Magento 2.0.10, I want to allow customers to order a product when its not in stock (i.e. when the available stock quantity is =< 0). I have set Allow quantities below 0 but the storefront doesn't show an add to cart button. If I set the product to 'in stock', the add to cart button is shown, but it also displays the product as In Stock. What I need is for the add to cart button to be shown, but the stock status to display as 'out of stock'. Any ideas how I do this?
Update – I have now found and edited the list.phtml & listing.phtml template files so that the in/out of stock status and the add to cart button is shown, but if the product is out of stock and I add it to the shopping cart, I get a validation error stating that the product is out of stock (and the item is not added to the cart). I must be missing a setting somewhere, otherwise backorders aren't possible in Mag 2, which I don't think is the case. Help.
Best Answer
You have missing Backorder configuration from Admin. You dont need to customize any changes in template file.
Just set configuration from,
Click on Product stock Options Tab.
Save.
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy