CS-Cart Low Stock Notification is a splendid add-on that provides an extended feature to avail the alert by triggering a notification when the quantity of a product is below the conception value.
Moreover, it helps the users to manage their inventory of products efficiently by setting up a notification via mail, SMS, and WhatsApp when the stock is below the stipulated level.
Features
- Trigger a notification to the product’s vendor and admin when the quantity is below the set limit of stock.
- Also receive notification of low stock via mail and SMS system.
- Customize the notification receiver.
- Moreover supports Twilio and Clickatell for SMS as a communication platform.
- Can set the individual product’s low stock threshold quantity.
- Besides this Well integrated with CS-Cart Multivendor.
- Allow sending details regarding stock to multiple recipients.
- Get instant alerts on WhatsApp when product stock runs low.
You can also check the overview of our module:
Installation
After downloading the CS Cart Stock Notification add-on, you’ll get one zip file, one install.txt file, and a relevant User Guide manual doc. Read it carefully for proper configuration.
Log in to the CS-Cart Admin Panel, navigate through the Sidebar Menu to Add-ons → Downloaded add-ons.
Click on the settings icon at the top of the page and select Manual installation from the dropdown

Click on “local” to upload the zip file as shown below.
Add-on Configuration
After installing the add-on, you will find CS Cart Stock Notification in the list of available add-ons. We will then configure the settings.
Click on “settings” to enable, disable, install, or refresh.
Make sure the add-on is activated, as shown in the snapshot below.

To optimize background task management, the CS-Cart Queue Handler add-on supports both Database and RabbitMQ queues.
It enables asynchronous processing to enhance your store’s performance and scalability.
Set the parameters accordingly
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- Firstly, click on “Mail”, “SMS”, and “WhatsApp” to receive an alert based on it.
- Select the admin and vendor for mail and SMS to allow notification for both users.
- Click on “Add Vendor” to add vendors to the notification list.
- Finally, set a custom email id and contact number if any, to send email notifications and text messages regarding the low stock alert.

You can have more options that you can edit.

In “email templating”, set the mail text of the notification. The option of text mail id has been provided to check the view mail as shown below in the snapshot.
Set the SMS text as shown below.
Choose the SMS Api that has been provided. For Clickatell, set the parameters as shown below in the snapshot.
- Set the username, Api Id, and password.

Fill in the parameters of Twilio as shown below in the snapshot.
- Set the Twilio number, Account SID, and Auth Token. The feature of the test contact number is provided.

Moreover, the admin can also configure the WhatsApp message template for low stock data.

API Credential Generation-CS-Cart WhatsApp Order Notification
The admin will have to create an app from his Meta Developers account as shown in the screenshot.
To create a Meta Developers account, click here.

When the admin clicks on the Create App button, there will be an option to select the app type as per the image below.

After that, the admin will select the details option, and a pop-up will appear to fill in the app name, app contact email, and business account.
Now, the user will have to click on the Create app button.

The store admin will click on the Setup option in WhatsApp once the app is created.

The access token, phone number id, and business account id will be displayed in the developer’s dashboard as shown in the image:

Note: Likewise, the admin needs to generate a new access token after a certain period of time, our access token will expire, and we will need to regenerate a new one.
The user must have a permanent business account to generate a permanent access token.
Api Credentials for CS-Cart WhatsApp Order Notification
Now, the user needs to click on the WhatsApp Order Notification Module to configure the module.

The admin has to make the following general settings to configure the module.
Phone Number id- The admin will enter the phone number id generated from the Meta developers’ account.
Business Account id- After that, the admin will enter the business account id.
Access Token- Now, the store admin will enter the access token.
To change the individual stock of any product, go to the product page. Click on the desired product as shown below in the snapshot.

Go to add-ons and set the minimum inventory for the product below which the alert will generate.

You can also manage the minimum inventory for the product from Settings.
Settings → General → Low Stock Notification Threshold
You can set the minimum inventory for the product.

Example of Email notification
Example of WhatsApp notification

Support
For any further queries, feel free to contact us at http://support.webkul.com/en/customer/create-ticket.
Contact us at [email protected] if you have any trouble downloading the module.
Besides this, you can explore our CS-Cart Development Services and Quality CS-Cart add-ons.
Current Product Version - 1.3
Supported Framework Version - Multivendor( 4.16.x - 4.18.x )
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