{"id":1240,"date":"2012-03-27T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/03\/27\/how-to-allow-backorders-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:06:54","slug":"how-to-allow-backorders-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-allow-backorders-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>. After this has been done, you can then configure Magento 1.6 to allow backorders. This is done in the Magento Admin Panel.<\/p>\n

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  1. Log into your Magento Admin Backend<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to System ->> Configuration<\/strong>.\"magento_dashboard_1\"<\/li>\n
  3. Click on \u201cInventory<\/strong>\u201d in the left side menu pane.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the \u201cProduct Stock Options<\/strong>\u201d section.<\/li>\n
  5. Change the \u201cBackorders<\/strong>\u201d to \u201cAllow QTY Below 0 and Notify Customer<\/strong>\u201c.\"magento_back_orders_1\"<\/li>\n
  6. Click \u201cSave Config<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Learn more about our Magento Hosting plans<\/a> or visit our other Magento Tutorials<\/a> in our Education Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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. 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