Comments on: How’s Your Availability? http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/ Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kelly Andrews http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-67053 Kelly Andrews Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:59:37 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-67053 I'd like to see a blog post regarding the lengthy (and very costly) system outage today. In order to make intelligent decisions regarding our ecommerce infrastructure, I need to know more than the system update tells us ("we're looking into it..."). Please provide greater transparency as to the reasons for outages, as this is critical information. I’d like to see a blog post regarding the lengthy (and very costly) system outage today. In order to make intelligent decisions regarding our ecommerce infrastructure, I need to know more than the system update tells us (”we’re looking into it…”). Please provide greater transparency as to the reasons for outages, as this is critical information.

]]> By: pboisver http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-66836 pboisver Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:52:34 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-66836 Steve, While there is no standard way to display available inventory on the product page, we do offer two forms of inventory management: database upload and real-time inventory mangement. With database upload, you send updated inventory levels to Catalog Manager as often as you need to depending on your volume of orders and how much stock you keep on hand. With real-time inventory, you set up the system to call out to a server that maintains your stock levels. With either set up, buyers will have items checked against available inventory when the item is placed in the cart and again when the order is placed. Also with either you can choose to display in the cart how many items are in stock or more generally if an item is in stock or not. Paul Steve,

While there is no standard way to display available inventory on the product page, we do offer two forms of inventory management: database upload and real-time inventory mangement. With database upload, you send updated inventory levels to Catalog Manager as often as you need to depending on your volume of orders and how much stock you keep on hand. With real-time inventory, you set up the system to call out to a server that maintains your stock levels. With either set up, buyers will have items checked against available inventory when the item is placed in the cart and again when the order is placed. Also with either you can choose to display in the cart how many items are in stock or more generally if an item is in stock or not.

Paul

]]> By: Steve McQueen http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-66759 Steve McQueen Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:40:28 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2007/11/hows-your-availability/#comment-66759 Unfortunately, there is no way to reference the inventory from the website. When I have an item of limited availability, and no idea when or if it can be replaced, there is no way to let customers know that the item has been sold, or the current number of items available, without manual updating. I could manually list the number of items in stock, but that would quickly become a management nightmare. An "inventory" store tag that returns the current count of items in inventory would sure be helpful! Steve http://store.gemsevermore.com Unfortunately, there is no way to reference the inventory from the website. When I have an item of limited availability, and no idea when or if it can be replaced, there is no way to let customers know that the item has been sold, or the current number of items available, without manual updating.

I could manually list the number of items in stock, but that would quickly become a management nightmare.

An “inventory” store tag that returns the current count of items in inventory would sure be helpful!

Steve
http://store.gemsevermore.com

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