Removing In Stock when 'continue when out of stock' is turned on

[grumpytortoise]

I have been working through my website to show customers when a item they are ordering is in stock or is a made-to-order item. I have turned on continue selling when out of stock so that orders can be placed when I need to make the item.

I have added an app which clearly highlights that the item is made to order and the turnaround time, as here: This is my Buffy Watching Blanket - Large Cosy Blanket - Fandom - Gift – The Grumpy Tortoise

But I can’t work out how to remove the ‘in stock’, I would like to change this to ‘made-to-order’ to make it even more obvious that it is not ready to ship.

I understand that I need to do this in the website code but need clear instructions and all of my googling doesn’t help for my specific theme. I am using the Dawn theme and would like it applied so it works everywhere when a item is 0 stock.

Hopefully that makes some sort of sense, thank you in advance.

[Moeed]

Hey @grumpytortoise

Before I provide you a solution, one thing I want to confirm is that do you completely want to remove the “In Stock” or just want to change it’s text? Let me know

Best,
Moeed

[tim_tairli]

You may not need to edit the theme code.

You can simply change the wording to “Available” instead of “In Stock”.
Or even “Made to Order, takes 10 days”…

They simply default to “In stock” for different statuses.

Click ... button next to your theme and select “Edit default theme content”.

Go to Products-> Product and there you will be able to amend the wording, especially for “Inventory out of stock continue selling” – you may not need the app at all:

The app is also not great in terms of Page Speed if you care about this

[grumpytortoise]

This is perfect, it means I can remove the app and just run things via Shopify (which is always my preferred option).

Thank you!