Stock CS-Cart answers the availability question with two phrases: "in stock" and "out of stock". A real store needs more: special order, expected in November, last display unit, only a few left. The add-on keeps a directory of statuses with your own wording per language, assigns them to products and variations and shows them on the product page, in Quick View and in catalogue listings. Whether the product can be bought stays with the standard product setting: "special order" sells at zero quantity, "future release" does not.
Two modes a status directory or wording by quantity
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Products and variations every variation has its own status
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In bulk standard product import and export
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CS-Cart 4.10.1+ all editions, verified on 4.20.1 and 4.21.1
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The availability line is what decides whether a shopper waits or leaves. "Out of stock" ends the visit even when the product is brought in on order within two weeks and the shopper is ready to buy. And "in stock" says nothing about the last unit left on the shelf.
The add-on gives the store its own wording: the shopper sees the term and the condition right in the catalogue instead of asking support. The text is written once in the directory and assigned to products - one by one or in bulk, through import.
Status directory
A name for the admin panel and the wording for the shopper, per language. |
Special order still sells
At zero quantity the buy button stays when the product is allowed to be ordered. |
Visible in the catalogue
The status stands in category and search listings, not only on the product page. |
Bulk editing
Statuses travel through the standard CS-Cart product import and export. |
The second mode solves a different task: the wording follows the quantity rather than the fact of availability. A table of thresholds is filled on the product - ">= 0", ">= 3", ">= 10" - and the shopper reads "special order", "only a few left" or "in stock" on the very same product as its quantity changes.
Can a product show "special order" and still be sold at zero quantity?
Yes. The status is the wording, and the right to buy belongs to the standard product setting "Out of stock actions". Set it to "Allow backorder" and assign the "special order" status: the button stays and the shopper sees the term.
Are statuses translated into the languages of the store?
The wording of a status in the directory is written per language. The "Specific status" fields on the product page are the exception: they hold one value for every language.
How do we fill statuses in for a large catalogue?
Through the standard product import: in basic mode these are two columns, "In stock availability status" and "Out of stock availability status". The cell holds the name of a status from the directory.
Does the add-on work with product variations?
Yes. A variation is a product of its own with its own quantity, so it carries its own status; switching the variation switches the availability line with it.
What happens to the statuses when the add-on is upgraded?
Statuses and their assignment to products live in their own tables and survive the upgrade. Within the 2.x line the upgrade goes through the CS-Cart upgrade centre or the Cart-Power add-ons manager.
What is left in the store if the add-on is removed?
Nothing: its tables and product fields are dropped and products return to the standard "in stock" and "out of stock". Export the products with the status columns before removing the add-on - that file is the only way to restore them later.
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Add-on · Search & merchandising Smart SearchElasticsearch-powered search for large catalogues. The customer types two letters, sees products with images and prices, and buys from the dropdown — even after a typo or with the wrong keyboard layout. Visitors who use the search bar are 24% of traffic and 44% of revenue, and convert about 2.5× better than people who only browse categories. If search returns nothing, up to 80% of them leave. | ||||||||
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Try it on a live catalogue: open the demo store and search with a deliberate typo. |
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Custom CS-Cart development Functionality the platform does not have: add-ons, marketplace mechanics, integrations with 1C, CRM, ERP, payment and delivery providers. We start from a written specification, not from an estimate on a phone call. Details → |
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CS-Cart upgrade Move to the current version without losing data, custom code or add-ons. We audit every modification first, upgrade on a staging copy, adapt what breaks and switch over with little or no downtime. Details → |
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Design for CS-Cart Mobile-first storefront design built on CS-Cart's own template structure, so the layout survives the next platform upgrade instead of becoming a migration problem. Details → |
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How we work
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Before we start We discuss the goal, offer options and write the specification. You approve scope and price before development begins. |
While we build A named project manager reports progress on a fixed schedule. You always know what is in work and what is next. |
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Before release A separate QA pass on every release — the developer who wrote the code is not the person who signs it off. |
After handover Documentation for everything we ship, plus a warranty on the modifications and the project. |
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