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Why a custom product stock reservation module?

Running time-limited offers (flash sales, countdown promotions, limited-quantity drops) on Magento 2 is always exciting — and risky. When traffic spikes and many customers try to reserve the same limited units, overselling can happen if stock handling is naive. A custom reservation module gives you a predictable, audit-friendly way to lock inventory for a short period while a customer completes checkout.

High-level architecture

At a glance, the module has these parts:

• Database table(s) to store reservations and their state.
• Service layer to create, query, extend, confirm, and expire reservations.
• Safe concurrency controls (DB transactions / locks) to avoid overselling.
• Cron job that expires old/abandoned reservations and cleans up.
• Integration with the Force Product Stock Status module (from Magefine) to automatically mark products as out of stock when reservation quota is reached.
• Frontend components (blocks, templates, small JS) to show remaining