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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