Hot to set a product as “pre-order”

To create a pre-order type of product, go to WooCommerce > Add Product.

Now, scrolling down to Product Data, you will find the “Set as Pre-Order” option, right by Virtual and Downloadable:

Now a new tab called Pre-Order will be created, including all of the options related to this plugin:

Use For sale date option to set the date and time for the end of the pre-order period.

Customize the text of the pre-order button for the product, thanks to the “Pre-Order Label” option. In case you don’t customize it, the default one will displayed, which can be customizable in Label Settings in YITH Plugins > Pre-Order.

And this is what your pre-order product will look like in the product page:

The plugin supports variable products and allows managing the pre-order status differently for each product variation.

Let’s see how to do it.

Select the variation you want to configure and set the pre-order status through the related checkbox, as shown in the image.

Now, the new options added to the variation show and let you configure the pre-order status.

In the variation, you can set:

• for sale date: set the date when the product will be for sale
• pre-order label: label to show for the selected variation on the pre-order button
• price: you can set the pre-order product price in three different ways
  • fixed: the pre-order product price will be in the same amount of the specified value
  • Discount the selling price: the pre-order product is purchasable with a discount (by setting the value) on the selling price
  • Markup the selling price: the pre-order product is purchasable with a markup on the selling price.

To show the corresponding label for variable pre-order products,  you’ll need to enable the option in “Label settings” which you will find in the general plugins settings menu.

Note: only if all variable options are set as “pre-order” the label will be shown.