How to allow orders on out-of-stock products in PrestaShop 1.5

Deciding whether or not to allow customers to order out-of-stock products is one of the many details of your site. Fortunately, Prestashop has a setting for that. Allowing orders on out-of-stock product in PrestaShop 1.5 is very simple.

To allow orders on out-of-stock product in PrestaShop 1.5:

  1. Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard.
  2. Using the top menu bar, hover over the Preferences tab and select the Products option.
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  3. You are now on the Preferences : Products screen. Under the Products Stock section, find the Allow ordering of out-of-stock products setting.
    preferences-product-allow-out-of-stock
  4. Select either the Yes or No radio button. The Yes option will allow your customers to order products if they are out-of-stock (back ordering) while the No option will not allow it to be ordered.
  5. Click on the Save button in the upper right corner when finished to save the change.

That is how you allow out-of-stock ordering in PrestaShop 1.5.

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