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>
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<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.
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<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>
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.

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<li>Allow customers to create Product Restock Request for WooCommerce when an item is out of stock.</li>
<li>Decide which products or categories will show the restock request form.</li>
<li>Configure the form fields to gather notes, quantity, email, and name.</li>
<li>Completely automatic alerts for your users when products come back in stock.</li>
<li>Restocks Request Management – Manage all restocks requests from your store backend.</li>
<li>Allow guests and registered users to request restocks</li>
<li>Find out which out-of-stock products customers want most and restock more wisely.</li>
<li>With customizable templates, you can customize email alerts to match your brand.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Turn ‘Out of Stock’ into Sales with Product Restock Request</h2>
The product Restock Request for WooCommerce plugin is a must-have solution for the store owners who do not wish to lose out the sales due to out of stock products. With this powerful plugin, your customers can quickly submit requests to get restocks on any currently unavailable items and automatically receive back-in-stock notifications as soon as inventory is updated — and no manual follow-up required!
The WooCommerce pre-order plugin is specifically designed to work with your existing WooCommerce store & gives you complete control from the admin dashboard, allows you to support custom restock request forms and provides real-time product demand insights. This plugin is your secret weapon to getting higher conversions, happier customers, and smart inventory management that keeps you one step ahead!
<h2>Feature Details</h2>
Easy Restock Requests
Customers can quickly send restock requests when a product sells out. The Product Restock Request for Woo Commerce plugin automatically shows the request form based on the stock levels you set, making restocking smoother and better for users.<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331121" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_35_18.jpg?w=896" alt="Woocommerce product restock request form" width="896" height="454" />
Show Where You Want
Store owners can choose which products or categories show the restock form. This lets you control where it appears, perfect for highlighting popular or fast-selling items.
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Instant Notifications
When an out-of-stock product is restocked, the plugin sends automatic email alerts to interested customers right away. This helps boost sales by encouraging quick purchases.
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Full Admin Control
You get full control with an easy admin panel inside WooCommerce. Store owners can view, filter, and manage all restock requests easily. Each request is organized for better tracking and decisions.
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Support for Guests & User Roles
You can decide if restock requests are open to everyone or only certain users (like logged-in customers or wholesalers). This makes the plugin great for both B2C and B2B stores.
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Know What’s in Demand
Track how many requests each product gets to understand what customers want most. This makes it easier for you to concentrate on restocking the most popular products.
<h2>Use Cases</h2>
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Notify customers when out-of-stock products become available again.
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Analyze product demand before deciding to restock items.
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Measure interest in seasonal or limited-edition products before re-launch.
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Build a waitlist for upcoming or soon-to-launch products.
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Help B2B/wholesale buyers stay updated on bulk item availability.
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Allow guest users to express interest without creating an account.
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Grow your email list through restock request submissions.
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<h2>Benefits</h2>
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<li>Make it simple for customers to ask for restocks and keep them happy.</li>
<li>It automatically sends alerts to customers as soon as the item is back in stock.</li>
<li>Use up-to-date customer demand data to better plan your inventory.</li>
<li>Bring back interested shoppers and increase sales with ease.</li>
<li>The Product Restock Request feature helps you recover lost sales by reaching out to ready-to-buy customers.</li>
</ul>

Product Restock Request

Let customers request restock alerts in WooCommerce. Boost sales and engagement by automating product restock notifications.

Advanced Pre Order and Backorder vs Product Restock Request