Description
Magento 2 Pre Order Extension allows merchants to sell products before they are available. Customers can place orders for upcoming, pre-launch, or out-of-stock items without waiting for inventory to arrive.
The extension supports registered customers and guest users. It works with simple, configurable, grouped, bundle, virtual, and downloadable products. Admins can choose from full payment, partial payment, or pay-on-release options. This gives shoppers more flexibility while helping merchants secure sales early.
Magento 2 Inventory Reservation Extension enables customers to reserve products by paying a full or partial amount in advance, allowing merchants to secure sales and fulfill orders as soon as the products are back in stock or become available.
Adobe Commerce Back Order Extension enables backorders when all available pre-order quantities have been sold out, allowing store owners to continue accepting additional customer orders beyond the pre-order limit.
Additionally, the module includes a notification feature that sends an automated email directly to the customer's inbox. Customers receive updates for pre-order confirmations, availability date changes, product releases, payment reminders, back-in-stock alerts, restock notifications, and order cancellations.
Apart from that, if you want customers to receive an email notification when an out-of-stock product becomes in stock, then you can check Magento 2 Out of Stock Notification.
Important Note -
- Partial payment info is visible on the product page and the cart page only when the admin enables partial payments from the configurations.
- For the configurable, bundle, and grouped products admin needs to add its associate product in the preorder state.
- All product types and MSI-compatible modules 3.0.0 will not show old preorder version data. If you purchase any previous version, it will not be compatible with all types of products and MSI.
Highlighted features of Magento 2 Pre Order Module
Sell Upcoming Products
Sell and accept orders for upcoming products.
Analyze New Product Demand
Analyze customer demand and initial sales of the products.
Advance Booking
Pay in advance and book items to guarantee assured delivery.
Receive Advance Payment
Accept partial or full payment for pre-order products.
Show Arrival Date
Specify the product availability date.
Email Notification
Notify customers when a pre-ordered product is available.
Custom Message on Pre Order Page
The admin can set a custom message as required on the Pre Order Product page.
Compatible With Hyva Theme
Magento 2 Pre Order Extension is fully compatible with the Hyva Theme.
Why Do We Need Magento 2 Pre Order?
Launching a new product can be risky because it’s hard to know how much customers will want it. Default systems in Magento 2 do not let stores track demand before a product is available. This makes it hard to plan inventory and can lead to overstock or stockouts.
Magento 2 Pre Order Extension solves this problem. It lets customers reserve products before launch, giving merchants real data on demand. This helps stores plan stock better and reduce risks.
Customers benefit too. They can secure popular items early and get updates while waiting for release. Trusted by leading online stores, pre-order tools help businesses plan smarter and sell more efficiently.
If you would also like to have a tip system functionality on the store which can be used by customers to tip the delivery person, then you can check the Magento 2 Order Tip extension.
Use Cases
Product Pre-Launch Sales
Accept orders for upcoming products before they are officially available.
Demand Validation
Measure customer interest before investing in inventory or production.
Pre-Launch Campaigns
Generate excitement and early sales before a product release.
Inventory Planning
Use pre-order data to forecast demand and optimize stock levels.
Customer Notifications
Keep customers updated with automated pre-order email alerts.
Seasonal Products
Capture orders early for seasonal or limited-time items.
Pre-Order Payment - Full or Partial
The Magento 2 Pre Order module is useful for the products that are about to be launched or not available in the store. So, the customers can pay in advance and book their items to guarantee assured delivery. The admin can configure the module for the proper workflow like -
- Enable the pre order products feature for the products.
- Define payment for pre-orders for the customers – Full Payment or Partial Payment.
- Set the percentage amount of the product’s price to be paid by the customers if payment for pre-orders is a partial payment type.
- Configure a custom message displayed on the pre-order product page.
- Can even charge the pre-order additional fee by defining the additional fee calculation type as fixed or percentage.
- Define the maximum allowed quantity for the customers to purchase the pre-order (Backorder) products.
Show Custom Note & Product Availability Date
The module works with simple, virtual, and configurable products. On the product page, the customer will see various information about pre-ordering the product, such as:
- Partial Payment Info - The partial amount of the product’s price needs to be paid by the customer.
- Pre-order Custom Message - Custom message for displaying additional information for the customer.
- Product Availability Date - Date of pre-order product availability.
