About this plugin
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Looking for the ultimate WooCommerce pre-order plugin to sell upcoming, coming soon, or out-of-stock items?
MultiAddons Pre-Order Manager for WooCommerce is a powerful e-commerce tool designed to help store owners seamlessly accept pre-orders, manage backorders, and capture revenue before a product even launches. Whether you are running a flash sale, teasing a seasonal collection, or validating demand for a new product, this plugin transforms how you handle unavailable inventory.
Boost your conversion rates by offering custom pre-order pricing, setting expected availability dates with beautiful countdown timers, and automating buyer engagement with smart email notifications. Keep your customers hooked and your revenue flowing 24/7!
Key Features
🛒 Flexible WooCommerce Pre-Order Activation
- Product-Level Controls: Easily enable pre-orders for both simple products and variable product variations.
- Global Out-of-Stock Pre-Orders: Automatically switch products to pre-order mode when they run out of stock.
- Category-Based Rules: Save time by applying pre-order rules to entire product categories instantly.
- Quick Toggle: Turn pre-ordering on or off with a single click inside your WooCommerce dashboard.
📅 Smart Availability Date & Countdown Timers
- Precision Scheduling: Set exact expected availability dates using a built-in date/time picker.
- High-Converting Countdown Timers: Choose from 3 distinct visual countdown styles to build urgency on product pages.
- Automated Product Swapping: The plugin automatically converts pre-order items into standard products the second the target date arrives.
- TBA (To Be Announced) Support: Perfect for upcoming drops without a finalized release date.
🎨 Custom Call-to-Actions & Labels
- Custom Button Text: Replace standard “Add to Cart” text with high-intent phrasing like “Pre-Order Now” or “Reserve Today.”
- Eye-Catching Product Badges: Display labels like “Pre-Order,” “Coming Soon,” or “Limited Reserve.”
- Dynamic Date Placeholders: Show customized availability alerts that dynamically pull the target release date.
- Email Templates: Fully customize your transactional email layouts to match your store’s branding.
💰 Pre-Order Pricing & Early-Bird Discounts
- Special Pre-Order Prices: Reward early buyers by setting a unique pre-order price.
- Flexible Discounts: Offer a fixed dollar discount or a percentage price reduction for reservations.
- Display Customer Savings: Show exact savings calculations on the product page to drive purchases.
- Price Scheduling: Automatically increase the price back to standard retail once the item becomes regularly available.
📦 Inventory Control & Mixed Cart Management
- Reservation Quantity Limits: Prevent overselling by putting hard caps on total pre-order inventory.
- Mixed Cart Compatibility: Give customers the flexibility to checkout with regular items and pre-order products together.
- Smart Allocation: Automatically update standard stock pools the moment pre-order stock arrives at your warehouse.
📧 Automated Customer Communication
- Instant Order Receipts: Send automated confirmation emails right after a pre-order is placed.
- Availability Reminders: Schedule automated email alerts to drop a specified number of days before launch.
- In-Stock Notifications: Email buyers automatically when their order is ready to ship.
- Delay Notification System: Keep customers updated seamlessly if a supply chain issue shifts your release dates.
Perfect For
- Fashion & Apparel Stores dropping highly anticipated seasonal collections.
- Electronics & Gadget Retailers collecting deposits for upcoming tech releases.
- Book & Media Stores executing marketing campaigns for upcoming titles.
- Gaming Stores handling game key pre-orders.
- Handmade & Craft Shops using a made-to-order workflow.
- Startups & Product Creators looking to validate buyer demand before investing in manufacturing.
Why Choose Pre-Order for WooCommerce?
- Easy to Setup: Intuitive interface built straight into the core WooCommerce workflow—no coding required.
- Fully Customizable: Tweak text strings, alert colors, and countdown styles to blend into your theme.
- Ultra Lightweight & Mobile Responsive: Optimized code guarantees lightning-fast load times on both desktop and mobile.
- Translation Ready: Works natively with WPML, Polylang, and standard Loco Translate setups.
- Developer Friendly: Loaded with custom WordPress hooks and filters for deep programmatic flexibility.
- Regular Security Updates: Actively maintained to align with the latest versions of WordPress and WooCommerce core.
Additional Info
Author: MultiAddons
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