Pre-orders are an efficient way to excite customers, generate cash flow, and gain early sales. With pre-orders, you can also test how well your new product resonates with your target audience. With the Advanced Pre-Order and Backorder extension, you can create a smooth pre-order system in your store that also allows you to better manage your backorders.
You can put any product on pre-order and customize its availability date, discount options and payment plan i.e upfront or pay later. Communicate with your customers about pre-order status, discounts and availability dates through custom messages and badges on product images.
The extension offers extensive pre-order options that include custom email notifications, prevent mixing with regular items, automate pre-order status, separate pre-order listing page, and much more. See the details features list below,
Using the Backorders feature of this extension, you can add product availability date, customize add to cart button, limit the maximum order quantity, and restrict backorder option to specific user roles only.
<h2>Features List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow customers to place pre-orders on your store</li>
<li>Put any recent or upcoming product on pre-order</li>
<li>Control the following pre-order options:
<ul>
<li>Define product release date and time</li>
<li>Customize add-to-cart button</li>
<li>Accept upfront or enable pay later option</li>
<li>Customize product availability text</li>
<li>Offer pre-order at the same or discounted price</li>
<li>Allow pre-order for all or specific user roles</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Control the following backorder options:
<ul>
<li>Show custom back order message</li>
<li>Add the available date and time</li>
<li>Customize add-to-cart button title</li>
<li>Restrict by user roles</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Prevent mixing of pre-order, backorder and instock products</li>
<li>Dedicate pre-orders listing page with relevant information on pre-orders</li>
<li>Display pre-order text and badges on product and listing pages</li>
<li>Add customizable image or text badges</li>
<li>Choose from 4 different display positions</li>
<li>Customize pre-order text & desired default availability text</li>
<li>Customize error message and labels using global settings</li>
<li>Automatically enable pre-order status when a product runs out of stock</li>
<li>Automatically disable pre-orders for items when stock is added</li>
<li>Enable notifications for pre-order products for admins and customers</li>
<li>Compatible with cart and checkout blocks</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Offer any product on pre-order</h2>
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You can put any recent or upcoming product on pre-order from the product detail page. While enabling pre-order status you can customize following options,
Restrict by user roles: 
You can enable pre-order status for all customers or selected customers by their user roles.
Release date and time: 
Add the expected release date and time of the product. The pre-order status will automatically turn off after this period.
Add to cart button label: 
Customize your default add to cart button label with default “Pre Order Now” or add any other custom label of your choice.
Availability text: 
Add a custom text to inform your customers about the pre-order status and the expected product availability date and time.
Price adjustment: 
You can change pre-order product price using following adjustment types,
<ul>
<li>Same price</li>
<li>Fixed price</li>
<li>Fixed discount</li>
<li>Percentage discount</li>
</ul>
Pay later: 
By default the pre-order products are set to upfront payment. You can enable the Pay Later option to show a custom pay later payment method allowing your customers place order without making any payment. Once the product is available, your customer will get an email with instructions to make payment.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004521300" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Product-Level-Pre-Order-Settings-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="628" />
<h3>Prevent product mixing:</h3>
With this extension, you can choose to prevent your customers from mixing different product types in one order. This feature comes in handy for merchants to easily manage their Pre-Order and Backorders. You can enable/disable each of following mixing types,
<ul>
<li>Pre-order and instock products</li>
<li>Upfront and pay-later pre-order products</li>
<li>Multiple pre-order products</li>
</ul>
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004520360" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pre-order-and-normal-product-mixing.png" alt="" width="980" height="620" />
<h3>Add attractive pre-order badges:</h3>
You can showcase badges on the listing and product pages to highlight products that are available for pre-order. The badges can be text-based, image-based, or both image and text-based. Additionally, you can customize the labels and availability text for both back and pre-orders to make them more appealing.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004520356" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pre-Order-Product-with-badge.png" alt="" width="980" height="521" />
<h3>Automate pre order for out of stock items:</h3>
Enable out-of-stock products to automatically attain pre-order status and revert to standard products when restocked. This feature comes in handy when merchants are selling unique products, and every stock brings some additional value, forcing customers to pre-order before it’s sold out. When the stock is added, the product’s pre-order status can automatically be removed.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004520365" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/out-of-stock-on-pre-order.png" alt="" width="980" height="791" />
<h3>Dedicated pre-orders listing:</h3>
The extension also keeps an additional record of all pre-order products on a dedicated pre-order listing page. You can view the basic details about the pre-order, which includes the orderid, customer details, payment status, order status, availability date and time, and more.
With separate detailed pre-order information, you can better manage your pre-orders and ensure timely delivery.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004520364" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pre-Orders-List.png" alt="" width="980" height="392" />
<h3>Email notification for admin and customer:</h3>
The extension offers the following email notification for customer and store admin to keep them informed about their pre-order product status. You can customize email template and content just like your standard WooCommerce email.
<ul>
<li>Out-of-stock product moves to pre-order (Admin)</li>
<li>Pre-order end date is near (Admin)</li>
<li>Pre-order end date has passed (Admin)</li>
<li>Product is now available (Customer)</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Improve backorder management</h2>
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With this extension, you can also improve your backorder management using the following options,
Restrict by user roles: 
Allow backorder for select customers based on their user roles.
Stock availability date & time: 
Add expected stock available date and time.
Custom message and add-to-cart button: 
Show a custom message and change the add-to-cart button label to inform customers about backorder and stock availability status.
Maximum quantity: 
Add a maximum quantity limit to fix a number of orders you can accept when product is on backorder.
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Advanced Pre Order and Backorder

