how to set certain products to unlimited?

i have some products that are by a per-order basis (gates, doors etc..), and some that we can deliver straight away and have limited quantity (accessories), i know you can set substract and check stock level to false in the admin but this will set all products.. how do i set it for certain products only?

denniszc:

i have some products that are by a per-order basis (gates, doors etc..), and some that we can deliver straight away and have limited quantity (accessories), i know you can set substract and check stock level to false in the admin but this will set all products.. how do i set it for certain products only?
The short answer is you can't.. (if I am wrong someone will undoubtedly correct me)

so set the stock levels for those products to some ridiculously high quantity like "999999".. Then you don't have to worry about it for a while (though I certainly hope you sell out of that quantity!:smile:)

This is also the technique I use (although I personally favor 1000000). :)

thanks, i'll do that :)

And generally speaking customers are not interested in knowing how many you have IN STOCK - they will be concerned when you are SHORT OF STOCK or OUT OF STOCK - so it may be an idea to HIDE stock quantities from the product display pages. When / if these are OUT OF STOCK, or SHORT, then you can elect to display OUT OF STOCK messages and choose whether you want to allow checkout in these situations.

schoolboy:

And generally speaking customers are not interested in knowing how many you have IN STOCK - they will be concerned when you are SHORT OF STOCK or OUT OF STOCK - so it may be an idea to HIDE stock quantities from the product display pages. When / if these are OUT OF STOCK, or SHORT, then you can elect to display OUT OF STOCK messages and choose whether you want to allow checkout in these situations.

good idea, how do i hide them?