Test your preorder offer
Testing a preorder offer on your Shopify store ensures everything works smoothly before making it available to your customers. Follow these steps to identify the product, set up the preorder offer, complete a checkout, and verify the order in Stoq’s reports. Prepare for testing Method 1: Using a 100% Discount Code Access Discount Section: In your Shopify admin, go to Discounts. Create Discount: Click on Create discount and select Discount code. Setup DiscouPopularAutomatically place all fulfillments on hold if order contains preorder product
Handling orders that contain both preorder and in-stock products can be complex. Typically, Shopify assigns an "on hold" status to preorder items, but not to in-stock products, which can result in mixed fulfillment statuses within the same order. This setup complicates efforts to ship all items together. Fortunately, with the Shopify Flow app, you can now easily set the entire order on hold, ensuring everything ships at the same time.Some readersEnable 'Continue selling when out of stock' setting in Shopify
Offering products for pre-order can be a great strategy to manage inventory and gauge customer interest, especially for new products or those temporarily out of stock. Shopify makes this possible with the "Continue Selling When Out of Stock" feature, which allows you to keep selling products even when your inventory hits zero. This article will guide you through the steps to enable this setting in your Shopify admin.Some readersGet started with Preorders
Offering preorders can be a game-changer for your online business. It allows you to generate sales even before your products are physically in stock. This article guides you through the 4 steps of the onboarding flow to help you set up preorders, ensuring you can start capitalizing on customer demand right away. Enable the App Embed (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f69b1402a211d800/imSome readersBulk Release fulfillment for orders with on hold fulfilment status
Typically, Shopify assigns an "on hold" status to preorder items which can result in an on hold fulfilment status. To release the fulfilment in bulk, with the Shopify Flow app, you can now easily set orders as unfulfilled fulfilment status by setting up a workflow. Please make sure to install the "Shopify flow" app from the App Store to create the workflow automation. How to set it up Navigate to your Shopify admin and select "Flow" from the left menu bar. Click on 'Create WorkfloFew readersShow payment widget and discounts for preorder products
Stoq now allows customers to see the payment types and discounts available directly on the product page. This visibility helps inform customers about their purchasing options and potential savings, enhancing transparency and encouraging preorder commitments. How to enable Navigate to your dashboard and click on 'Preorders' from the left menu bar. Select 'Edit Offer' for the product you want to update. Click on the 'Payment' tab within your offer settings. Toggle on "Show PayFew readersA Portal for customers to cancel their Preorders
At Restock Rocket, we are committed to providing your customers with a seamless shopping experience. That's why we've introduced a new feature that allows customers to cancel their entire order directly through the preorder confirmation or shipping update email, anytime before the order is fulfilled. Enable the Settings: Navigate to Stoq: Log in to your Shopify navigate to Stoq dashboard and select 'Preorders'. Email Settings: Go to the 'Email' section and click 'Customize email'.Few readersPreorder Limit
Stoq allows merchants to set pre-order limits for their products, giving you control over the quantity available for pre-order. This feature ensures that you can manage your inventory effectively by specifying the maximum number of units you wish to sell as pre-orders. This feature helps prevents overselling, allowing you to maintain your inventory flow well. What Happens Once the Pre-order Limit is Reached Once the pre-order limit is reached, the app will automatically stop showing the pFew readersSend confirmation email for preorders
Using STOQ, you can send confirmation emails for every preorder product purchase. These emails confirm the transaction details and provide essential information such as payment and shipping data, enhancing customer communication and satisfaction. Confirmation emails can be either setup to sent automatically on placing an order or send manually for more than one order from the "Reports -Preorder" section. How to enable sending preorder confirmation emails automatically Within the STOQFew readersSend shipping delay email for preorders
If a preorder product is delayed, it's important to keep your customers informed. Using STOQ, you can easily send a shipping update email to the customers who have purchased the delayed product in bulk or individually. Here's how you can do it. Go to the "Reports" section from the left menu bar of the 'Stoq' app. Select the "Preorders" tab. Send shipping delay email in bulk Select one or more preorders that you wish to send the shipping delay email to and click on "Send shipping upFew readersDelete a Preorder offer
