CONTRASTING ACTIONS have 3 pairs:
- Stock control: In Stock – Out of Stock
- Purchasability control: Purchasable – Unpurchasable
- Visibility control: Visible – Hidden
The first half of each pair are default actions, the latter are reverse actions.
1/ In Stock – Out of Stock:
Change the stock status of a product to In Stock or Out of Stock, the Add to Cart button will be hidden and there is a notification for stock in the front-end.
2/ Purchasable – Unpurchasable:
Enable or disable the Add to Cart button accordingly.
2.1/ Set purchasable:
Your product will appear normal with the Add to Cart button enabled & visible for purchase.
2.2/ Set unpurchasable:
Your product is still visible and accessible, but cannot be added to the cart when it’s unpurchasable.
3/ Visible – Hidden:
Display or hide a product completely from your store.
3.1/ Set visible:
Make a product visible and can be found from your shop archive.
3.2/ Set hidden:
Hide a product completely from your shop archive.
Note: If prior to setting up this action on your products, your customers have added this product to the wish-list, favorite list, or saved-for-later list, bookmarked or saved the permalinks to your products, they can still access your products from the saved links.
For a normal product that you are selling on your store: when you’d like to set a product to purchasable/ in stock/ visible on a specific date and time, you must first add an action to reverse its default state (to unpurchasable/ out of stock/ hidden) and put this action on top of the action line to make it work, then add the default action for a certain date and time under that.
For more instructions on setting timers with default & reverse action, see the rules under The logic of Setting Timers section.