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Free Plugin by YITHEMES v3.19.0

YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce

Let your customers buy products before they are released and generate cash flow in advance to cover costs.

YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce

The facts

Rating
3.1★ from 16
Active installs
6k+
Price
Free
Last updated
20 Aug 2026
Added
Nov 2016
Requires WP
6.9
Tested up to
WP 7.1
Requires PHP
8.0
Downloads
418,328

Our analysis

AI-assisted

YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin that allows you to implement a pre-sales system for your online store. It enables you to change the 'Add to cart' button to 'Pre-order', set release dates for products, and notify customers when their pre-ordered items become available.

This plugin is suitable for eCommerce sites looking to generate interest and cash flow for upcoming products. It offers features like customizable pricing for pre-orders and the ability to send notifications to both customers and administrators.

Best for: This plugin suits eCommerce store owners who want to manage pre-orders effectively.

What it does well

  • Enables pre-sales for products
  • Customisable 'Add to cart' button label
  • Email notifications for pre-orders
  • Option to set release dates for products
  • Ability to apply discounts for pre-orders

Where it falls short

  • Limited features in the free version
  • Requires PHP 8.0
  • Data is missing on premium version features

Verdict

YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce provides essential tools for managing pre-sales, but users may find the free version limited compared to the premium options.

From the developer

YITHEMES's own description of YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce, lightly tidied.

With YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce you can enable a pre-sales system in your shop, increase your customers’ interest in soon-to-be-released products and get cash flow in advance to cover the costs of production/promotion.

How does it work?

With this free plugin, you can easily manage the pre-sale of your products and create a marketing strategy similar to that used by large e-commerce stores such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, and Nintendo. You’ll be able to change the “Add to cart” button label to “Pre-order”, set a release date for your products, and send an email notification to your customers when the products they pre-ordered become available in your store.

Do you want to offer an incentive to push customers to pre-order products? The winning strategy is to offer a special discount on the price of your products only to those who pre-order them (e.g. “Get $50 off only if you pre-order the new smartphone now!”).

Free version options

  • Select in which products to enable the pre-order mode
  • Disable pre-order mode manually or automatically if you select a release/availability date (and time)
  • Customize the label and colors of the “Add to cart” button in the “Frequently Bought Together” section
  • Set a fixed price for products in pre-order mode (e.g. $100 when pre-order mode is enabled, $120 when it is disabled)
  • Apply a discount (or the opposite, increase the product price) when customers purchase a pre-order product
  • Charge the product price the moment the customer places the pre-order
  • Receive an email as admin when a customer pre-orders a product
  • Send an email to customers when they pre-order a product

Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the live demo >

Need more options? