WooCommerce Pre Orders Plugin allow you can sell pre-orders for products and services in your WooCommerce store.Pre-Orders can be charged up front or when the pre-order is available by setting an optional date and time when the pre-order will be available.
Installation
Important: firstly, you have to download and activate the WooCommerce plugin, which is mandatory for YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce to be working.
If the WooCommerce plugin is active, you will just need to activate the plugin YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce.
Configuration
YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce will add a new tab called “Pre-Order” inside the YITH Plugins menu item. There you are able to configure all the plugin
settings.
- Unzip the downloaded zip file.
- Upload the plugin folder into the
wp-content/plugins/
directory of your WordPress site. - Activate
YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce
from Plugins page.
General settings
Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Pre-Orders.
- Add to Cart Button Text – This controls the Add to Cart button text for products with pre-orders enabled on both the shop loop and single product pages.
- Place Order Button Text – This controls the text shown on the Place Order button on the checkout/pay pages for orders containing a pre-order product so a more appropriate message, such as Place Pre-Order Now can be displayed, rather than Place Order
- Single Product Page Message – This controls the message shown below the price on the single product page. Use
{availability_date}
and{availability_time}
to represent the product’s availability date and time. This is a global setting and applies to all products with pre-orders enabled.
How you can benefit from WooCommerce Pre Orders Plugin
- You will benefit from the scarcity principle and use the plugin as a marketing tool to trigger in your users the desire to get a product;
- Will quickly increase your incomes by giving a compelling offer to those purchasing a pre-order product;
- You will generate sales also for not available products preventing users from searching and buying them on a different site (just like Amazon does).
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