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sell-out

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

a product that is no longer available, because all those that were available have been sold: The last batch of cakes was a sell-out.
an event for which tickets are no longer available, because they have all been sold: The conference is a sell-out, with all exhibitor stands taken.
(Definition of sell-out noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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