WooCommerce Pre-Order Documentation

Pre-Order lets a product take orders before you have it. Give any product a release date and its page gains a badge, a countdown and a Pre-Order button in place of Add to cart. Charge the full price now, or take a deposit and collect the rest on release day. When the date arrives the plugin releases the product, restores its real stock and emails everyone who reserved it.

Live demoOpen the plugin's admin dashboard with sample data. No login needed.

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IntroductionWhat the plugin adds to your store, and what is free against Pro.

How pre-orders workThe whole chain, from setting a date to the last balance being paid.

Create a pre-order productWalk the form once, field by field, and check it on the shop.

Take a depositCharge part now, collect the rest automatically on release day.

Release a productLet the date do it, or release by hand, and know what changes.

The customer experienceEvery screen a shopper meets, from the shop grid to their account.

What is in these docs

• Getting started covers installing and activating, the setup wizard, the dashboard, how a pre-order works from first date to final payment, and the full journey a customer takes.
• Configuration documents all six settings tabs, field by field, with each default and whether it is free or Pro.
• Products & Orders covers the two working screens: the products list where reservations are set up and released, and the orders list showing who reserved what and what they still owe.
• Tutorials are step-by-step guides for creating products, taking deposits, releasing and moving dates, countdowns and badges, fees, eligibility and quantity limits, shipping, mixed carts, gateways, emails, the out-of-stock rule, the shortcode, exports and cancellations.
• FAQs answer the questions store owners ask most.