrestaShop 1.5"
description: "In our last article, we described how to manually set inventory quantity for your product in PrestaShop 1.5. This article shows you how to allow a product to be ordered when it is out of stock, known..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/allow-backorders/
date: 2012-05-23
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Prestashop"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to allow back orders in PrestaShop 1.5

In our last article, we described how to [manually set inventory quantity](/support/edu/prestashop/edit-quantity-manually/) for your product in PrestaShop 1.5. This article shows you how to allow a product to be ordered when it is out of stock, known as a back order.

**To allow back order for a product in PrestaShop 1.5:**

1. [Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard](/support/edu/prestashop/login-to-dashboard/)
2. Using the top menu bar, hover over the **Catalog **tab and click on the **Product **selection.[![catalog-tab-products](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_catalog-tab-products.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_catalog-tab-products.png)
3. You are now on the *Catalog: Products* list page. From here, select the **Edit **icon (it looks like paper and pencil) on the right for the product you want to edit.[![product-list-edit](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-list-edit.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-list-edit.png)
4. You are now on the **Catalog : Edit Products** page. From here click on the **Quantities** tab on the left sidebar.
5. To set your product to allow back orders, simply find the field named **When out of stock **and select the radio button named **Allow**.[![product-quantity-backorder](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-quantity-backorder.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-quantity-backorder.png)
6. Next, you want to set the display text to let visitors know you can order this product even though it is our of stock. Add the text you want to display in the **Displayed text when allowed to be back-ordered** field.[![product-quantity-backorder-text](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-quantity-backorder-text.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_prestashop1.5_product-quantity-backorder_product-quantity-backorder-text.png) Now you have successfully set your product to allow back orders in PrestaShop 1.5