<h1>Reserve Stock for a Limited Time</h1>
<p>The <strong>Reserve Stock</strong> extension for WooCommerce enables you to temporarily reduce stock when a product is added to the Cart. Using rule-based management, you can enable reserving stock for selected products, categories, and user roles. You can also set a limit for the time an item is reserved.</p>
<p>Once a reserve time is complete, the product will be automatically removed from the Cart. The reserved stock will be released. You can communicate stock statuses to customers with customizable messages about the current reserved stock count, reserve time, and more.</p>
<p>It’s a must-have extension for merchants selling rare products and those who want to avoid orders above their current stock quantity. By showing a stock reserve count and timer, you can create urgency, so customers purchase quickly.</p>
<h2><strong>Features</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>When you add a product to the Cart, stock quantities are reduced or reserved</li>
<li>Rule-based management enables reserving stock for specific products, categories, and user roles</li>
<li>Allow customers to reserve stock for a limited time</li>
<li>Show a timer on the cart page to keep your customer informed</li>
<li>Automatically removes the products from carts when the reserve timer runs out</li>
<li>Displays a reserved stock count and a timer on product and shop pages</li>
<li>Customize reserve stock messages as per your business needs</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Frontend working flow</strong></p>
<p>The extension interacts with your customers to keep them informed of the stock reserve status and waiting time if all stock is reserved. You can customize these messages in General settings.</p>
<p><strong>Create multiple stock reserve rules:</strong></p>
<p>You can create multiple rules to add different stock reserve settings for various products, categories, and user roles.</p>
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<h3><strong>Create multiple stock reserve rules</strong></h3>
<p>You can create multiple rules to add different stock reserve settings for various products, categories, and user roles.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734001761860" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reserve-stock-rules-list.png" alt="" width="980" height="417" /></p>
<p>While creating a new stock reserve rule, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable for all or specific user roles</li>
<li>Apply it to specific products and categories</li>
<li>Customize stock reserve time in minutes or hours</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734001761861" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reserve-stock-rule-detail-.png" alt="" width="980" height="1054" /></p>
<h3><strong>Customize stock messages</strong></h3>
<p>The extension includes multiple customizable stock-related messages to keep your customers informed and avoid bad user experiences.</p>
<ul>
<li>General stock reserve message</li>
<li>Reserved timer displayed on the Cart page</li>
<li>When some stock is reserved</li>
<li>When the entire stock is reserved</li>
<li>When a customer removes an item from the Cart when time expires</li>
<li>Error messages on add-to-cart when stock is reserved</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734001761889" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reserve-Stock-messages.png" alt="" width="980" height="1186" /></p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</p>

Reserve Stock

<p>Reserve inventory for a limited time, for customers with items in their carts, with the Reserve Stock for WooCommerce extension.</p>

