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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>

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<li>Manage all RMA, warranty, and return requests from a single view in the store administration.</li>
<li>Define warranty terms for products – set expiration periods for limited warranties.</li>
<li>Manage automated email communications during each change in return status.</li>
<li>Maintain free or paid extended warranties for products and variations.</li>
<li>Create your own warranty statuses, and manage the statuses for all return requests.</li>
<li>Customize your RMA code length and format.</li>
<li>Request product images, and track returns to/from your customers, all within the user’s account.</li>
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<h2>RMA Management — Manage, Sell, Facilitate Easy Returns and Warranties</h2>
<p>Manage the Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process, add warranty terms to your products, and allow your customers to request and manage returns and exchanges directly from their user accounts.</p>
<p>When setting up your products, warranties can be assigned to the product or variation directly from the edit product screens. Define warranty or return time periods, give it a price, and update/save your product. Warranties are tied directly to the product themselves – when the warranty expires, so does the ability for the user to request a warranty, return, or exchange.</p>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
<p>Need guidance? Check out the comprehensive documentation to learn everything about you need to know about Returns and Warranty Requests.</p>
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<h2>Questions and Support</h2>
<p>If you have pre-sale questions or need help, <span class="link-annotation-unknown-block-id--992406005">get in touch</span> with our friendly Happiness Engineers.</p>
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Returns and Warranty Requests

<p>Manage the RMA process, add warranties to products, and let customers request and manage returns/exchanges from their account.</p>

Backorder Manager: Global and Category Rules vs Returns and Warranty Requests