Title: Clarification
Last modified: September 28, 2020

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# Clarification

 *  [imiweb1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imiweb1/)
 * (@imiweb1)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clarification-12/)
 * Hi James,
 * Nice plugin.
 * So for clarity this plugin will never reduce the actual inventory (stock level)
   for a product?
    In order to see the actual ‘available to add to cart’ items its
   a matter of subtraction from the Stock Column Vs Quantity in Carts column, unless
   there’s something I’m missing? So in the instance where one would need to watch
   the inventory the ‘All Products’ page would be the best place to confirm the ‘
   available’ stock? See screengrab: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCJMV7A6HOB-Pp9JN6GXzFT2PWzDDde6/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCJMV7A6HOB-Pp9JN6GXzFT2PWzDDde6/view?usp=sharing)
 * **Your plugin Timer Countdown:**
    [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CbLDSd_IrkWttTAzGG3dt44KjbY1ATV3/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CbLDSd_IrkWttTAzGG3dt44KjbY1ATV3/view?usp=sharing)
 * **Additional plugin to show Timer Countdown across the site:**
    [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_GFFILKZFw1oSdj3kPbuaoKz9NU9lB_w/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_GFFILKZFw1oSdj3kPbuaoKz9NU9lB_w/view?usp=sharing)
 * Also there there seems not to be a visible timer. To get around this for user
   transparency, would using your plugin alongside a countdown timer such as ‘Checkout
   Countdown for Woocommerce’ be a good option?
 * I would have liked to have reduce stock as soon as it gets added to cart but 
   this is a great alternative to fulfil what we require currently.
 * Thanks in advance for your clarification.
 * imi

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 *  Plugin Author [James Golovich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesgol/)
 * (@jamesgol)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clarification-12/#post-13464871)
 * Hello,
 * Yes this plugin does not reduce the actual inventory, it counts items in carts
   to create a “virtual” inventory of items.
 * In the backend you can see the quantity in carts. Though frequently there are
   items in carts before this plugin is activated and those will never expire and
   can skew the results.
 * There is a visible timer if you enable it, it can be displayed on the page load
   after a product is added (AJAX add to cart will not display this) or on every
   page.

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