auto-update-inventory-policy-based-on-a-preorder-tag

Auto-update inventory policy based on a "preorder" tag

Tags: Auto-Update, Products, Tag, Watch

This task manages your published product catalog, checking for the presence of a "preorder" tag, or a tag that starts with "preorder_" (like "preorder_summer"). If this tag is found, the task updates the product to allow customers to purchase the product after it's out of stock. If no preorder tag is found, the task makes sure customers cannot purchase the product if it's out of stock.

• View in the task library: tasks.mechanic.dev/auto-update-inventory-policy-based-on-a-preorder-tag
• Task JSON, for direct import: task.json
• Preview task code: script.liquid

Subscriptions

mechanic/scheduler/daily
mechanic/user/trigger

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Documentation

This task manages your published product catalog, checking for the presence of a "preorder" tag, or a tag that starts with "preorder_" (like "preorder_summer"). If this tag is found, the task updates the product to allow customers to purchase the product after it's out of stock. If no preorder tag is found, the task makes sure customers cannot purchase the product if it's out of stock.

This task scans your product catalog nightly or when you hit the "Run task" button, checking for the presence of a "preorder" tag, or a tag that starts with "preorder_" (like "preorder_summer"). If this tag is found, the task updates the product to allow customers to purchase the product after it's out of stock. If no preorder tag is found, the task makes sure customers cannot purchase the product if it's out of stock.

Notes:

• For efficiency, this task only scans published products in your catalog.

• This task supports four event topics:

  • Use mechanic/scheduler/daily for a daily scan, at midnight.
  • Use mechanic/user/trigger to run the task on-demand, with the push of a button.
  • Use shopify/products/create to run the task for each product as it's created.
  • Use shopify/products/update to run the task for each product as it's updated.

  Out of the box, the task comes configured with mechanic/scheduler/daily and mechanic/user/trigger. Use the "Subscriptions" setting (under "Show Advanced", in the task editor) to swap out subscriptions as needed.

Installing this task

Find this task in the library at tasks.mechanic.dev, and use the "Try this task" button. Or, import this task's JSON export – see Importing and exporting tasks to learn how imports work.

Contributions

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