avoiding sale collisions

Newbie here. I've been looking at using Zen Cart and it looks quite attractive but there's one thing I need to ask. I'm looking at selling second hand goods and as I will only have very limited stock which I can't easily replenish, there's a chance that two people could order the same product.

Does Zen Cart have features suitable for selling 2nd hand goods where if someone adds something to their cart, it dissapears from the site listings in the second hand category so that there is very little chance of it being ordered twice (then if it's cancelled or new stock is found it re-appears)?

Hiya!

I don't have any experience with Zen Cart, but you might want to post this question on the Zen Cart forums at:

http://www.zen-cart.com/modules/ipb/

You might get some detailed information there. Good luck in your hunt!

You do not want to take the product off the site if one person puts it in their cart. Only after the last of the inventory has been purchased should you remove the item off the site. I do not have experience with Zen car but I am sure Zen cart has an inventory system. Set it that when a products inventory reaches 0 either the product is removed from the site or a message is put on the product that it is "out of stock".

You will not have collisions. If two people put a product in their shopping cart and that product only has one left. Only the first person that finishes the checkout process will receive the product, the other person who finishes second will receive an out of stock error message.