How to Enable “Notify Me When In Stock” in Magento 2?

In this article, we will discuss how we can enable “notify when back in stock” in Magento 2.

Basically, Magento 2 is providing default functionality to enable “notify me when back in stock”.

BSometimes a customer wants to buy a product from a store, but it’s out of stock, so using this we can notify them when the product is available.

How to enable “notify me when back in stock” in Magento 2?

To use the default Magento functionality to enable or disable notify me when back in stock then follow the below steps:

Step 1: Make Out-of-Stock Products Visible in Frontend

By default, out of stock products in Magento 2 are hidden from the catalog so for enabling out of stock products follow these steps:

• In admin panel, go to Stores → Configuration → Catalog → Inventory.
• Go to the Stock Options → Display Out of Stock Products → “Yes”
• Click on “Save Config” button

Step 2: Enable “Notify me when this product is in stock” When Product is Back in Stock

Now we’ll enable the product alert itself to notify customer when product is back in stock, you can follow below steps for that:

• Go to the Stores → Configuration → Catalog → Product Alerts.
• Product alerts → Allow Alert When Product Comes Back in Stock → “Yes”.
• Click on “Save Config” button

Step 3: Display Notify me when this product is in stock in frontend

The above configuration will create a “Notify me when this product is in stock” link for all out of stock products.

By clicking on this link, customers can subscribe for stock notifications through email for that product.

Step 4 : Display Product Alerts in Backend

Magento 2 Out Of Stock Notification Extension by MageAnts allows you to set a subscription for configurable or bundle products.

Also allows setting a notification message to be displayed in the subscription box.

MageAnts provides Out Of Stock Notification module for Magento 2 with the following features:

• Inform customers regarding product status easily.
• Display custom back in stock notification messages regarding product availability.
• Send stock notification emails for stock availability at a specific time.
• Send automatic back-in-stock and out-of-stock product notifications.
• Allow particular customer groups for stock notification subscription.

Wrap Up

We hope with this blog, you can easily understand How to enable “notify me when back in stock” in Magento 2?

You can also visit our Out of Stock Notification Extension. If you have any query regarding the article, you can feel free to contact us.