backorder
Out-of-stock reservation
A backorder is an order for goods that are temporarily out of stock, to be filled when inventory becomes available.
As a verb, to backorder is to place or accept such an order: The laptop is backordered until next month.
The term implies a delay rather than a cancellation—the customer waits rather than going elsewhere.
Replenish depleted inventory
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockoutInventory exhaustion event
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
unavailable · depleted · allocation · warehouse · distribution · vendor · supplier · fulfillment
Ordered waiting line
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- holdMaintain in grasp
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
priority · scheduled · confirmation · status · update · notification · ETA · processing
One who acquires goods
- marketVenue for trade
- demandForceful request or requirement
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- requestFormal act of seeking
popularity · scarcity · limited · sought-after · allocation · rationing · quota · oversold
Production-to-consumer pathway
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- trackingMonitoring location over time
dispatch · freight · carrier · delivery · transit · routing · shipment · handling
Goods obtained for payment
- reserveSupply kept back
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- checkoutPayment completion process
cart · e-commerce · retail · wholesale · buyer · seller · merchant · storefront
restock
Replenish depleted inventory
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockoutInventory exhaustion event
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
shortage · unavailable · depleted · allocation · warehouse · distribution · vendor · supplier · fulfillment · restocking
queue
Ordered waiting line
reservation · priority · scheduled · confirmation · status · update · notification · ETA · processing · timeline
consumer
One who acquires goods
request · popularity · scarcity · limited · sought-after · allocation · rationing · quota · oversold
supply-chain
Production-to-consumer pathway
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
tracking · dispatch · freight · carrier · delivery · transit · routing · shipment · handling · receiving
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
- reserveSupply kept back
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- transactionExchange of goods/money
checkout · cart · e-commerce · retail · wholesale · buyer · seller · merchant · storefront · shopping
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- mail ordercatalog, catalogs, catalogue, shipping, delivery
- orderscommand, decree, dictate, mandate, proclamation
backorderin stock
Available for sale
available · on hand · ready to ship · stocked · on the shelf
backorderexpress delivery
Expedited parcel service
rush order · express shipping · next-day delivery · quick turnaround
order, ordered, orders, ordering, reorder, backlog, preorder, preordered, preordering