> yeah abandonment of carts is really high.. has anyone built in any tracki ng > to figure out in their cart what the level of allocation vs. abandonment is > for their specific cart?
That would be great, just have to determine when a cart is abandoned I suppose. > I wouldn't deallocate in this scenario until the credit validation portio n.. > and if something isn't in stock say hey! no more product... we can specia l > order or something... Again, for me anyway, I don't allocate the inventory until the order is in the system (actually, not even then, but that's another story) but I'm checking against inventory when you add to cart AND when you place the order. > -paris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:01 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Dealing with inventories > > > But when a shopping cart is abandoned (which is often), you've got > inventory allocated that you can't sell for however long you wait to clea n > up... In my case, we often have small quantities of titles, so I can't > afford to do that... > > > Yes, that's what I'm doing - allocating the inventory when the item is > > added. Otherwise, IMO, it's like running around in the supermarket and > > taking things from one shopper's card and giving the items to the anoth er > > one :DO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony Schreiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Are you saying that you're allocating inventory to that person when the y > > put the item in their shopping cart (meaning it's no longer available f or > > sale)? > > > > What I do is check inventory before it's placed in the cart to make sur e > > there's adequate inventory, then I ignore it... When the order is to be > > placed, I re-check all the inventory and if anything is short I bounce > > them back to the cart with a message about what is no longer available. . > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