<h2>Top Features:</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Add multiple and unlimited stores by location</li>
<li>Display products based on the store selected by customers</li>
<li>Automatically show the nearest store based on the user’s location (GPS)</li>
<li>Enable a widget on all shop pages for store selection</li>
<li>Allow users to change the store through the cart form</li>
<li>Customers can pinpoint the delivery address location on Google Maps</li>
<li>Set specific product prices, stock quantities, and payment methods for each store</li>
<li>Set fixed or flexible shipping charges based on distance</li>
<li>Option to assign stores to shop managers</li>
<li>Provide access to orders to shop managers of their assigned shops</li>
<li>Enable distance rate shipping for multiple stores</li>
<li>Admin can filter orders by specific store</li>
<li>Global settings for admin to set the same price or stock quantity of any product across all stores</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Important Note:</strong><br />
Multi Store Manager does not merge, import or connect different eCommerce sites/stores into a WooCommerce site. It allows you to add/create and manage stores with different locations within a single WooCommerce site. However, If you want to connect multiple WooCommerce sites/stores in a single store then, you can purchase our<a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/connect-manage-multiple-stores/"> Connect and Manage Multiple Stores for WooCommerce</a>.</p>
<h2>Feature Details:</h2>
<h3><b>Add Unlimited Stores by Location</b></h3>
<p>Multi-Store Manager extension empowers you to add and manage unlimited stores on WooCommerce. Each store has its own location pinpointed through Google Maps integration.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933195" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Add-Unlimited-Stores-by-Location22.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="425" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933198" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Add-Unlimited-Stores-by-Location-.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="435" /></p>
<h3><b>Display Products by Store</b></h3>
<p>This extension displays products based on a selected store, where each store may contain the same or different products. It enables a sticky widget on shop, product, cart, and checkout pages for store selection so that customers can select the store from which they want to purchase the product. They can also change the store during checkout through the cart form.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933245" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Change-Store-on-shop-page.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="475" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933251" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Display-Products-by-Store.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="435" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933254" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Change-Store-on-Cart-Page.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="483" /></p>
<h3><b>Auto Displays Nearest Store</b></h3>
<p>WooCommerce Multi-Store Manager extension provides you the option to display the nearest store to customers on their first visit based on GPS location.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933293" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Highlight-Nearest-Store-Automatically.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="463" /></p>
<h3><b>Assign Store to Manager</b></h3>
<p>With the Multi-Store Manager for WooCommerce, you can assign each store to your store managers to delegate responsibilities for efficient store management. Store managers can gain control over products, inventory, prices, stock status, and shipping classes of the designated stores. You can also provide them access to orders so they can manage the orders of their assigned stores respectively.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933202" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Assign-Store-to-Manager.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="432" /></p>
<h3><b>Each Store Settings</b></h3>
<p>This extension auto-synchronizes all products from the default store to newly created stores. However, you can set different prices, stock quantities, and shipping classes for the same products in all stores. It also enables you to set specific payment methods for each store to manage payments easily.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933211" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Each-Store-Settings.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="349" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933213" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Each-Store-Settings-manages-new.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="406" /></p>
<h3><b>Distance Rate Shipping</b></h3>
<p>You can enable distance rate shipping for multiple stores with the Multi-Store Manager for WooCommerce extension. It enables a button on the cart and checkout pages, so customers can pinpoint the delivery address location on Google Maps. The extension calculates the distance and shipping rate seamlessly based on the selected store location by customers.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933268" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/change-store-on-checkout-page.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="487" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933221" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Customers-Address-on-Google-Map.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="483" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933260" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/distance-rate-shipping-cart-page.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="796" /></p>
<h3>Set fixed or Flexible Shipping Charges</h3>
<p>You can set either fixed or flexible shipping charges based on the distance in kilometers.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933470" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Distance-fix-and-perkilometar-based.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="423" /></p>
<h3><b>Global Product Settings</b></h3>
<p>This feature simplifies management tasks by allowing you to set the same price or stock quantity for any product across all stores effortlessly. This saves time by eliminating the need to change prices individually for each store.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933226" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Global-Product-Settings.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="439" /></p>
<h3><b>Filter Orders by Store</b></h3>
<p>This feature makes it easy for you to filter orders by specific stores in the orders section. You can find orders for specific stores quickly and efficiently.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005933228" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Filter-Orders-by-Store-new.png" alt="woocommerce multi store manager plugin" width="980" height="355" /></p>
<h2>Advantages:</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Ideal extension for businesses who have multiple stores in different locations of the country or outside the country, facilitating seamless management across diverse geographical regions..</li>
<li>Admin can display and manage all the stores at one place, enhancing operational efficiency and control.</li>
<li>Admin can assign the stores to different store managers to delegate the responsibility and efficient store management.</li>
<li>Global product settings is a time saving feature as admin do not have to visit each store setting to change the price/stock if they want uniform pricing.</li>
</ul>

Multi Store Manager

<p>Add unlimited stores by location, assign to managers, manage prices, stock, payment methods, and orders separately for each shop.</p>

Reserve Stock vs Multi Store Manager