<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p>While creating a new stock reserve rule, you can:</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>

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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>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/warranty-and-returns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View documentation</a></h4>
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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>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/my-account/create-a-ticket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get support</a></h4>
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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>

Reserve Stock vs Returns and Warranty Requests