<h2><strong>Offer Shoppers Alternative Products</strong></h2>
<p>When a product is out of stock or no longer available, clients may leave your store without making a purchase. The <strong>Alternate Product Recommendations for WooCommerce</strong> plugin offers a solution. When products are not available, the plugin offers your customers alternate products to consider. When products are in stock, the plugin offers customers additional products to purchase.</p>
<h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Customer satisfaction</strong></p>
<p>Offering an alternative product lets your customers know that you care about their shopping experience.</p>
<p><strong>Keep customers shopping and buying</strong></p>
<p>A customer offered an alternative may be interested in that product and may buy it. Hopefully, they will continue to shop on your site instead of leaving in frustration when an item is out of stock.</p>
<p><strong>Reduce cart abandonment</strong></p>
<p>If a customer already has items in their cart and discovers that something they intended to buy is out of stock, they might leave your site. Offering an alternative to keep them on your site will hopefully also lead to them buying the items in their carts and/or the recommended alternate item.</p>
<h2><strong>Features</strong></h2>
<p>1.<strong> Alternate Product Recommendation Types</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No Longer Available</strong> – If you choose this option, then you can display only the message saying the product is no longer available/recommend single/multiple alternate products.</li>
<li><strong>Recommend Alternate Product</strong> – If you choose this option, then you can recommend single/multiple alternate products.</li>
</ul>
<p>2. Alternate products can be shown in two different designs.</p>
<p>3. Recommended Products can shown in either Carousel/Slider type.</p>
<p>4. Option to display the SKU on Recommended Products.</p>
<p>5. SKU can be displayed Before/After the Product Price.</p>
<p>6. Site admin can track the products viewed & purchases made by this plugin.</p>
<p>7. You can set the threshold to update the visit count if the user views the same product multiple times.</p>
<h2><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Product no longer available</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>A user will normally see a notice saying an item is <strong>“No longer available for purchase”</strong> when they visit the product page of an out-of-stock item.</li>
<li>With the <strong>Alternate Product Recommendations for WooCommerce </strong>plugin, users will see the same notification with an alternate single item, or multiple items, to consider in its place.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894331" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894331 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1.alternate-product-message.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894331" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Availability Notice on Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894338" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894338" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894338 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2.alternate-var-no-longer.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894338" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Availability Notice on Variable Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Single alternate product</strong></p>
<p>When a user visits a single product page that is no longer available for purchase, an alternate product is displayed for the user’s consideration.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894344" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894344" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894344 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/3.alternate-product-no-longer-single.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894344" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Alternate Product Recommendation on Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894348" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894348" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894348 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4.alternate-var-single.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894348" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Alternate Product Recommendation on Variable Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Multiple alternate products</strong></p>
<p>When a user visits a single product page that is no longer available for purchase, multiple alternate products are displayed for the user’s consideration.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894352" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894352" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894352 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/5.alternate-product-no-longer-multiple.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894352" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Multiple Alternate Products on Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894354" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894354" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894354 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/6.alternate-var-no-multiple.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894354" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Multiple Alternate Products on Variable Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>Products are available</strong></h3>
<p>When products are available, an alternate recommended product or products are displayed.</p>
<p><strong>Single recommended alternate product</strong></p>
<p>When a user visits a single product page that is available for purchase, an alternate product will be displayed to the user for their consideration.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894359" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894359" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894359 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/7.alternate-var-no-multiple.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894359" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Available with Alternate Product for Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894360" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894360" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894360 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/8.alternate-var-no-multiple.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894360" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Available with Alternate Product for Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<p><strong>Multiple recommended alternate products</strong></p>
<p>When a user visits a single product page that is available for purchase, multiple alternate products will be displayed to the user for their consideration.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894363" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894363" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894363 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9.alternate-product-alternate-multiple.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894363" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Available with Multiple Alternate Product for Simple Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894365" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894365" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894365 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10.alternate-product-message.png" alt="" width="980" height="552" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894365" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Product Available with Multiple Alternate Product for Variable Product</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Alternate Product Recommendations

<p>Offer your customers alternate product choices or substitute items when items are out of stock with the Alternate Product Recommendations for WooCommerce plugin.</p>

