Last verified 2026-07-13
shopify continue selling when out of stock oversell
The actual problem
Continue selling when out of stock creates failed fulfillments, refunds, and ad waste.
Do this
- Products → inventory policy: disable continue-selling on SKUs you cannot backorder.
- Export inventory=0 with active status; unpublish or redirect.
- Sync Meta/Google product feeds after inventory fixes.
- Re-test top ad PDPs for Add to cart on zero inventory.
Tools for this job
- Tillkiln
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