Introduction

The Back In Stock Notifications API allows you to manage customer requests to receive notifications when out-of-stock items become available.

With this API, you can:

• Increase sales and customer satisfaction with personalized notifications.
• Collect insights on requested items that are currently unavailable.
• Effectively manage inventory and adjust restocking strategy.

Learn more about notifying customers when products are back in stock.

To use the Back In Stock Notifications API, import { backInStockNotifications } from the ‘wix-ecom-backend’ module:

Before you begin

It’s important to note the following points before starting to code:

• To start collecting back in stock requests, the collectionStates must be set to true. Use startCollectingRequests() to update collection states, or update in a site’s dashboard.
• For emails to send with the reportItemsBackInStock() function, automations must be activated in the site’s dashboard first.
• Customize the design of the notification email that will be sent.

Terminology

• Notification request: The object that is created when a customer wants to be notified when an out-of-stock item becomes available. The back in stock notification request contains information about the item and an email address to contact when it’s back in stock.

Permissions information

The following functions in Back In Stock Notifications API are restricted and only run if you elevate permissions using the wix-auth elevate() function:

• deleteBackInStockNotificationRequest()
• getBackInStockNotificationRequest()
• getBackInStockNotificationRequestsCountByCatalogReferences()
• markAsNotificationSent()
• queryBackInStockNotificationRequests()
• reportItemsBackInStock()