Plan pre-sales for upcoming products
YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce Premium helps you create a pre-sales system for products that are not yet available or are temporarily unavailable. It is designed for shops that want to collect pre-orders, build interest around a release, and organize the customer experience from the initial order through product availability.
The plugin lets you present a pre-order action instead of the regular purchase action and manage release dates for products. With the Premium edition, you can extend that workflow with more control over who may pre-order, how prices and fees are handled, and when customers receive payment or status notifications.
Advanced pre-order controls
- Enable pre-order mode automatically for all unavailable or out-of-stock products.
- Hide pre-order prices from unregistered users.
- Allow only selected users or user roles to place pre-orders.
- Charge an additional fee for each pre-order, such as a fixed fee added to orders containing a pre-order product.
- Offer free shipping for products purchased in pre-order mode.
These controls can help you shape different pre-sale policies for your shop. You can make pre-order access more selective, add a separate charge for the service, or use shipping incentives when customers commit before release.
Payment choices for pre-orders
Premium provides options for handling payment around product availability. Customers can manually pay when the product becomes available through the Pay Later option at checkout. If you use a supported payment gateway, the product price can also be charged automatically to the customer’s credit card upon release.
The available payment approach can be selected to match the way your shop manages upcoming products. The source information also describes charging the product price when the customer places the pre-order, so review the configured payment behavior carefully before publishing a pre-order product.
Notifications for customers and administrators
Additional notifications help keep both sides informed during a longer pre-order process. Administrators can receive notices when pre-order mode is enabled for an unavailable product and when a product release date is approaching. Customers can receive messages when a release date changes and reminders about pending payment.
This makes the plugin useful for product launches, limited availability announcements, and items that need a scheduled release. Customers can place their pre-order with clearer expectations, while administrators have more points at which to monitor the process.
Practical workflow
- Choose the products that should use pre-order mode, or enable the automatic unavailable-product option.
- Set the release or availability date and configure the pre-order price or payment behavior.
- Decide whether access should be limited to particular users or roles.
- Configure any extra fee, free-shipping rule, and customer payment option.
- Review the administrator and customer notifications before making the product available for pre-order.
Installation and setup
Install and activate YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce Premium in your WordPress shop, then configure the pre-order settings for the products you want to sell in advance. Before launch, check the selected payment gateway if you plan to charge cards automatically upon release, since that option is available only with a supported gateway.
