How to Configure Magento 2 Back-In-Stock Notifications

Imagine you’re looking for a T-shirt. You’ve been browsing over so many websites and finally found the one that meets all your needs. But it’s out of stock. Bet that you would be disappointed.

Remember that feeling and take a look back to your current e-commerce store. Has it got these features: display out-of-stock category, send back-in-stock notifications to customers? If not, check out our instructions below.

How to Configure Magento 2 Back-In-Stock Notifications

Enable out-of-stock products display in frontend

First of all, you need to allow displaying out-of-stock products.

• Go to Stores > Settings > Configuration > Catalog > Inventory
• In the Stock Options section, find the Display Out of Stock Products field and choose Yes

Enable sending back-in-stock email notifications

Next, turn on notifications when products are back in stock.

• Go to Stores > Settings > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog
• In the Product Alerts section, look for the Allow Alert When Product Comes Back in Stock field and select Yes

Set the frequency to send alert Emails

Finally, you should set the frequency for the system to repeat sending notifications.

Scroll down below the Product Alerts section and you will see Product Alerts Run Settings. Here’s the place where you can customize the alert frequency.

• Frequency: Select among 3 options: Daily/ Weekly/ Monthly

• Start Time: Choose a suitable time

Advanced Solution

Although the Magento 2 default has the above functions to set email reminders of out-of-stock products, you might run into some unexpected issues when managing your store. Using a third-party extension with more advanced features can guarantee better business’s operations.

Product Alerts by Mageplaza not only includes out-of-stock notifications but also various outstanding functions, such as:

• Price changing alert: Notify customers when products are at their best price
• Data reports on product requests: View all the info and statistics of requests for stock availability and price updates easily.
• All product types support: Work well with all types, namely: simple product, configurable product, group product, virtual product, bundle product, and downloadable product.

Conclusion

That’s how to configure Magento 2 back-in-stock notifications to get customers’ attention to your well-selling items. Feel free to contact us if you still have any questions.