A method for conveying strip-shaped or plate-shaped products using a conveying device, said method having the following steps: - supply (10, 20) the products out of a continuously operating device, by means of which the products are produced, to the conveying device; - convey (30, 40) the products in the conveying device following one another in succession; - transfer the products from the conveying device to a device by means of which the products are continuously further processed; - accommodate (30, 70) the supplied products in a storage device in the conveying device when the device for further processing the products is not ready for operation and the products are not able to be transferred to the further processing device; and - discharge (100, 110, 120) the supplied products out of the conveying device when the device for further processing the products is not ready for operation and the products are not able to be transferred to the further processing device and when the storage device is completely filled with products; characterized by the following step: - discharge (70, 90) the stored products out of the storage device when the device for further processing the products is ready for operation again and the products are able to be transferred to the further processing device again, wherein the products stored in the storage device are discharged out of the storage device and transferred to the further processing device, whilst at the same time products newly supplied by the product producing device are conveyed in the conveying device and transferred to the further processing device without being accommodated in the storage device. - supply (10, 20) the products out of a continuously operating device, by means of which the products are produced, to the conveying device; - convey (30, 40) the products in the conveying device following one another in succession; - transfer the products from the conveying device to a device by means of which the products are continuously further processed; - accommodate (30, 70) the supplied products in a storage device in the conveying device when the device for further processing the products is not ready for operation and the products are not able to be transferred to the further processing device; and - discharge (100, 110, 120) the supplied products out of the conveying device when the device for further processing the products is not ready for operation and the products are not able to be transferred to the further processing device and when the storage device is completely filled with products; characterized by the following step: - discharge (70, 90) the stored products out of the storage device when the device for further processing the products is ready for operation again and the products are able to be transferred to the further processing device again, wherein the products stored in the storage device are discharged out of the storage device and transferred to the further processing device, whilst at the same time products newly supplied by the product producing device are conveyed in the conveying device and transferred to the further processing device without being accommodated in the storage device.