- Pre Order Button - Button to place an order for the pre-order product.
Note - The pre-order product should have the pre-order option set to 'Yes'.
Completing Partial Payment PreOrder (Backorder)
- Registered and guest users both can place pre-orders successfully.
- The customer can place the pre-order either by making the full payment or partial payment as per the configuration.
- On the product page, the customers can view the pre-order payment information.
- For the full payment, the customer will make the full payment including the shipping cost, and place the order.
- And, when the product is available, the customer receives an email notification.
- But in partial payment, the customer first pays some percentage of the product’s price plus the shipping cost.
- And, when the product is available, the customer receives an email notification for making the remaining payment using the second-order ID.
Add Pre-Order Items & Products in Shopping Cart
The customers can add pre-order products and non-pre-order products to the single cart successfully. After adding the product to the shopping cart, the customer can see the following details about the pre-order:
- Type - The type can be preordered as the product.
- Payment Type - The preorder type can be partial or full payment for preordering the product.
- Pre-order Percent - Partial amount percentage of the product’s price configured by the admin.
Note: The customer can place the same order multiple times for a particular pre-order product.
Completing Pre Order
- Placing the order by the customer will not reduce the inventory.
- The product inventory will decrease only when the admin completes the pre-order.
- When the product will be available, the customer will get an email notification for completing the order and paying the remaining amount.
- The customer will not pay the shipping charge at the time of pre-order (backorder) completion.
- The customer cannot update the quantity of the pre-ordered products on the shopping cart page.
- Once the order is placed, the customer can view the pre-order information “My Orders” section.
View Pre Orders List
The admin can view all pre-orders placed by customers along with complete order details. The module also allows the admin to select multiple orders and send email notifications in bulk.
- The admin can easily identify pre-orders and regular orders using the Order Type column.
- The global order list includes an Order Type filter to display only pre-order orders.
- A dedicated section is available to view all customer pre-orders.
- The admin can view details such as Order ID, Purchase Date, Product Name, Customer Name, Customer Email, Paid Amount, Remaining Amount, Pre-order Type, and Pre-order Status.
- The admin can manually notify customers when the product becomes available.
- Bulk email notifications can be sent to selected pre-orders.
Note - If an invoice is not generated for a pre-order, the customer will not receive the Product Availability notification. Therefore, the admin must create the invoice after receiving the pre-order payment.
Note - This Pre Order Magento 2 module does not apply to version 3.0.0. Magento 2 BackOrder supports simple, configurable, grouped, bundle, virtual, and downloadable products.
Pre-Order Analytics and Reports
The Pre-Order Reports & Analytics Dashboard shows all your pre-order data in one place. It gives you a clear view of sales, revenue, customers, and product performance.
Use the dashboard to track pre-order activity, find popular products, understand customer trends, and make better business decisions with real-time data.
- View all pre-order data from a single dashboard.
- Track pre-order sales, revenue, and customer activity.
- Monitor the performance of individual products.
- Switch between summary and detailed reports using tabs.
- Filter report data to find specific information quickly.
- Export reports for analysis and record keeping.
Pre-Order Campaign Management
Pre-Order Campaign Management feature allows admins to create and manage time-limited pre-order campaigns. Multiple products can be grouped under a single campaign to run promotions more effectively.
Use campaigns to organize pre-order promotions, track their performance, and manage multiple products from one place.
- Add, edit, or delete campaigns.
- Group multiple products under a single campaign.
- View key metrics such as active campaigns, total products, total pre-orders, and revenue.
- Compare campaign performance with the time.
- Save campaigns as Active or Draft.
Pre-Order Badges & Visual Merchandising
Pre-Order Badges & Visual Merchandising lets you add eye-catching badges to your storefront. These badges help shoppers quickly identify pre-order, backorder, and limited-availability products.
Use visual badges to highlight product availability, improve product visibility, and help customers make faster purchasing decisions.
- Display badges for pre-order, backorder, and limited-availability products.
- Customize badge colors using the built-in color picker.
- Choose where badges appear on product images.
- Adjust badge size to match your storefront design.
- Enable or disable individual badge types as needed.
- Improve product visibility with clear visual indicators.
Pre-Order Email Configuration
Pre-Order Email Configuration feature lets you manage all pre-order email templates from a single admin page. You can customize, preview, and test emails before sending them to customers.
