Magento provides RSS feed for low inventory alerts. Lets us discuss how to subscribe to the feed.

First we need to set up the inventory level of a product at which it will be considered as low stock.

1. Login to admin and navigate to System >> Configuration
2. Scroll down to the Catalog tab and click the Inventory section to open it. Now expand the ‘Product Stock Options’ section.
3. Set Manage Stock as ‘Yes’ and add a value for ‘Notify for Quantity Below’, save the configuration. Note that you do not set ‘Notify for Quantity Below’ as 0 as it disables the RSS feed.

The above configuration is done at Global level for all products but if you want you can override it for specific product as shown below:

1. In the Magento admin navigate to Catalog >> Manage Products
2. Click the product row to edit the product
3. Open the Inventory tab
4. Now you need to set Manage Stock as “Yes” if it not already and add a value for ‘Notify for Quantity Below’. Uncheck the “Use Config Settings” checkbox to override the global settings and enter product specific values.
5. Save the product.

How to subscribe to low inventory alerts RSS feed?

1. In the Magento admin navigate to Catalog >> Manage Products
2. At the top of the product listing grid next to the pagination toolbar there is a link ‘Notify Low Stock RSS’,click it.
3. A pop up appears asking for username and password, enter you admin login credentials.
4. On successful authentication you are redirected to a RSS feed page. Add this page link to your favorite RSS reader.