Automatic out-of-stock product hiding on website

Purpose

1. Automate the process of hiding or unpublishing out-of-stock army & navy surplus products from the website in real-time.

2. Ensure customers always see a live, up-to-date inventory, reducing disappointment and improving user experience.

3. Avoid manual checking and editing of stock levels, saving staff hours and eliminating errors in military surplus retail.

4. Automating out-of-stock product management prevents overselling and increases operational efficiency for inventory automators.

5. Streamlines website management and automates compliance with customer service standards by hiding unready products.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated trigger when product stock quantity reaches zero or below.

2. Automated triggers from inventory system API/webhook on stock update.

3. Automate upon new purchase order reducing stock to unavailable.

4. Scheduled automation checks (e.g., every 15 minutes) to verify all product quantities.

5. Automator trigger from staff or supplier input flagging a backorder/out-of-stock status.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Function/API: Use Admin API — Product Update endpoint; automate the “published” field to false when inventory_quantity = 0.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Use REST API — PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}; automate “status”: “private” if "stock_quantity" = 0.
  

3. Magento

• Feature/Setting: Automate with REST API — PUT /V1/products/{sku}; set “status” = 2 (disabled) when “qty” = 0.
  

4. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Automate via API — Update Product endpoint; set “is_visible” = false if "inventory_level" = 0.
  

5. Wix Stores

• Feature/Setting: Automate through Wix Stores Update API; automate “visible” to false when “quantity” = 0.
  

6. Squarespace

• Feature/Setting: Use Squarespace Commerce API; automate product visibility to “hidden” if “stock” = 0.
  

7. PrestaShop

• Feature/Setting: Automate using Web Service API, update “active” property to 0 when “quantity” = 0.
  

8. Ecwid

• Feature/Setting: Update product visibility via Ecwid API; automate “enabled” = false if “quantity” = 0.
  

9. OpenCart

• Feature/Setting: Automate through API call to update “status” = 0 when “quantity” = 0.
  

10. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Use OCAPI PATCH /product/{id}; automate “online” = false if “stockLevel” < 1.
  

11. SAP Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Automate through OCC REST API; PATCH “online” = false when “quantity” = 0.
  

12. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Use Zoho Inventory API to trigger automation when “available_stock” = 0; update integrated store item to “inactive.”
  

13. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Automate via Item API PATCH, set “isArchived” = true if “quantity” = 0.
  

14. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Use REST API, update custom “website_visibility” field; automate to false if “quantityavailable” = 0.
  

15. Vend

• Feature/Setting: Automate through Vend API, set “active” status = 0 when “inventory_quantity” = 0.
  

16. Square Online

• Feature/Setting: Update with Square Catalog API; PATCH item “present_at_location_ids” to [] if “stock_count” = 0.
  

17. Amazon Seller Central

• Feature/Setting: Automate via MWS Listings API; submit inventory feed to set “quantity” = 0, automating “inactive” status.
  

18. eBay

• Feature/Setting: Use eBay Inventory API, automate “inventoryLevel” = 0 triggers “OutOfStockControl” logic.
  

19. Etsy

• Feature/Setting: Etsy Listing API, automate update to “state” = “inactive” if “quantity” = 0.
  

20. 3dcart/Shift4Shop

• Feature/Setting: Automate “hide” product action through Product API if “stock” = 0.
  

21. WooCommerce Zapier Integration

• Feature/Setting: Use WooCommerce Trigger Zap; when “stock_quantity” = 0, automate product unpublishing.
  

Benefits

1. Automatedly maintains accurate storefront, improves shopper trust, and maximizes customer satisfaction.

2. Reduces manual workloads and automates error-prone inventory management in military surplus stores.

3. Automates compliance with sales channel rules and minimizes customer complaints about unavailable items.

4. Enables staff to focus on value-adding tasks by automating the repetitive out-of-stock update process.

5. Automation ensures real-time product visibility control, supporting business agility in fast-moving military goods markets.