---
title: How to Allow Selling Below the Minimum Quantity for Low Stock
description: Allow selling below the minimum quantity when WooCommerce stock runs low, so leftover stock is not stranded.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/low-stock-sell-below/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: How to
tags:
  - Min Max Default Quantity for WooCommerce
---

# How to Allow Selling Below the Minimum Quantity for Low Stock

## Sell below the minimum quantity when stock is low

When a product's remaining stock drops below its minimum quantity, the normal rule would block the sale and strand that stock. The **Allow selling below minimum quantity if stock < min** option in the [Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-quantity-for-woocommerce/) lets customers buy the remaining units instead. This is a Pro feature.

### Before you start

- WooCommerce, active, with stock management enabled on the product.
- [Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-quantity-for-woocommerce/) Pro.
- A minimum quantity in use (the Minimum Quantity section, or a per-product minimum).

![Selling below minimum options in the Minimum Quantity section](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/pasted-image-0-47.png)

### Turn it on

1. Go to **WPFactory > Quantity Manager** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Product Quantity**).
2. Open the **Minimum Quantity** section and find **Selling below minimum**.
3. Tick **Allow selling below minimum** (`wpfmmsq_min_per_item_quantity_per_product_allow_selling_below_stock`). This adds a matching checkbox to each product's edit page.
4. Click **Save changes**.

### Apply it to products

You can enable it per product from the product's edit page, after the minimum quantity box. To flip it on or off for every published product at once, use **Apply to all products** (`wpfmmsq_min_per_item_quantity_per_product_allow_selling_below_stock_save`) and save; the control resets after the bulk run.

**How it behaves:** the exception only applies when the product's stock is below its minimum. Once stock is replenished above the minimum, the normal minimum rule resumes.

### Ready to set this up?

This is a Pro feature of [Quantity Manager](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-quantity-for-woocommerce/). Upgrading unlocks per-product minimums and this low-stock exception. [Get Quantity Manager Pro](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-quantity-for-woocommerce/).

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