Announce: NoStock – A stock notifier for WP e-Commerce
A month or so back Dan Milward of WP e-Commerce contacted me asking for a plugin to notify users when a product is back in stock. We looked at some examples and it sounded like a great idea.
Today, I’m glad to announce, with the help of Phillip Copley, NoStock– an out of stock notification plugin for WP e-Commerce. Now before we go any further, I’ll admit its a bare-bones, beta of sorts. The functionality is there, but the polish isn’t. Try it out, see if it breaks anything.
Update: I’ve just been told this plugin works on single products, but if there are variations of a product, it will not work right if one of the variations is out of stock.
Basically, the way it works is when a product is out of stock, you will now see a button to request notification. It will record your email address in a list and when the quantity is updated so the product is shown back in stock, anybody that requested notification will get sent an email.
You can grab a copy of the plugin from here: nostock.zip
Tags: ecommerce, nostock, plugin, stock, WordPress, WP e-Commerce
Feb 14, 2011
Thanks Ryan. Next mission… refinement!!
Looking forward to working with you on it some more
May 05, 2011
In the weeks since February, have there been any updates or does it still not work correctly with variations?
May 05, 2011
Marc,
Correct. I’ve been busy with paid client work and haven’t had a moment to go back and revisit the issue.
My schedule is looking a bit lighter 2 weeks from now so hopefully I can take a look and get it working right.
Jun 21, 2011
Hi, this is a great idea,
any news on what it takes to make this work
on variations?
thanks!
Jun 21, 2011
I actually have a user submitted version that fixes the variations issue. I need to give it a few quick tests and I’ll post it.
Jun 21, 2011
Awesome, let me know
Jul 13, 2011
And let me know
Hows things anyway Ryan?
Aug 05, 2011
Any luck on the variations fix? Seems it still does not work.
Sep 23, 2011
what is the status of this plugin? it sure sounds great. let me know if you have it working on any sites now? thanks so much….
Sep 23, 2011
[...] NoStock A stock notifier Free – but may not work with when a product is out of stock, customer will see a button to request notification. It will record email address in a list and when the quantity is updated so the product is shown back in stock, anybody that requested notification will get sent an email. http://getshopped.org/fpt-plugins/wp-nostock-a-stock-notifier-plugin http://fusionized.com/2011/02/announce-nostock-a-stock-notifier-for-wp-e-commerce [...]
Oct 18, 2011
Hi Ryan,
Could you send me the fixes? Would help me a great deal!
Thanks,
Adnan
Nov 16, 2011
There is still interest in a refinement of the plugin
But anyway, it is great!
Dec 20, 2011
So um… what is the status on this plugin please? It’s exactly what I need, but not sure if I should bother installing or not… kinda hard to tell from the comments above if it works or … ?
Thanks,
H.