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PrestaShop version 1.3 UserGuide – OCTOBER 2010
Product Availability
Managing Product Availability 1
 The field marked Quantity corresponds to the number of products available. If at this point
you have already organized your products attributes and variations (i.e. colors, sizes, etc.),
this field will represent all of the quantities of these variations.
 The field “Displayed Text When in-Stock” allows you to write a message for your visitors to
see when your product is in stock. It reassures them that your shop can immediately send
them the product by showing, for example, the words “Item Available.”
In case you are out of stock, you have two options:
 Accept orders and postpone their shipment. To choose this option select “Allow orders.”
 Deny orders. With this option no orders for this product will be accepted.
You can also configure the general settings applied to all of your products. The default option is to
deny orders, but this can be modified under the “Preferences” or “Products” tabs, discussed further
in the Product Configuration section.
Default Category and Catalog Display
The default category will be used when an article is filed under several categories. This serves mainly
to clarify which category to use in case your customer arrives at your site from a search engine. The
name of the category will appear in the product’s URL. Example: A telephone can appear under the
category of ‘brand’ (Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc.) and also under the category of ‘characteristic’
(Smartphone, flip-phone, etc.).