Product Availability Slots for WooCommerce lets you sell limited-time products during fixed time slots in your WooCommerce shop.
Using this plugin, it’s easy to sell products on specific days at specific time slots. Offering products on a limited time can create a sense of urgency which can trigger the user to make the purchase right away.
<h2>How do you set up and Manage Product Availability Slots for WooCommerce?</h2>
<ul>
<li>For simple products, the settings will be available in a separate section named “Product Availability Slots”.</li>
<li>Create a new product or edit an existing product.</li>
<li>For variable products, the settings can be found in each variation.</li>
<li>Enable the Product Availability Slots checkbox.</li>
<li>If you want to restrict the product purchase only to days of the week, then in the Availability Type option, set the value as “Unlimited Days”.</li>
<li>If you want to restrict the product purchase to a specific date range, then in the Availability Type option, set the value as “Limited Days”.</li>
<li>Set the Start and End Time for the days in which you want to sell the product.</li>
<li>You can also configure multiple time slots for a single day. To add additional time slots, click the “Add Slot” button.</li>
<li>Your Users can purchase the products only within the specified time. Outside the specified time, a notice will be displayed about the next available date.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>What your Users will See?</h2>
Once configured, the product will be available for purchase at the specified time slots.
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Outside the specified time slot, the Add to Cart button will be hidden for the product and the product’s next available date will be displayed.
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<h2>Features</h2>
1) User Type
Works for both Registered Users & Guest Users.
2) Product Type
Works for both simple products & variable products.
3) Product Purchases can be restricted based on the following scenario,
<ul>
<li>Specific date range</li>
<li>Specific days of the week</li>
<li>Specific time slots for each day</li>
</ul>
4) Schedule Single/Multiple Time Slots for each day.
5) Product Availability Slots can be configured to multiple products at once through Bulk Actions.
6) Restrict the number of quantities for a product that can be sold in each time slot.
7) Restrict Product Purchasing capability to specific Users or User Roles.
8) Days off can be configured for individual products.
9) A Countdown Timer can be displayed to highlight the following details on the Shop & Product Page,
<ul>
<li>Product Purchase Availability End Date and Time</li>
<li>Next Available Date and Time</li>
</ul>
10) Option to hide the products that are not purchasable anymore on the site.
11) Option to hide the Time Zone Details on the product page.
12) Availability Date can be displayed based on WordPress Format.
13) The Time Interval between each slot can be set based on,
<ul>
<li>15 Minutes</li>
<li>30 Minutes</li>
<li>1 Hour</li>
</ul>
14) Option to set the Buffer Time for users to complete the purchase after the time slot is exceeded.
15) Option for site admin to restrict the purchases on their site temporarily.
16) Translation Ready & Customizable Messages.

Product Availability Slots

Product Availability Slots for WooCommerce can help you Sell Products on Fixed Time Slots in your WooCommerce Shop.

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<h2>WooCommerce Contact for Shipping Quote</h2>
Using the Contact for Shipping Quote plugin you can setup and/or require your customers to contact you to get a custom shipping quote based on their cart and shipping address.
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After a shipping quote request is submitted it will be available in the WooCommerce backend for the store manager to review and provide the quote. The customer refreshers the order totals and will be able to complete their order with the quoted shipping cost.
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<h3>Note</h3>
This plugin allows for custom shipping quotes by the store managers, no automated live carrier quotes are involved.
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<h2>Custom Freight Shipping Quotes</h2>
A common scenario that requires a customer to contact the store for a shipping quote is when it involves large and heavy shipments requiring freight shipping. The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin works perfectly for such scenario as the customer will get clear instructions at the checkout to get in touch – a popup window can be opened with instructions written by the store – before completing their order.
Within each instance of the shipping quote plugin settings it is possible to configure when the Contact for Shipping Quote should appear. For example only appear when Category A or shipping class B is in the cart.
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<h2>Custom (Inter)national Shipping Quotes</h2>
If you (occasionally) ship internationally, but its not your core business, you may not be able to setup all the shipping costs for those areas. Giving those customers still a option to order products on your shop is vital if you want to retain their business. Having the option to request a shipping quote would be the ideal solution for situations like this.
The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin can be setup for any and multiple shipping zones, this way you can configure precisely for which location(s) customers need to request a shipping quote.
<h3>Call for Shipping Quote</h3>
For cases where customers need to get in touch with you to get the shipping costs for their orders, its key to provide enough information for a pleasant experience.
Whether you would like the customer to call you directly or if you prefer to initiate the outreach; you can determine the instructions available in the informational modal and how contact will be established.
When the shipping costs are known they can easily be entered in the WooCommerce admin area and they will appear on the front-end for the customer accordingly. An email will be send out automatically when the quote amount has been entered.
<h3>Hide Other Shipping Options </h3>
The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin allows to exclude other shipping options when a Contact for Shipping Quote option is available. This works great in combination with the option to only show the option when a certain product category / shipping class is in the cart, allowing you do force requesting a shipping quote when there’s a freight item in the cart for example.
<h3>Managing Shipping Quotes as Store Manager</h3>
Shipping quotes are easily accessible in the WooCommerce backend. Shipping costs can easily be assigned to quotes through a user friendly interface. The plugin has been designed to work quickly and cleanly so processing shipping quotes is a breeze.
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Contact for Shipping Quote

Allow customers to request a custom shipping quote from the store manager for situations where a flat rates / live quotes are not possible.

Product Availability Slots vs Contact for Shipping Quote