<h2>Require Order Approval for Made-to-Order Products</h2>
<p>The <strong>Advanced Order Approval for WooCommerce</strong> extension adds order-approval functionality to your WooCommerce store. With the extension, you can create rules regarding and restricting order approval. Prevent customers from placing orders and making payments upfront or have an easy means to refund payments if you cannot fill their orders.</p>
<p>For custom orders, allow customers to <strong>pay upfront and wait</strong> for your approval, or <strong>wait and pay later</strong> after your approval.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Wait and pay conditions</li>
<li>Pay and wait conditions</li>
<li>Option to restrict specific payment methods to Wait and Pay payment mode</li>
<li>Option to set an expiration date for making the payments of approved orders</li>
<li>Option to send payment reminder emails for unpaid approved orders</li>
<li>Paid orders will refund automatically if you do not approve the orders</li>
<li>Includes a separate table to view and manage the orders that require approvals</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Reduce unnecessary refunds</strong></h4>
<p>If you restrict upfront payments, you can decide when to bill and can avoid making refunds.</p>
<h4><strong>Convenience for Customers</strong></h4>
<p>Your customers can purchase made-to-order products directly from your store.</p>
<h2><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Pay and Wait order approval</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>A user adds products to their cart.</li>
<li>On the Cart and Checkout pages, a notice will be displayed informing the user that the order needs manual approval before it can be processed.</li>
</ul>
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<figure id="attachment_18734006587981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587981" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587981 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pay-and-Wait_Checkout-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="1274" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587981" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval is needed notice on the Checkout page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the user completes the purchase, they can view the status of the order approval from the My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588012" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588012" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588012 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pay-and-Wait_Orders-details_Timeline.png" alt="" width="980" height="592" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588012" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>User Waiting for Approval</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>The Site Admin can review the orders pending approval in the Advanced Order Approval section.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h4><strong>Admin post table</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the order is approved, the order will be processed. If the order is rejected, the user will be notified.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Wait and Pay order approval</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>A User adds products to their cart.</li>
<li>On the Cart and Checkout pages, a notice will be displayed to inform the user that the order needs manual approval before it can be processed.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587990" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587990" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587990 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Cart-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="977" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587990" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval needed on the Cart page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587995" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587995" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587995 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Checkout-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="1168" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587995" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval needed on the Checkout page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the user completes the purchase, they can view the status of the Order Approval on their My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588004" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588004" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588004 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Order-Details.png" alt="" width="980" height="582" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588004" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>User Waiting for Approval</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>The Site Admin reviews orders pending approval in the Advanced Order Approval section.</li>
<li>Once orders are approved, the user can make the payment for their order from their My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588008" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588008" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588008 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Order-details_after-admin-approval.png" alt="" width="980" height="705" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588008" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Order Approved – payment must be made</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Upon successful payment, the order will be processed. If the Order is rejected, the user will be notified.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Extensive Features List</h2>
<h3>Order Approval System</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Route qualifying orders through a <strong>manual approval process</strong> before fulfillment.</li>
<li>Compatible with both <strong>classic checkout</strong> and <strong>WooCommerce Checkout Blocks</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Payment Modes</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Pay and Wait</strong>: Customers <strong>pay upfront</strong> and orders await approval.</li>
<li><strong>Wait and Pay</strong>: Customers place orders <strong>without payment</strong> and receive a <strong>payment link</strong> after approval. Unpaid approvals <strong>expire</strong> after a configurable period.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Statuses</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Track approvals through <strong>New, On-hold, Approved, Rejected,</strong> and <strong>Expired</strong> statuses.</li>
<li>Trigger automated actions and <strong>email notifications</strong> as statuses change.</li>
<li>Allow administrators to manually update <strong>approval statuses</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Rule-Based Approval Criteria</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Create multiple <strong>approval rules</strong> with independent settings and payment modes.</li>
<li>Combine criteria using <strong>AND/OR</strong> logic for advanced workflows.</li>
<li>Configure rules based on:
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Order totals</strong> and <strong>cart subtotals</strong></li>
<li><strong>Product quantities</strong></li>
<li>Included or excluded <strong>products</strong> and <strong>categories</strong></li>
<li>Specific <strong>users</strong> and <strong>user roles</strong></li>
<li><strong>Shipping methods</strong></li>
<li><strong>Date ranges</strong> and <strong>weekdays</strong></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Rule Configuration</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Assign a <strong>payment mode</strong> and eligible payment gateways to each rule.</li>
<li><strong>Activate, deactivate,</strong> and <strong>bulk manage</strong> approval rules.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Cart & Checkout Controls</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Display customizable <strong>approval notices</strong> when approval is required.</li>
<li><strong>Allow checkout only through selected payment gateways</strong>.</li>
<li>Automatically remove <strong>non-qualifying products</strong> from the cart.</li>
<li>Support <strong>dynamic placeholders</strong> to display removed product names in error messages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Deadlines & Expiry</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Set <strong>payment deadlines</strong> for approved Wait and Pay orders.</li>
<li>Automatically calculate and track <strong>expiry dates</strong>.</li>
<li>Mark approvals as <strong>Expired</strong> when payment is not completed on time.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Reminders</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Send automated <strong>payment reminder emails</strong> before payment deadlines.</li>
<li>Configure <strong>custom reminder schedules</strong>.</li>
<li>Allow administrators to manually <strong>resend reminders</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Management</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Manage approvals from a dedicated <strong>admin screen</strong>.</li>
<li>View and <strong>edit approval details, customer information, order items,</strong> and <strong>payment data</strong>.</li>
<li>Link directly to related <strong>WooCommerce orders</strong> and customer approvals.</li>
<li>Display <strong>approval statuses</strong> within the WooCommerce Orders list.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customizable Messages</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Configure customer-facing <strong>notices</strong> and <strong>error messages</strong>.</li>
<li>Personalize <strong>approval-related checkout messages</strong>.</li>
<li>Support <strong>dynamic placeholders</strong> for product information.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Wait and Pay Gateway</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Include a dedicated <strong>Wait and Pay payment gateway</strong>.</li>
<li>Customize the gateway’s <strong>title</strong> and <strong>description</strong>.</li>
<li>Display the gateway only when applicable <strong>approval rules</strong> are matched.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom Styling</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Apply <strong>Custom CSS</strong> to modify frontend and admin appearances without editing plugin files.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Download the <strong>Advanced Order Approval</strong> extension to streamline the order-approval process for made-to-order products.</p>
<h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Advanced Order Approval

