pre-order upcoming products using available_date but quantity>0

[alexbecks]

Hello,

I need to slightly modify the bahaviour of available_date field to handle pre orders.

 

This is the typical scenario:

One product is not available until a certain future date, but I want to allow customers to buy and pay in advance, and then product will be delivered when available from supplier

I will only have a limited quantity to sell as pre-order and, after that, when this quantity is over the product is sold out (not possible to buy anymore).

 

The default prestashop behaviour allows me to specify:

Availble date: (a future date)

Quantity: 0

When Out of stock: Allow Orders

 

This allow buyers to order unlimited products not in stock but available in the future (wrong), instead I need that buyers see a certain quantiy greater than zero, the foreseen date, and buy only no more than the pieces I will receive from supplier.

 

So I need:

Availble date: (a future date)

Quantity: 15 (for example)

When Out of stock: Deny Orders

 

So people see that I can sell, as pre-order, max 15 pieces and when this quantity is over, no more pre-orders are taken.

 

Example:

Before the available date the buyer will see:

Availability: from 30-06-2014

4 items left to buy as pre-order

 

After the available date the buyer will see:

Availability: In Stock

4 items in stock, ready to ship

 

In both cases up to 4 products can be bought, then it is sold out forever.

 

Any hint on which file and how I should modify?

Thank you very much in advance!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TTDV]

Hello

 

(Sorry for my english)

 

I am searching for something similar, but I guess you know something that i don't know. 

 

You say that using the field "available_date" you can set that the customer can buy the product in preorder. How do you do this? If I had this, it would make a big step from what I have now (absolutely nothing).

 

Thanks