Inventory Quantity

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A Shopify developer is trying to display inventory quantity warnings when stock is 3 units or less, but the code only shows “SOLD OUT” messages.

Initial Problem:

  • Code using product.variants.first fails to show low stock warnings (≤3 items)
  • Only displays sold out status instead of remaining quantity

Attempted Solutions:

  • BSS-TekLabs suggested using product.selected_or_first_available_variant instead
  • Later provided code to loop through variants and find the first available one with inventory

Current Issue:

  • The proposed solutions pick inventory from the first available variant only
  • Inventory quantity doesn’t update dynamically when users select different product variants
  • The developer needs the display to reflect the selected variant’s inventory, not just the first available one

Status: Unresolved - the core challenge of syncing inventory display with variant selection remains unsolved.

Summarized with AI on November 6. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I want to show inventory quantity less than or equal to 3 and using this code but it is showing me the sold out only.

{% assign current_variant = product.variants.first %}

<div class="inventoryNote form__label">
{% if current_variant.inventory_quantity > 0 and current_variant.inventory_quantity <= 3 %}
<p style="color: #D0DF00; text-align:center">ONLY {{ current_variant.inventory_quantity }} LEFT</p>
{% elsif current_variant.inventory_quantity <= 0 %}
<p style="color: #D0DF00; text-align:center">SOLD OUT</p>
{% else %}
<!-- Optionally handle cases where inventory is greater than 3 -->
<p style="color: #D0DF00; text-align:center">In stock</p>
{% endif %}
</div>
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{% assign current_variant = product.selected_or_first_available_variant %}

  {% if current_variant.inventory_management == "shopify" %}
    {% if current_variant.inventory_quantity > 0 and current_variant.inventory_quantity <= 3 %}
      

ONLY {{ current_variant.inventory_quantity }} LEFT

    {% elsif current_variant.inventory_quantity <= 0 %}
      

SOLD OUT

    {% else %}
      

In stock

    {% endif %}
  {% else %}
    
  {% endif %}
3

Can you try this code @saeedahmed0174

4

Picking the inventory of first avalaible variant

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{% assign first_available_variant = null %}

{% for variant in product.variants %}
  {% if variant.inventory_quantity > 0 %}
    {% assign first_available_variant = variant %}
    {% break %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

  {% if first_available_variant %}
    {% if first_available_variant.inventory_quantity <= 3 %}
      

ONLY {{ first_available_variant.inventory_quantity }} LEFT

    {% else %}
      

In stock

    {% endif %}
  {% else %}
    

SOLD OUT

  {% endif %}
6

Can you try this code

7

Not for selected variant

8

My questions was about this It has same issue picking inventory for first avalaible variant not the selected one

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But this code pick the inventory of only first available variant and dono change when i select another varinat