[tailspin2019]

I don't know, if you're fundamentally in the business of selling things, making it easy for customers to at least show you a clear intent to buy, and even better, backing that commitment with actual money, seems like a bit of a no brainer in many (most?) cases.

I appreciate supply may be the constraint rather than sales, but even more reason to lock in the sale now as best you can, as opposed to letting the customer go elsewhere in the meantime.

By the time your supply chain issues ease, sales then may become the constraint again (because people have moved on, the season has changed... whatever).

I don't discount your points about the time and effort required, but it doesn't seem clear cut to me that it's not worth doing.