I think I'll have to get a custom modification written to achieve this, but I thought I'd make sure there's not already an add-on that does this. ^_^


Is there a way for the stock of all products to be tied together, so that selling one of anything will reduce the number of total items that can be purchased?

I hand make my items as they are ordered. I offer several different items, and I have no way of knowing in advance which of my items someone is going to order at any given time.
However, I can only produce X number of items per week (I'm one person, not a factory!) and I need a way to make sure that only X number of items of any kind can be ordered at once.

Right now I just put a small amount of stock into each item, and then when I have enough orders I manually reduce the stock of everything to 0.

This current method is time consuming because I then have to go through each item manually and set the stock to 0, and allows for a large problem: if I don't get to a computer and change my stock levels in time (or if I get a lot of orders placed at once), I end up with too many orders to complete quickly, which leads to delays which leads to unhappy customers. I need this process to be automatic, so I don't have to worry about getting backlogged.

Not to mention the fact that it's complicated to explain to potential customers, and as we all know, a confused potential customer does not become a customer! If I could say "each week I accept X orders", it would make much more sense.

Does anything like this exist, or should I go straight to the Commercial Help Wanted forum?

Thank you!