Use this feature to maintain consistent branding, customize email content for different pre-order events, and ensure emails display correctly before they are sent.
- View all pre-order email scenarios in one place.
- Check whether each email uses a default or custom template.
- Assign custom templates to individual email scenarios.
- Customize email content and branding for different notifications.
- Preview emails with sample data before publishing.
- Send test emails to verify the appearance and content in a real inbox.
Compatible With MSI Feature
Make the pre-order process for the customers faster and more efficient, and save their time by speeding up the delivery process.
- This can be done by getting the products from the nearest source or inventory.
- Magento 2 MSI allows showing the stock availability to the customers according to the nearest sources.
- The admin can create multiple sources and add stock availability according to the sources.
- Further customers can pre-order the products on the front end and that will get delivered to them from the nearest source.
Complete Features List for Magento 2 BackOrder
- Buyers can pre-order products.
- Magento 2 backorder module also supports the product with custom options.
- Admin can set a custom message to display on the preorder product page.
- Admin can set preorder status and availability dates.
- Using Magento 2 Pre Order modules customers can pay the full or partial payment.
- Set the custom percentage or, fixed partial amount to pay for pre-ordering.
- Customers can receive an automatic email notification when a product is made available in the store and removed from the PreOrder state.
- Customer can also order preorder product with normal product.
- Customer can also order two preorder product at once.
- Customers can see pre-order listing from separate section.
- Admin can display Free Preorder notes to customers.
- Admin can enable or disable auto-enable pre-order when product goes out of stock.
- Admin can auto-disable pre-order when product comes back in stock.
- Admin can globally set stock threshold for pre-order.
- Admin can set full-payment pre-order label from both global and product-level settings.
- Admin can set partial-payment and pay-on-release pre-order labels from both global and product-level settings.
- Admin can enable/disable show countdown timer on pdp.
- Admin can set countdown label.
- Admins can allow or prevent customers from canceling pre-orders.
- Admins can allow or prevent customers to edit shipping address before release.
- Admin can set cutoff days for pre-order cancel and shipping address edit.
- Admin can enable/disable backorder mode for pre-order.
- Admins can set the backorder label globally or at the product level.
- Admin can enable or disable preorder banner visibility on cart page.
- Admins can allow or restrict customer groups from placing pre-orders.
- Admins can allow or prevent guest users from placing pre-orders.
- Admins can set a default maximum pre-order quantity per product.
- Admins can set a default maximum pre-order quantity per customer.
- Admins can set a low pre-order slot warning threshold.
- Admin can see pre-order reports.
- Admin can see pre-order notification reports.
- Admin can create discounts & promotions campaigns for their stores.
- Badges and Visual merchandising feature for admin and customers.
- Separate email configuration section for admins.
- Multi-Lingual support / All language working including RTL.
- The code is fully open & you can customize it according to your need.
Huawei Case Study - Online Inventory Management
Dealing with product unavailability is a challenge faced by every other retailer and online seller.
No matter, how reliable is the flow of goods and materials, your supply chain management can get affected due to many controllable or uncontrollable reasons.
Read Huawei Kuwait Case Study to know, this leading smartphone manufacturer handles pre-sale orders and online inventory to serve its Middle-East consumers.
TrainWorld- Advanced Inventory Management for the Ultimate Model Train Store's Pre-Orders
Trainworld company stands tall as a prominent multi-channel retail and direct marketing enterprise. With half a century of experience in the training industry, it has emerged as the unrivaled champion of online model train stores.
Trainworld sought customization from Webkul for pre-order functionality in their Adobe Commerce-based platform. They aim to offer customers the ability to purchase unreleased model trains, pay upfront, and have orders shipped upon availability. Pre-order tabs will facilitate this process.
- TrainWorld managing their eCommerce store on Adobe Commerce.
- Webkul's customization allowed TrainWorld to implement a seamless pre-order process.
- With the custom development, TrainWorld's customers can now pay in advance for pre-order products.
- By offering a dedicated Pre-Order tab and different categories for pre-order products.
- TrainWorld can provide a user-friendly experience for customers to find and purchase pre-order items easily.
- Webkul's customization included a feature to complete pre-orders in bulk, enabling TrainWorld's team to efficiently manage and process a large number of pre-orders.
- Read the complete TrainWorld case study to know more.
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