Pre-Order option on stock

214 votes

Ability for customers to order a product that is not currently in stock but will be on a given date in the future. So rather than a stock value of "n" as currently, we can have a stock value of "y" with a pre-order date. So customers know they can buy early and in advance of the stock arriving with the retailer.

Planned Features New Functionality Suggested by: RCToyWorld (08 Jan, '19) • Upvoted: 22 Mar • Comments: 20

Comments: 20

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 :)
05 May, '23
Walid
I absolutely agree and vote for the option
24 May, '23
Phil
The ability to choose which button you want for the individual product from add to cart/preorder etc. Each option could have a different colour so easily stands out, maybe on the attributes page for the product.