<p>Streamline the order-approval process for made-to-order products with the Advanced Order Approval extension for WooCommerce.</p>

<div class="woo-sc-box">
<h2><strong>Highlights</strong></h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Create multiple inventories:<br />
</strong>Depending on your business requirements, you can add multiple inventories based on locations, stores, warehouses, suppliers, and any other inventory type.</li>
<li><strong>Add stock for each inventory by product:<br />
</strong>After creating the inventory types, you can enable the multi-inventory option for each product where applicable and add stock quantities.</li>
<li><strong>Import/Export inventories’ stock:<br />
</strong>Instead of adding stock for each product, you can choose to bulk import stock quantities for different inventories using a CSV file.</li>
<li><strong>Smart inventory management grid:<br />
</strong>Efficiently view and update stock of the entire catalog from a single listing page. Utilize the Advanced filters to find the relevant products within the grid quickly.</li>
<li><strong>Allow customers to select inventory:<br />
</strong>Display inventories on the product detail page, menu options, or in a popup. Allow your customers to select the relevant inventory/location to place orders.</li>
<li><strong>Admin backend mode:<br />
</strong>You can activate backend mode to conceal inventories from customers. Only the store admin will be able view and assign relevant inventory to each order.</li>
<li><strong>Inventory specific pricing:<br />
</strong>When adding multiple inventories for your product, you can choose to keep the existing product price or set a different price for each inventory.</li>
<li><strong>Filter products by location:<br />
</strong>If you have added location-based inventories, customers can select their preferred store location to filter products that are available in the selected location.</li>
<li><strong>Automatically detect user location:<br />
</strong>Show the nearest inventory based on the customer’s location. They can either proceed with the suggested inventory location or select a different one to shop from.</li>
<li><strong>Manage payment methods visibility:<br />
</strong>You can attach payment methods to each inventory type in order to optimize their visibility based on inventories/locations.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>WooCommerce Multi Inventory Management extension by Addify enables you to effectively create and manage inventories across different location, warehouses and stores. You can add multiple stocks for each product based on type, location and suppliers.</p>
<p>Use the standard price or add a different prices for each inventory and let customers select the relevant inventory/location while adding product to their cart. You can import export inventories using a CSV file to bulk update your products stock.</p>
<p>The extension comes with a smart stock listing page that allows you to view stock and edit products stock from a single page. Dashboard offers a clear executive picture about the current stock status, stock change history and a list of out-of-stock, low stock and over stock products.</p>
<p>The store managers can enable the admin mode to hide locations from customers and let only admin users to allocate orders to relevant inventories. Following are the detailed features of this extension.</p>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">Looking for a simple stock management tool for single inventory? Try our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/product-stock-manager/">WooCommerce Stock Manager</a> – offering a smart table to quickly manage stock of entire catalog from place.</div>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734005635358 size-full" src="https://addify.store/adv-banners/addify-store.gif" alt="" width="900" height="141" /></p>
<h2>Features of Inventory Management:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add multiple stock inventories based on vendor, location or types and customize
<ul>
<li>Warehouse/inventory description</li>
<li>Parent location</li>
<li>Contact & store manager details</li>
<li>Shipping and payment method</li>
<li>Shipping zones</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ability set up multi inventory for selected products only</li>
<li>Add inventory price, SKU, start and end dates from product level</li>
<li>Option to show inventories in dropdown for customer selection</li>
<li>Automatically detect customer location to show stock of nearest store</li>
<li>Manage catalog visibility based on locations</li>
<li>Backend mode – only admin can choose the inventory from admin order detail page</li>
<li>Assign specific shipping zones, methods and payment gateways to inventories</li>
<li>Smart stock management table to quickly
<ul>
<li>View current stock status</li>
<li>Edit stock quantity and prices</li>
<li>Manage stock options</li>
<li>View stock change history</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Intuitive dashboard to show current stock value, quantity and more</li>
<li>Ability to import export inventories using a CSV file</li>
<li>Customize inventory display settings on shop and product page</li>
</ul>
<h2>Add multiple inventory locations:</h2>
<p>You can create multiple inventories based on location, warehouse, stores or types. While creating a new inventory you can customize following options,</p>
<ul>
<li style="list-style-type: none">
<ul>
<li>Add location name and slug</li>
<li>Select the parent location if any</li>
<li>Add location description</li>
<li>Enter store manager name and email</li>
<li>Add store address, phone number</li>
<li>Enter latitude & longitude for each location</li>