<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Allow customers to be notified when they can purchase an item that is currently out of stock</li>
<li>Easily identify ‘most wanted’ products to prioritise re-stocking</li>
<li>Allow customers to easily review and edit their waiting lists</li>
<li>Maintain a record of users that have been emailed an in-stock notification</li>
<li>Easily manage your waitlists from the WordPress admin</li>
<li>Add the waitlist elements for any product anywhere you choose using our shortcode</li>
<li>Plug-and-play functionality – just install, activate and go!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Keep customers happy with back-in-stock notifications</h2>
<p>Automatically notify customers when a product becomes available for purchase. The Waitlist for WooCommerce extension lets you track demand for out-of-stock items, making sure your customers feel informed, and therefore more likely to buy. Using a simple plugin, you can build up a waiting list of people wanting the unavailable item, then notify these customers automatically when products come back in stock.</p>
<h2>Set up in seconds</h2>
<p>It’s really easy to install and will instantly start turning missed opportunities into future sales. Customers register for an email alert to let them know when a product is back in stock, increasing the likelihood they’ll wait and shop with you instead of going to a competitor. It makes people feel valued by your business, and allows you to replenish stock intelligently based on demand.</p>
<h2>How it works</h2>
<p>It takes seconds for customers to join a waiting list via a button on the product listing of your WooCommerce store.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734005296225" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005296225" style="width: 796px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-18734005296225 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screenshot_20250514_162030.png?w=796" alt="An example of a single product showing the "Join Waitlist" option" width="796" height="738" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005296225" class="wp-caption-text">An out-of-stock product showing the option to join it’s waitlist</figcaption></figure>
<p> </p>
<p>As soon as you update your stock numbers on the site, everyone on the list automatically gets an email with a link to the product, making it super-simple for them to buy.</p>
<p>Waitlist for WooCommerce fully supports simple products, product variations and the children of grouped products.</p>
<h2>See who’s waiting for what</h2>
<p>With Waitlist for WooCommerce, shop managers can sort products by number of customers on their waiting list. This allows them to quickly prioritize which products to re-stock.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734005296236" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005296236" style="width: 896px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-18734005296236 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screenshot_20250514_162513.png?w=896" alt="The product listing screen showing the additional column for displaying waitlist counts" width="896" height="369" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005296236" class="wp-caption-text">An example of the added Waitlist column</figcaption></figure>
<p> </p>
<p>Shop managers can also view, manage and contact those on the waiting list for each product directly from the Edit Product screen through a custom product tab.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-18734005296242 size-medium aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screenshot_20250514_162551.png?w=896" alt="" width="896" height="313" /></p>
<p>Here, it is easy to add/remove users from the waiting list, see archived lists, export a CSV of users on a waiting list/archive and adjust the waiting list options for this product.</p>
<h2>Allow users to manage their own waiting lists</h2>
<p>Users can view any products they have joined the waiting list for on the “Your Waitlists” tab on their “My Account” page.  This allows users to conveniently manage all their waiting lists in one place</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734005296248" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005296248" style="width: 812px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-18734005296248 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screenshot_20250514_162633.png?w=812" alt="waitlist tab shown on the WooCommerce my account page" width="812" height="606" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005296248" class="wp-caption-text">The default “Your Waitlists” tab shown on the “my account” page</figcaption></figure>
<p> </p>
<h2>Get it working your way</h2>
<p>Waitlist for WooCommerce comes with plenty of options for you to get the most from the plugin, including the following:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>options to display opt-in elements when users sign up to a waitlist</li>
<li>options to also display waitlist buttons on archive pages (e.g. the shop page/product category pages)</li>
<li>options to add google analytic tracking codes to Waitlist for WooCommerce emails</li>
<li>options to email a site administrator when a customer joins a waitlist</li>
<li>options to set a minimum stock before Waitlist for WooCommerce in-stock notifications are sent out</li>
<li>and more…</li>
</ul>
<h2>Extend and customize</h2>
<p>The default setup is ‘plug and play’, but Waitlist for WooCommerce adds a large number of WordPress action and filter hooks allowing you to customize it to suit your exact needs (See <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-waitlist/#section-12">documentation</a> for more information). Customizations include:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Choosing the wording for notification emails</li>
<li>Tweaking the design of ‘join waiting list’ buttons</li>
<li>Hooking in extra functionality when users are added to/removed from a waiting list</li>
<li>Altering the design of the “Your Waitlists” page added to the “My Account” section</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>Waitlist for WooCommerce</em> is now compatible with the following extensions:</p>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce Subscriptions</li>
<li>WPML (The WordPress Multilingual Plugin)</li>
<li>The Events Calendar (from ModernTribe)</li>
<li>Product Bundles for WooCommerce (please see the FAQs on the documentation page for more information)</li>
</ul>
</div>

Waitlist

<p>With Waitlist for WooCommerce customers can register for email notifications when out-of-stock products become available.</p>

Alternate Product Recommendations vs Waitlist