Pre-Order Manager

Pre-Order Manager Quickstart Guide

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How to Enable Pre-Order?

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Why is the Pre-Order button not showing?

Please make sure you follow the steps listed here.

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Disable Pre-Order when Quantity Limits is reached or Schedule Date Expires

You can setup your pre-order to turn off automatically when quantity limits are reached or when the pre-order schedule date is expired.

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Enhanced Product Filters

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Default Settings and Custom Settings

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Turning On Pre-Order Badges (BETA)

Learn how to apply pre-order badges onto Pre-Order products.

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Different Pre-Order Status

Definition of different pre-order statuses

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Limit the Quantity Available for Pre-Order

You can setup the quantity limits for Pre-Order products.

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Enable Pre-Order by Countries

By default, pre-order is turned on for all countries. You can however, turn on pre-order for specific countries only.

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Buy Now Button

The Buy Now button will be automatically hidden when Pre-Order is turned on

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Scheduling Pre-Order in Advance

Learn how to schedule Pre-Order to start and end in advance

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Notifying Customers about Partial Pre-Orders

How to notify customers when part of their orders are pre-orders

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Why does the Pre-Order status shows "Stop selling policy"?

The "Continue selling when out of stock" option in the main Products page is untick.

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Applying Discounts to Pre-Order Products

You can apply discounts to Pre-Order products

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Can you provide us with API of Pre-Order Manager?

We currently do not provide our app's API for external parties.

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Pre-Order Terms and Conditions

Learn how to add a Terms and Conditions section and an optional "I Agree" checkbox on your Pre-Order items.

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Pre-Order Manager Dashboard

The dashboard is designed to display Pre-Order related information like top selling products and announcements.

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Setting the Date/Time Format Display for Coming Soon

You can customize how you want to display the date format for Coming Soon products

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How to use Coming Soon in Pre-Order Manager?

Learn how to setup the Coming Soon feature in Pre-Order Manager

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Coming Soon Button and Message Design

Learn how to configure the design as well as the message of the Coming Soon feature.

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Setting Up the Notify Me

You can notify customers by email when the products or variants are restocked or back in stock. Learn how to Setup this feature here.

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How does the Notify Me feature work?

Notify Me email notifications will trigger automatically when the inventory an out of stock product/variant is updated to be > 0.

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Email Status

The email status notify you if an email is successfully been sent.

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Is the Notify Me feature available in other languages?

It is currently only available in English

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How long does it take for customers to receive the Notify Me email?

It will take not more than 35 minutes during peak hours for the emails to be sent to the customer's Inbox.

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Is the Notify Me feature compatible with Third Party Email Client (e.g Klaviyo, Mailchimp)?

he Notify My feature is currently in Beta version and is not compatible with any third party email client.

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Will the Notify Me stop sending email notifications for future restocks?

No, the Notify Me feature will not stop sending future notifications once the first notification is sent.

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Why is the Notify Me button not showing at my store?

Please ensure your product/variant is = 0 and Notify Me is enabled

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Bulk Enable/Disable Pre-Order for Multiple Products

You can enable/disable pre-order for multiple products by doing the following:

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Tags and Collections Installed with Pre-Order Manager

The app adds one of two tags to all variants of all products and creates two unavailable collections after installation.

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Draft Orders not tagged as Pre-Order

Pre-Order status created by the Pre-Order Manager if the orders are created via the storefront.

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Why does my inventory keep resetting to zero after each Pre-Order is made?

This is a common behaviour for merchants using a 3rd party inventory app.

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More than one Pre-Order Button Showing at the Product's Page

This is most likely due to another Pre-Order app was installed prior to installing the Pre-Order Manager.

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What does the status message “Please wait, filter is activating” mean?

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Online Store 2.0 Compatibility

The Pre-Order Manager is compatible with Online Store 2.0 themes.

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Is the Pre-Order Manager compatible with inventory/warehousing apps?

The app works well with inventory and warehousing apps if such apps synchronizes by updating the quantities in Shopify Admin > Products

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Is the Pre-Order Manager compatible with ReCharge Subscription App?

The Pre-Order Manager is not compatible with ReCharge Subcription app.

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Is the Pre-Order Manager compatible with Paypal Express Checkout?

The Pre-Order Manager is not compatible with Paypal Express Checkout as it does not utilize Shopify's checkout page.

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Is Pre-Order Manager compatible with language apps?

Yes, the Pre-Order Manager are tested to work with Langify and Langshop language apps. Please contact our support for assistance.

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Is the Pre-Order Manager compatible with Facebook stores?

The Pre-Order Manager can only work in a Shopify store environment. It will not work with Facebook shop or any other social media stores.

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Why is the Pre-Order button not shown in Google Merchant?

The Pre-Order Manager is currently not compatible with Google Merchant.

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Pre-Order Partial Payment

You can now collect partial payment or a deposit for your Pre-Order products before it ships.

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Can the Pre-Order Manager sends a separate email for pre-order items?

No. The Pre-Order Manager uses Shopify's default checkout notification feature which will include all checkout items into a single email.

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Can I apply Discount Codes if there is already a Pre-Existing Pre-Order Discount in place?

No. The Discount Code generated at Shopify Admin panel cannot be used if the Pre-Order discounts are already in place.

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Can I customize the naming convention of the "pre-order" tags?

Yes. You can customize the name of the pre-order tags at the Settings Page.

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Can the Pre-Order Manager split the order for pre-order and non pre-order items?

If pre-order item(s) is/are checkout together if non pre-order item(s), it will be considered as the same order.

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How does the Pre-Order Manager capture payments?

Customers pay for pre-orders the same way as for usual orders with products in stock.

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Pre-Order not Showing in Slider/Ajax Carts

Therefore, please contact support to assist with the configurations if pre-order is not showing in your store's cart.

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Can I change Pre-Order, Coming Soon and Notify Me button's text?

Yes you can.

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Can I change the Pre-Order, Notify Me and Coming Soon Button size?

Yes, you can change the all our button's size by going to the Design page

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Will the app work correctly after publishing a new shop theme?

It will be updated automatically when you publish a new theme. Contact support if the Pre-Order does not show after publishing a theme.

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Can I change the pop-up notification messages for Pre-Order Manager?

Yes, the pop-up notifications can and change at Settings.

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Configure the "Pre-Order" button to have the same colour scheme as the “Add To Cart” button

You can do so by going to the Design page

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What buttons does the pre-order button replace?

The app automatically replaces add to cart button with pre-order button under certain conditions. It also hides buy now button.

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How do I unsubscribed from the Pre-Order Manager?

You will be automatically be unsubscribed once you delete the app from Shopify Admin panel

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What will happen to my Pre-Orders once the Pre-Order Manager is uninstalled?

The Pre-Orders will still be reflected in your Shopify Admin > Orders

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How to uninstall Pre-Order Manager?

If you had removed the app before reading this guide, kindly contact us at support@amai.com

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After uninstalling the Pre-Order Manager, why is it still possible to place orders for out of stock items?

This is because, you did not disable all the Pre-orders before uninstalling.

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How do I submit a feature request?

Have a feature you like to see on Pre-Order Manager? Simply click the 'Suggest an idea' button in-app and leave your ideas.

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