If you find yourself with too many Preorders offers, or if you've created an offer by mistake, it's important to know how to remove it. This guide will walk you through the steps to delete an offer Navigate to the Offer Section: Log into your store’s dashboard and go to Stoq. Click on 'Preorders' and then select 'Offers' to view the list of all current offers. 'Edit' the offer that you want to delete (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f69b1402a211d800/image1jqrg8Few readersAdd & customize Pre-Order badges
Stoq allows you to add and customize a "Pre-order" badge, which highlights items currently available for pre-order. This badge helps customers quickly identify products that are not yet in stock but can be ordered in advance, enabling you to maintain a consistent style and improve the customer experience by clearly indicating which items can be pre-ordered. How to Customize the Pre-order Badge To aFew readersSet up Preorder offers for in-stock products
To sell preorders, merchants needed to use out of stock products and ‘Continue selling when out of stock’ was required to be enabled. With in-stock Preorders, it is no longer required. Preorders can be sold on in-stock variants (inventory 0). How it works: If a preorder offer is configured for the product and the product is in-stock, the “Preorder” button will appear If the product goes out of stock, the “Preorder” button will not appear. How to set up: Create a Preorder offerFew readersCollect single or bulk final preorder payments in Stoq
Stoq now supports collecting preorder payments within the app. You can also collect payments in bulk instead of manually collecting remaining payment for every preorder in Shopify.Few readersSet up Preorder offers in other languages
In the world of e-commerce, catering to a global audience means communicating in various languages. Stoq app understands this need and allows you to set up Preorder offers in multiple languages. This feature helps to ensure that your store communicates effectively with customers from different linguistic backgrounds, enhancing their shopping experience. Stoq provides translations in over 17 languages. How to set up Preorder offers in other languages Head to 'Settings' from the left menuFew readersShow preorder offer information in cart, checkout, thank you and admin pages
Merchants can now show preorder offer information using STOQ in cart, checkout, thank you and admin pages. This information is shown using Line item properties that are attached to the product when added to cart. The same properties when enabled, can also be picked up by other apps to show additional information such as printing the order and offer details on a packing slip. Currently, the following properties can be attached for all offers: Offer Name Offer Description Offer FulfillmFew readersShow and customize discounted price for preorders on product pages
STOQ now supports showing discounted price of a preorder product on the product page by striking the original price. This works with all currencies, markets, and discount types. You can also customize the format of discounted price. How to setup discounted price Go to Preorders Edit Add a discount amount or percentage (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/f69b1402a211d800/imageFew readersShopify Markets support for preorders (non-product pages)
STOQ now supports using Shopify markets enabling merchants to sell in multiple markets and also enable pre-order button on non-product pages like home, search, quick buy, featured product, and collection pages. How to configure Shopify Markets Go to "Preorders Pages Shopify Markets". Turn on "Market-based preorders". Select a market and a location that holds inventory for the produFew readersSearch offers by offer name or linked products
Merchants can now search offers by offer name or products linked to an offer. This will help merchants to quickly navigate through offers or a product that's available in multiple offers. Go to Preorders. Use the search bar to search either by offer name or product name and hit "Enter". App will show you the offers that match the query. Click "Reset" to see the full list of offers andFew readersSell preorders on all out of stock products
Now, you can now set up STOQ to sell preorders for all products on your store. As soon as a product goes out of stock and “Continue selling” is enabled, STOQ will track the product and automatically turn it to preorder. This means you get more sales from products even when they are out of stock. To set it up, follow the steps below. Sell preorders on all out of stock products Open STOQ Go to Preorders Add new offer (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/6/9/b/f69Few readersSell preorders based on location filters
Using STOQ's "Location" feature, merchants can easily manage preorders on non-product pages and stores having inventory for preorder products on more than one location. How to setup Location filters for Preorders Go to "Preorders Pages Locations" Turn on "Location Filters" and select the locations tied to your online store to use for preorders. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/6/9Few readers