# Out of Stock

> Suppliers using PurchasePlus can mark any of their Products as 'Out of Stock', in order to set Purchaser expectations while they are creating their Purchase

Source: https://www.purchaseplus.com/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock

Markdown: https://www.purchaseplus.com/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock.md

# Out of Stock
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-   [Out of Stock](#out-of-stock)
-   [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites)
-   [Marking a Product as Out of Stock](#marking-a-product-as-out-of-stock)  
    -   [Using the Supplier API to mark Products as Out of Stock](#API)

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### Out of Stock

Suppliers using PurchasePlus can mark any of their Products as 'Out of Stock', in order to set [Purchaser](/docs/for-suppliers/introduction-to-purchasers) expectations while they are creating their Purchase Orders. Purchasers are not prevented from adding the Product to their orders - it is a warning only.

### Prerequisites

-   The user must have the 'Manage Products' permission, and
-   The product in question must be ['Owned' by your Organisation](/docs/for-suppliers/supplier-vs-marketboomer-owned-products).

### Marking a Product as Out of Stock

If you are the Owner of a Product, you can manually mark the product as Out of Stock in the Advanced Tab of the Product.

**Step 1:** Navigate to the **\[Products\]** area from the side navigation bar and locate the Product in question. You can use the Search or Advanced Search functions to help with this.

![Products list](/images/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock-1.avif)

**Step 2:** Ensure that your Organisation is the Owner of the Product:

![Product Owner field](/images/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock-2.avif)

**Step 3:** Click on the name of the Product in the table, and then click **\[Advanced\]**:

![Product Advanced tab](/images/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock-3.avif)

**Step 4:**  Check the 'Out of Stock' checkbox and click Save Changes.![Out of Stock checkbox](/images/docs/for-suppliers/mark-a-product-as-out-of-stock-4.avif)

If this Product is in a Catalog, then the assigned Purchasers will see an 'Out of Stock' Indicator next to the Product when they are creating an order. This does **not** prevent the Purchaser from adding the Product to their Requisition. The Out of Stock Product should simply be handled via your regular Backordering process (or similar).

#### Using the Supplier API to mark Products as Out of Stock

The POST and PATCH Product API endpoints in the [supplier module](https://purchaseplus.com/api-docs/index.html?urls.primaryName=Supply%20API%20V2) both support an out\_of\_stock boolean field that Suppliers can update to reflect stock availability. This field is optional and can be toggled on a per-product basis. Suppliers typically run a scheduled job to update this field frequently, depending on how dynamic their inventory is.