Hi there!
There isn’t a built-in option to set available dates for backorders. Do you mean pre-orders?
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dspink
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The error we are getting is.
Availability date is required if you set the product’s availability to backorder or pre-order [availabilityDate]
So they would need to set a date manually for each product?
Any other way of adding a date to this field in the feed?
Hi @dspink,
So they would need to set a date manually for each product?
Yes, if products are out of stock with backorders enabled, setting the [availabilityDate] value is required for each one, and would not be addressable via any global settings or default values.
If you wish to bulk-update that attribute in your Google Merchant Center account, you can do so using a spreadsheet upload as described in the Google documentation here: https://support.google.com/business/answer/3370250?hl=en
I hope this helps! Let us know if you have any other questions.