<li>Choose to accept orders in specific time only</li>
<li>Restrict payment, shipping methods and zones</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552357" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Adding-new-inventory-2.png" alt="" width="980" height="1119" /></p>
<h2>Adding inventory from product level:</h2>
<p>You can enable multi-inventory on product detail page and add inventories for different locations. Your existing product inventory will become the main inventory. You can add additional inventories along with the following details,</p>
<ul>
<li style="list-style-type: none">
<ul>
<li>Specify inventory location</li>
<li>Customize inventory priority and SKU</li>
<li>Provide inventory start and end date</li>
<li>Add different price for inventory</li>
<li>Add stock quantity and low stock threshold</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552513" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Adding-inventory-stock-from-product-page.png" alt="" width="980" height="1179" /></p>
<h2><strong>Inventory Allocation:</strong></h2>
<p>You can allow customers to select the relevant inventory or turn backend mode to specify the inventory on admin order detail page.</p>
<p><strong>By customer:</strong><br />
When the inventory dropdown is displayed, your customers can choose the relevant inventory to order from.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003557999" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Inventory-selection-dropdown-product-page.png" alt="" width="980" height="634" /></p>
<p><strong>By admin:</strong><br />
When the backend mode is enabled, the customer won’t be able to select the inventory location during order. The store admin can allocate appropriate inventory from admin order detail page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003558024" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Admin-reducing-inventory-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="472" /></p>
<h2><strong>Bulk stock management using list view:</strong></h2>
<p>Manage your product stock using a bulk stock listing page. Instead of visiting each product page, you can view and edit stock of different products from the same page. The advance filters helps you to navigate and easily find the relevant products.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552803" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Managing-stock-from-list-view.png" alt="Managing stock from list view" width="980" height="833" /></p>
<h2><strong>Dashboard:</strong></h2>
<p>Multi Inventory Management extension comes with a smart dashboard to communicate important information about your product inventories. You can view the total stock quantity, stock value, out of stock, low stock products and more.</p>
<p>The dashboard provides a graph to let you filter stock by location and see the stock trends over a specific period of time.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552867" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dashboard-Stock.png" alt="" width="980" height="704" /></p>
<h2><strong>Import Export:</strong></h2>
<p>You can import and export location based stock of individual products using a pre-defined CSV file. Instead of adding stock from each product page, you can import them using a CSV file.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003557916" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CSV-import-export-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="688" /></p>
<h2><strong>Customization options</strong></h2>
<p>Using the extension settings tab, you can customize following options,</p>
<h3><strong>General Settings:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Show or hide inventories on product page in dropdown or as radio buttons</li>
<li>Restrict only specific locations to be displayed on frontend</li>
<li>Customize inventories selection heading and styling options</li>
<li>Set location for your default product inventory</li>
<li>Enable backend mode to hide inventory locations from customers</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552798" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/General-Settings-of-Multi-Inventory-plugin.png" alt="" width="980" height="1264" /></p>
<p><strong>Shop page:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Show inventories name, location and price on shop page</li>
<li>Hide out of stock products from shop page</li>
<li>Show inventories as filter on shop page</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552822" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Shop-page-settings.png" alt="" width="980" height="565" /></p>
<p><strong>Payment and shipping restrictions:</strong></p>
<p>You can restrict shipping zones, shipping methods and payment methods to specific inventory locations. Once the restriction is enabled from settings, you should be able to apply restriction while creating new or editing an existing location.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552823" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Shipping-and-payment-settings.png" alt="" width="980" height="363" /></p>
<p><strong>Manage stock configurations:</strong></p>
<p>Add low and over stock threshold and customize color scheme for in-stock, out of stock, overstock and low stock products displayed in bulk stock listing page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003552825" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Manage-stock-color-scheme.png" alt="" width="980" height="564" /></p>

Multi Inventory Management

<p>Add multiple inventories per product based on location, warehouse, stores, inventory types and more. A powerful purpose-built multi-inventory management system.</p>

Advanced Order Approval vs Multi Inventory Management