The homepage "Home Starter Bundle" opens with the Advance 5-Step ladder and the X-Pres Ace ironing board, and both say "Sold Out"; the ladder carousel repeats the Advance 5-Step, Advance Carbon 3-Step and Ascend 4-Step, all "Sold Out", while the second hero slide promotes ironing boards when 13 of 15 are unavailable. Across the store 593 of 849 products cannot be bought, including 48 of 53 aluminium ladders, the category Bathla is famous for. A visitor who came for a ladder meets a wall of "Sold Out" before reaching the Zenith and Advance Pro models that are in stock.
First action
Replace the two sold-out bundle items with in-stock products today.
How to measure it
Homepage add-to-cart rate
- Now
- –
- Target
- +30%
- By
- 30 days
Steps
List what is live
Export the 256 buyable products by category and mark the best sellers in stock.
Head of E-commerce 2 hours
Fix the bundle
Rebuild the Home Starter Bundle from in-stock items only.
Head of E-commerce 1 hour
Sort by stock
Set every homepage and collection carousel to push sold-out items to the end or hide them.
Shopify Developer 1 day
Add alerts
Install a back-in-stock app with email and WhatsApp alerts on all sold-out product pages.
Shopify Developer 1 day
Add alternatives
A "same height, in stock now" block on sold-out ladder and ironing-board pages.
Shopify Developer 3 days
Retire the dead stock
Unpublish or redirect discontinued products (the 2021 planters first) to live collections.
Head of E-commerce 1 week
Share the waitlist
Send weekly alert sign-ups per product to supply chain so restocks follow demand.
Supply Chain Head weekly
Why it works
Rebuild the homepage blocks so they only show buyable products: make the bundle Zenith 4-Step + an in-stock ironing board or drying stand, sort every carousel by availability, and swap the ironing-board hero for drying stands until boards are back. On each sold-out product page add "Notify me when back" (email and WhatsApp) and a "Same height, in stock now" panel pointing to the nearest available ladder. Hide the 128 hanging planters and other discontinued items from search and feeds, and redirect their URLs to the nearest live collection.
Shoppers rarely scroll past a run of "Sold Out" badges; they leave for Amazon or a rival brand. Showing in-stock alternatives keeps the sale with Bathla, and back-in-stock alerts turn today's lost visit into a sale on restock day.
Ready to use
ChecklistHomepage stock check
[ ] Every product in the hero, bundle and carousels can be bought [ ] Carousels sorted with in-stock first [ ] Notify-me on every sold-out page [ ] "In stock now" alternative on sold-out ladders and boards [ ] Discontinued products unpublished or redirected [ ] Weekly alert sign-ups sent to supply chain
Risks and how to handle them
Hiding products loses search traffic
Keep pages for items coming back; redirect only discontinued ones.
Alerts promise a restock that does not come
Only offer alerts on items with a planned production run.
Evidence
- Your websiteHomepage (checked October 20, 2026): the "BUY OUR HOME STARTER BUNDLE" block leads with the Advance 5-Step Foldable Aluminium Ladder (Rs. 4,529, regular Rs. 8,999) and the X-Pres Ace Ironing Board (Rs. 4,019), and both show "Sold Out"; the Advance 5-Step also appears again in the ladder carousel marked "Sold Out", next to the Advance Carbon 3-Step and the Ascend 4-Step Steel Ladder, also "Sold Out". The homepage HTML carries the words "Sold Out" 48 times. The second hero slide is "MULTI-FEATURED IRONING BOARD - SHOP NOW".Source
- Your store catalogueStore product feed (October 20, 2026): 849 products, of which 593 have no variant available to buy (256 can be bought). 48 of the 53 products typed "Aluminium Ladders" are unavailable (the five in stock include the Zenith 4-Step, Zenith Plus 4-Step, Advance Pro 3-Step and Advance Pro 8); 13 of the 15 products with "ironing board" in the title are unavailable; all 128 "Hanging Planters" are unavailable, most first published in 2021. 295 of the unavailable products were published in 2021. 104 products have no product type, and the vendor field is split across "Bathla", "Bathla Home", "Bathla Ecom", "BathlaEcom" and "Bathla Aluminium Pvt. Ltd.".Source
- Your websiteSitemap: 963 URLs, including 847 product pages (all listed, sold out or not), 64 pages and 49 collections; one blog ("News", last dated September 2023) and no buying guides. The Aluminium Ladders collection page itself lists only buyable products.Source
- Your websiteProduct page for the Advance 5-Step ladder: a 5-Year Bathla Trust Warranty, Sure-Hinge double-locking joints, anti-skid PVC shoes, ridged steps with edge guards and a short FAQ; the Advance Pro 3-Step lists a 7-Year Manufacturer Warranty. There is no back-in-stock or notify-me option on sold-out products.Source