Build excitement and boost revenue by offering products on pre-order before they are available. Efficiently manage pre-orders and backorders, offer discounts, set up pay-later or upfront payment for pre-orders, email notifications, and more.

<h2 style="text-align: center">Add Custom Fields to Registration, Checkout and My Account Page</h2>
Add unlimited extra fields and choose to display them on Registration form, My Account and Checkout pages to collect additional information about your customers and their orders. Supports text, dropdown, checkbox and 16 other field types to collect any information.
Custom Fields for WooCommerce extension allows you to add dependable (conditional) fields to keep your registration and checkout form clean by displaying fields only when needed. You can also choose to display fields based on user roles. For example, you might want to display VAT field to wholesaler and other B2B user roles only and keep it hidden for general customers.
Using the 15 pre-defined positions, you can add custom fields almost anywhere on checkout page. Customize default shipping and billing fields label. Disable specific shipping and billing fields based on user roles.
This extension facilitates B2B registrations by allowing you to display a user roles dropdown on the Registration form to let customers select the relevant user roles during registration. You can manually validate and approve new user registrations based on the selected user roles.
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add custom fields to Registration form and Checkout page</li>
<li>Supports 19 field types, including dropdown, checkbox, multi-select, and more</li>
<li>Dedicated VAT field with validation</li>
<li>Add checkout field price in fixed or percentage amount</li>
<li class="changelog-entry-type entry-type__new" title="new" aria-label="new" data-type="n">Option to add different fee for each field option</li>
<li>Add conditional/dependent custom fields</li>
<li class="changelog-entry-type entry-type__new" title="new" aria-label="new" data-type="n">Multi-level fields dependability to collect complex information</li>
<li>Display fields based on user roles</li>
<li>15 pre-defined positions to add fields on Checkout page</li>
<li class="changelog-entry-type entry-type__new" title="new" aria-label="new" data-type="n">Show fields on checkout when specific product, category or product tag is in cart</li>
<li>Choose to display field data on the My Account, Order Details pages and order emails</li>
<li>Option to make fields un-editable from the My Account page</li>
<li>Make fields optional or mandatory</li>
<li>Customize field description, placeholders, and add custom CSS</li>
<li>Sort fields as needed</li>
<li>Enable specific default billing fields on the Registration form (name, address, number, and other)</li>
<li>Customize the labels of default billing and shipping fields</li>
<li>Show or hide custom, default billing, and shipping fields based on user roles including guest users</li>
<li>Supports B2B registration
<ul>
<li>Display user roles dropdown on the Registration form</li>
<li>Option to manually validate new user registration based on user roles</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Customize account validation messages and email notifications sent for account pending, approved, and disapproved statuses</li>
</ul>
<h2>Create multiple custom fields</h2>
You can create multiple custom fields and display them on the Checkout, Registration, and My Account pages.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8591854" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Creating-multiple-fields-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="493" />
While creating new custom fields, you can customize the following options.
<ul>
<li>Add field title</li>
<li>Select field type and add options</li>
<li>Add field or option prices</li>
<li>Choose to add price in fixed or percentage amount of order</li>
<li>Make field required</li>
<li>Make field non-editable from the My Account page</li>
<li>Show fields on order detail pages and in order emails</li>
<li>Choose field width (full or half)</li>
<li>Add field placeholders and descriptions</li>
<li>Option to add custom CSS for field</li>
<li>Option to make fields dependent on chosen user roles (if the field is for all users, do not select any roles)</li>
<li>Choose to display the field on one or all these pages: Registration, Checkout, and My Account</li>
<li>Assign field to specific products, categories and tags</li>
<li>Choose from 15 available Checkout positions</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Supports 19 field types</h2>
You can choose from 19 field types to collect different types of information and display notices.
<ul>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Text area</li>
<li>Email</li>
<li>Select box (Dropdown)</li>
<li>Multi-select box</li>
<li>Checkbox</li>
<li>Multi-checkbox</li>
<li>Radio button</li>
<li>Number</li>
<li>Password (accept secret input)</li>
<li>File upload (limit file types and size)</li>
<li>Color picker</li>
<li>Date picker (calendar)</li>
<li>Time picker</li>
<li>Google ReCAPTCHA</li>
<li>Heading</li>
<li>Message</li>
<li>VAT with validation</li>
<li>Description (message display only)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Make fields dependable</h2>
You can make fields dependent on other fields to keep your Registration and Checkout pages clean and display fields only when needed.
