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<p>Gives you a simple way to control backorders across your WooCommerce catalog without touching product data in the database.</p>
<p>Choose a global backorder policy for your store, apply it to the entire catalog or only selected product categories, and fine-tune how backordered items appear on the storefront. You can also let individual products opt out when you need an exception.</p>
<p>Built for stores that want more control and less clutter, this plugin helps you keep your backorder policy consistent, visible, and easy to manage.</p>
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<h2>WHAT DOES IT HELP YOU DO</h2>
<p>• Set backorder behavior globally in one place<br />
• Apply rules to the whole catalog or selected categories<br />
• Choose how backorders behave: Allow, Allow but notify, or Disable<br />
• Keep important products visible even when WooCommerce hides out-of-stock items<br />
• Let specific products ignore the global rule<br />
• Restrict settings access by user role<br />
• Adjust filter priority when you need to win conflicts with other inventory plugins</p>
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<h2>WHY MERCHANTS USE IT</h2>
<p>Instead of editing products one by one, you can manage backorder behavior at the store level and keep your product catalog easier to maintain. That means fewer manual changes, a cleaner admin experience, and more consistent storefront behavior.</p>
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<h2>BUILT FOR A NATIVE WOOCOMMERCE WORKFLOW</h2>
<p>• Settings are managed inside <em>WooCommerce > Settings</em><br />
• Product-level opt-out is available on the product edit screen<br />
• Overrides run at runtime, so your admin product data stays native and editable</p>

Backorder Manager: Global and Category Rules

<p>Control backorders across your WooCommerce store from one clean settings screen. Set global rules, target specific categories, and keep product-level exceptions in place without changing your product data.</p>

<p>Running out of stock is always frustrating. Can’t avoid it? Then turn it into something positive! Stop worrying about all the sales you are missing, and think about the customers you can bring back.</p>
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<li><strong>Turn your sold-out products into waitlists</strong> that anyone can join.</li>
<li><strong>Send automated emails</strong> to your customers when their favorite products are restocked.</li>
<li><strong>Recover lost sales</strong>, build customer loyalty, and gain deeper insights into your inventory.</li>
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<h2>Bring customers back to your store</h2>
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<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> gives your customers an effortless way to know when your products are restocked, and brings them back to your store. Here’s how it works:</p>
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<li>Customers who land on a sold-out product page are invited to sign up with their email and get notified when the product becomes available.</li>
<li>When the product is back in stock, all customers who joined the waitlist receive an automated notification.</li>
<li>Customers return to your store and complete their purchase!</li>
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<h2>Measure demand for out-of-stock products</h2>
<p>Stop hiding sold-out products in your catalog! With <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>, you can:</p>
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<li><strong>Measure purchase intent</strong> for out-of-stock products.</li>
<li><strong>View your most wanted sold-out products</strong>, and restock them first.</li>
<li><strong>Gain deeper insights into your inventory</strong>, and make more accurate demand forecasts.</li>
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<h2>Stay connected with your most loyal customers</h2>
<p>Customers who sign up for back-in-stock notifications send you a strong buying signal with high purchase intent. So why not take the opportunity to stay connected with them?</p>
<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> stores your waitlist contact details even after all notifications have been sent, making it easy to export and use them in your favorite email marketing platform.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_6885695" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6885695" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-6885695" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-admin-notifications-list-table.png" alt="Turn stock-outs into an opportunity to grow your audience and build customer loyalty." width="980" height="872" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6885695" class="wp-caption-text">Turn stock-outs into an opportunity to grow your audience and build customer loyalty.</figcaption></figure>
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<h2>Let your customers manage their preferences</h2>
<p>Concerned about your customers’ privacy? The plugin <strong>supports double opt-in</strong>, and handles opt-ins and opt-outs gracefully, giving customers with or without an account the freedom to manage their own preferences:</p>
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<li>Logged in customers can sign up without entering their email and can manage active notifications from their Account page.</li>
<li>Confirmation and notification emails include a handy “unsubscribe” link that gives your customers a frictionless way to opt-out of all alerts they have signed up for.</li>
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<figure id="attachment_8869723" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8869723" style="width: 1946px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-8869723 size-full" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-my-account-view.png" alt="Enable your customers to manage their notifications directly from their My Account page." width="1946" height="1149" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8869723" class="wp-caption-text">Enable your customers to manage their notifications directly from their <strong>My Account</strong> page.</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Experience WooCommerce at its finest</h2>
<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> has been optimized to leverage the latest technologies built into WooCommerce, while making the most of the features you love.</p>
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<li><strong>Running a high-traffic store?</strong> Thanks to its integration with Action Scheduler, the extension can send thousands of back-in-stock alerts without breaking a sweat.</li>
<li><strong>Need full support for Variable products?</strong> The plugin stores the current variation selections when customers sign up, and restores their selections when they return.</li>
<li><strong>Using <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/product-bundles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Product Bundles</a></strong>? With <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>, your customers can sign up and get notified when bundles with insufficient stock become available.</li>
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<p>Settle for nothing but blazing-fast, battle-tested WooCommerce software, backed by a support team you can trust.</p>
<h2>Customize and extend it</h2>
<p>Looking for a way to limit notification sign-ups to logged in customers? Don’t want to create a new account for guests who sign up for stock alerts? No problem! <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> comes with everything you need to make it work just how you want.</p>
<h2>How to get started</h2>
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<li>Buy <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>.</li>
<li>Download and install it.</li>
<li>Make sure that <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/store-owners-guide/#requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">out-of-stock products are visible</a> in your catalog.</li>
<li>Sit back and start recovering lost sales!</li>
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Back In Stock Notifications

<p>Notify customers when your products are restocked.</p>

Backorder Manager: Global and Category Rules vs Back In Stock Notifications