A backorder is an order accepted for an item that is not in stock, held open until supply arrives instead of being cancelled. It converts a stockout into a delay, which only works if the customer is told the new date.
The three ways a backorder goes wrong
The first is silence. A customer who paid and heard nothing assumes the worst by about day five, and the message they send is usually to their bank rather than to you. Any backorder that is not accompanied by a proactive email with a date is a dispute on a timer.
The second is the date itself. Telling a customer two weeks and delivering in three is worse than telling them four and delivering in three, because the first version breaks a promise and the second beats one. Quote the date your supplier gave you plus buffer, not the date you hope for.
The third is the partial shipment. Splitting an order so the in-stock item goes now means paying postage twice and sending two tracking numbers for one purchase, so it is a decision to make deliberately rather than a default. The way out of all three is not to have the stockout: the catalog tells you what is stocked, and a supplier who holds backup sources will have fewer of them.
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