Ecommerce
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Product Quantity Threshold
6 min
what are quantity thresholds? quantity thresholds (also called inventory thresholds) let you automatically hide products from your menu once their stock falls below a set quantity this helps prevent overselling when inventory levels get low how they work when stock drops below the threshold β the product is hidden from the menu (but is still enabled in aiq ecommerce) when stock rises above the threshold β the product automatically reappears on the menu why use them? this feature is especially useful when integrating with a pos aiq ecommerce syncs with pos systems every 10 minutes while thatβs typically enough to stay in sync, small timing gaps can cause overselling thresholds add a safeguard to reduce that risk set quantity threshold per product navigate to menu > products > product details > pricing tab enter in a number in the 'quantity threshold' field save typically a low number like 4 or 5 is sufficient, but you may need to experiment a bit to find the right number set quantity threshold for multiple products navigate to menu > products and use our bulk update docid\ hvpn6eban4fbqgt9n ujm feature set default quantity threshold per category you can configure a default threshold per each category this default will automatically apply to all new products added to aiq ecommerce the default will not apply to any existing inventory navigate to menu > categories > select the category on the details screen, find the "default product quantity threshold" setting and input a number save which products have a quantity threshold set? to monitor which products are above or below the threshold, use the quantity threshold filter in the products dashboard in menu > products