For example, you can create an Account Type dropdown field and add two options: Company and Individual. You can add VAT fields and make them dependent on the selection of Company. It will ensure that the VAT fields only appear when the Company option is selected from the Account Type field
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This is how the dependent fields appear to customers.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8591954" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gif-Dependable-fields.gif" alt="Dependable VAT field" width="980" height="280" />
<h2>Restrict fields by user roles</h2>
You can create fields dependent on specific user roles, and then the field will only appear for relevant customers. For example, you can create a VAT field, and it will only display to wholesale users at Checkout.
<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8656004" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Checkout-Fields-Dependable-to-User-Roles.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="427" />
On the user Registration form, once a user selects a user role from the user-role dropdown, any dependent fields they need to complete will appear.
<img class="alignnone size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fields-Dependable-to-Roles.gif" width="834" height="731" />
<h2>Add custom field price:</h2>
While adding a new checkout field, you can choose to keep it free or add a field price. You can add price in fixed or percentage of the order amount. Ability to add price for each field too in case of dropdown, radio-button, checkbox and more.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734002169686" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Field-Pricing.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="506" />
<h2>Assign fields to specific products:</h2>
When you are adding checkout fields, you can attach it to specific products, categories and product tags. The field will only display on checkout page when any of the selected product is in cart.
<h2>Checkout field positions</h2>
You can choose from 15 field positions to add fields almost anywhere on your Checkout page.
<ul>
<li>Before or after Customer Details</li>
<li>Before or after the Billing Form</li>
<li>Before or after the Shipping Form</li>
<li>Before the Order Review heading</li>
<li>Before or after the Order Review</li>
<li>Before or after the Order Notes</li>
<li>Before or after the Terms and Conditions</li>
<li>Before or after the Order Submit Button</li>
</ul>
<h2>Manage default billing and shipping fields</h2>
This extension empowers you to add additional custom fields, and you can manage the labels and visibility of default billing and shipping fields.
Show default fields on the Registration form
With the WooCommerce Custom Fields extension, you can display default billing fields on the Registration form. You can choose to enable specific fields, edit their labels, and make them optional or mandatory.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8592076" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Enable-default-registration-fields.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="1121" />
Change billing fields labels
You can rename the billing and shipping field’s labels as per your requirements. For more details see <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/custom-fields-for-woocommerce/#section-6">documentation</a>.
Hide default billing and shipping fields
You can show or hide default billing and shipping fields based on different user roles. This makes your checkout more personalized by showing only those fields relevant to each user role.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8592037" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Show-hide-default-fields-based-on-user-roles-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="1038" />
<h2>Display user-roles dropdown on the Registration form</h2>
The extension enables you to display the user roles dropdown on the Registration form. This feature is helpful for B2B customers and other special site visitors who need to fill out the additional necessary information in dependent custom fields. You can display all or only specific user roles in the dropdown for selection.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8592044" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/User-Roles-dropdown-on-registration-page-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="445" />
<h2>Manually validate new user registrations</h2>
You can manually validate and approve new user registrations based on user roles. If the user roles dropdown is enabled, you can choose to manually validate selected user roles and set the rest to auto-approve.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8592042" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Approve-New-User-Registration-Settings-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="952" />
<h2>Manage fields data</h2>
While creating new fields you can choose to display custom fields data on the following pages.
<ul>
<li>The Admin Order Detail page</li>
<li>My Account— Order detail page (Checkout fields data only)</li>
<li>My Account—Account details page (Registration fields data)</li>
<li>Customer Detail page (Admin area)</li>
<li>Order emails</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
Minimum PHP version: 5.2

Custom Fields

Simultaneously add custom fields to the Registration, My Account, and Checkout pages. Select from a range of 19 different field types.

Advanced Pre Order and Backorder vs Custom Fields