<p>Efficiently managing SKUs is crucial for proper inventory management and product identification when selling across different channels (Amazon, eBay, Etsy, etc). Adding SKUs manually by going through each product page would take ages if you have a large catalog. With Bulk SKU Generator you can automate your SKU creation process for your new and existing products.</p>
<p>Create multiple rules to set different SKUs for different products and categories using the inbuilt variables like product ID, name, slug, attributes, and more. Option to add new, replace, or set additional SKUs. The detailed features of this extension follow.</p>
<h2>Features List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Create unique SKUs for products and variations</li>
<li>Ability to add new, set additional, or replace existing SKUs</li>
<li>Apply SKUs to specific products, category, and attributes</li>
<li>Create multiple rules to add different SKUs for different products</li>
<li>Customize SKU format by adding custom text anywhere in SKU along with variables,
<ul>
<li>Product id</li>
<li>Product slug</li>
<li>Product name</li>
<li>Parent category name</li>
<li>Child category name</li>
<li>Product tag</li>
<li>SKU number</li>
<li>Product attribute</li>
<li>Product term</li>
<li>Variation name</li>
<li>Variation ID</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Ability to set different SKU format for product and variations</li>
<li>Add a certain length for generated SKUs to maintain consistency</li>
<li>Option to automate SKU updates for new products</li>
<li>Customize cronjob interval and view SKUs creation progress</li>
<li>Option to add placeholders for empty variables</li>
<li>Allow customers to search by SKU and automatically include SKUs in order emails</li>
</ul>
<h2>Rule based management</h2>
<p>Create multiple global rules to generate different SKUs for different products. Rule based management offers a better control over how the SKUs should be generated for different types of products.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624246" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Multiple-SKU-Generator-Rules.png" alt="" width="980" height="484" /></p>
<h2>Conditional SKUs</h2>
<p>You can conditionally add SKUs to your products using following rule types,</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Replace SKUs<br />
</strong>Replace your existing SKU with a new one. If there is no SKU to replace, the extension won’t add a new SKU.</li>
<li><strong>Additional SKUs<br />
</strong>This rule type will assign an additional SKU to products, regardless of whether they already have an SKU or not.</li>
<li><strong>Product with no SKUs<br />
</strong>Add SKUs to products with no SKU only. If the SKU is already present in any of the selected products, the rule will not add an SKU for that product.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Apply rule to future products</strong></p>
<p>Automate the SKUs generation for upcoming products added to your store. When this feature is enabled, the extension will generate SKU according to your rule settings.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624250" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Multiple-types-of-SKU-generator.png" alt="" width="980" height="472" /></p>
<h2>Customize SKU length for consistency</h2>
<p>Define the maximum length for SKUs generation to ensure that your product codes stay within a specific character range. This customization provides flexibility, allowing you to control the length of SKUs according to your store’s preferences.</p>
<h2>Flexible product SKU format options</h2>
<p>The SKU format can be easily personalized by adding any custom text anywhere in the field along with the predefined variables. The variable values are replaced dynamically to generate SKUs that uniquely identify each product and variation, making inventory management more efficient. The pre-defined variables includes,</p>
<ul>
<li>Product id</li>
<li>Product slug (Product URL)</li>
<li>Product name</li>
<li>Parent category name</li>
<li>Child category name</li>
<li>Product tag</li>
<li>SKU number</li>
<li>Product attribute</li>
<li>Product term</li>
<li>Variation name</li>
<li>Variation ID</li>
</ul>
<p>You can add different SKU formats for products and variations as per your business needs.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624248" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SKU-Format.png" alt="" width="980" height="745" /></p>
<h2>Apply SKUs to all or specific products</h2>
<p>When creating a new rule for SKU generation, you can choose to apply it to all products or specific products. You can specify individual products or select them by their category or attribute.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624254" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Product-Restriction-for-SKU.png" alt="" width="980" height="447" /></p>
<h2>General Options:</h2>
<p>Using the general settings, you can customize following options,</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Enable search by SKU:</strong> Allow your customers to search your catalog by product SKU.</li>
<li><strong>Include SKU in emails: </strong>Automatically include SKU number in customer order emails.</li>
<li><strong>Empty variables placeholder:</strong> You can skip or add custom placeholders for empty variables while generating SKUs. Leaving these fields empty the extension won’t add anything in the SKUs if the variable values are empty.</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624256" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/General-Settings-of-SKU-generator.png" alt="" width="980" height="739" /></p>
<h2>Conjob and progress view:</h2>
<p>The extension uses cron jobs to schedule SKU generation in phases to avoid overloading the server. You can customize the cronjob time as per your needs. You can view all active rules that are currently being applied along with the product list where the SKU has been added.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004624258" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cronjob-settings-of-SKU-manager.png" alt="" width="980" height="619" /></p>

Bulk SKU Generator

<p>Automatically generate SKUs in bulk for multiple products, including variations. Option to add new or replace existing SKU. Format SKU using multiple variables like product ID, slug, attribute, tag, category, and more.</p>

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<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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<p>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,</p>
<p><strong>Restrict by user roles:<br />
</strong>You can enable pre-order status for all customers or selected customers by their user roles.</p>
<p><strong>Release date and time:<br />
</strong>Add the expected release date and time of the product. The pre-order status will automatically turn off after this period.</p>
<p><strong>Add to cart button label:<br />
</strong>Customize your default add to cart button label with default “Pre Order Now” or add any other custom label of your choice.</p>
<p><strong>Availability text:<br />
</strong>Add a custom text to inform your customers about the pre-order status and the expected product availability date and time.</p>
<p><strong>Price adjustment:<br />
</strong>You can change pre-order product price using following adjustment types,</p>
<ul>
<li>Same price</li>
<li>Fixed price</li>
<li>Fixed discount</li>
<li>Percentage discount</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pay later:<br />
</strong>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.</p>
<p><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" /></p>
<h3><strong>Prevent product mixing:</strong></h3>
<p>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,</p>
<ul>
<li>Pre-order and instock products</li>
<li>Upfront and pay-later pre-order products</li>
<li>Multiple pre-order products</li>
</ul>
<p><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" /></p>
<h3><strong>Add attractive pre-order badges:</strong></h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p><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" /></p>
<h3><strong>Automate pre order for out of stock items:</strong></h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p><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" /></p>
<h3><strong>Dedicated pre-orders listing:</strong></h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>With separate detailed pre-order information, you can better manage your pre-orders and ensure timely delivery.</p>
<p><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" /></p>
<h3><strong>Email notification for admin and customer:</strong></h3>
<p>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.</p>
<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><strong>Improve backorder management</strong></h2>
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<p>With this extension, you can also improve your backorder management using the following options,</p>
<p><strong>Restrict by user roles:<br />
</strong>Allow backorder for select customers based on their user roles.</p>
<p><strong>Stock availability date & time:<br />
</strong>Add expected stock available date and time.</p>
<p><strong>Custom message and add-to-cart button:<br />
</strong>Show a custom message and change the add-to-cart button label to inform customers about backorder and stock availability status.</p>
<p><strong>Maximum quantity:<br />
</strong>Add a maximum quantity limit to fix a number of orders you can accept when product is on backorder.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004520357" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WooCommerce-Backorder-management.png" alt="" width="980" height="947" /></p>

Advanced Pre Order and Backorder

<p>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.</p>

Bulk SKU Generator vs Advanced Pre Order and Backorder