Pre-Order option on stock

Comments: 18

• 14 Nov, '18
  Lewis Merged

  This would be really useful!

• 01 Dec, '18
  Steve Jarvis Merged

  Already do this.
  
  View a pre-order product www.figureland.co.uk it just gets changed from out of stock by adding a quantity of stock and then choosing Pre-Order as the main category and the date of arrival is shown.
  
  As soon as the main category Pre-Order is chosen, the words Out of Stock auto changes to Pre-Order.
  
  However, I have requested for a new option to have a date shown near the top that is editable with a calendar because you can only put a date in the products description using text.

• 15 Jan, '19
  Lynne

  This would help me also. I handmake my items & it would help to know that someone could pre-order certain items which would give me time to order in materials. It would need to be a function which we can switch on or off for each product only, as some of my items are unique.

• 16 Apr, '19
  Kate Worthington

  This would be very useful as we order from the US and do not like to under or over order.

• 16 Apr, '19
  Kate Worthington Merged

  This would be very useful as we order from the US and do not like to under or over order.

• 17 Apr, '19
  Gareth Royston Merged

  Would be great to have the pre order function, I am losing out to competitors who offer pre orders, basically to order items in advance and only pay a deposit, and then the customer pays a final amount when it is ready for shipping as people would prefer not to pay 100% of the item cost upfront when the item could be out in a few months.
  At the moment, I am including release dates on items available for pre order, but charging the full value.

• 20 May, '19
  Mark Lane Merged

  Especially useful if the product is a new one that is being launched and you need to know what to order for launch date.

• 09 Aug, '19
  Thomas Stephenson Merged

  This can be done by changing the out of stock option to visible, the item displays out of stock then buy still allows customers to add to cart and order, you simply then change the text to state Out of Stock, Pre order now for example

• 15 Aug, '19
  Dima Merged

  Thanks Steve and Thomas, yes that's a good way to do it, however it's a work around rather then a long term and robust solution. I would like EKM to develop an option where I can select it and insert the arrival date/ time and once it has arrived I just need to confirm and convert it into inventory. Most platforms have this option and don't think it's a complex development for EKM team.

• 10 Sept, '19
  Gemma Shields Merged

  Be able to display a date that the product is back in stock

• 11 Sept, '19
  Rebecca Merged

  This can be achieved using attributes and a tweak

• 16 Sept, '19
  barry clark Merged

  100% yes, this must be easy to do

• 24 Jun, '20
  Eve Bolan Admin

  "Pre Order functionality " (suggested by Dima on 2018-10-30), including upvotes (59) and comments (7), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Jun, '20
  Eve Bolan Admin

  "Back in stock due date" (suggested by Tam on 2019-09-08), including upvotes (9) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Jun, '20
  Eve Bolan Admin

  "Display a 'back in stock' date on out of stock products." (suggested by Gemma Shields on 2019-09-10), including upvotes (12) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.

• 16 Nov, '21
  Jack

  This would be a key feature with current delays in manufacturing and production due to Covid

• 24 Dec, '21
  Arvind

  This feature needs to work by product variant ... for example, some variants may be in stock (available to buy now), others out of stock (not available to pre-order), others out of stock (available to pre-order)

• 08 Feb, '22
  Richard

  This would be incredible - really looking forward to this feature :)