Turn on pre-order for a product or variant

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Steps #

1. To begin, ensure the box Allow customers to purchase this product when it’s out of stock is checked in Shopify for each product and variant you want to enable for pre-order.
2. In the main menu, click on Single Products.
3. In the search field, type the name of the product you’d like to enable pre-order for then click the Search button. 
4. In the list of products, click the edit button (pencil icon) to the right of the product you’d like to enable pre-order for. 
5. From the list of variants, click on the variant you’d like to enable pre-order for and edit the settings as needed. Click the Save button when finished. 
6. If you’d like to enable pre-order for all variants, first click on a variant, edit the settings as appropriate, click the Copy Settings to All Variants button then click the Save button. 

Explanation of Pre-order Settings #

Enable #

• Enable pre-order for this variant: Turn pre-order on or off for this variant.
• Use default settings: If selected, this product will use your Default Settings.
• Use custom settings: If selected, this product will use the custom settings you specify below (rather than your Default Settings.)

Button #

• Button Text: This text will replace the text that appears in your add to cart / buy button on product pages.
• Pre-order Message: This text will appear near your add to cart / buy button and is used to provide further information to shoppers about fulfillment and delivery timelines.
• Pre-order Message Placement: Controls the placement of the pre-order message. The pre-order message can appear above the add-to-cart button, below the add-to-cart button or only when the shopper’s cursor hovers over the add-to-cart button.

Stock #

Enable Inventory Management: Enables inventory management functions so you can show or hide the pre-order button based on product inventory.

• Use Shopify inventory management: Show or hide the pre-order button based on product inventory levels in Shopify.
• Method 1: When inventory in Shopify is above 0, your pre-order button will be shown. Once inventory reaches 0, your pre-order button will be disabled until inventory goes above 0.
• Method 2: When inventory in Shopify is above 0, your usual add-to-cart button will be shown. Once inventory drops below 0, your pre-order button will be shown.
• Make [ ] units available for pre-order: Limit the amount of inventory available for pre-order.

Specify inventory available for pre-order: Limit the amount of inventory that can be pre-ordered.

• Pre-Order Stock: Set the amount of inventory available for pre-order.
• Out of Stock Message: This message will be displayed below the add-to-cart button once pre-order stock reaches zero.
• Show Stock Remaining: Show the amount of pre-order stock remaining below the add-to-cart button.
• Stock Remaining Message: Customize the stock remaining message that will be displayed below the add-to-cart button when the show stock remaining option is enabled.

Product Image Badge #

• Badge enabled: Show a pre-order badge above the product image.
• Badge text: Choose the text to be displayed in the pre-order badge. (10 characters or less is recommended.)

Pre-order Period #

• Pre-order Start Date: The day on which your pre-order settings will take effect and pre-order will be enabled.
• Pre-order End Date: The day on which your pre-order settings will be disabled and pre-order will end.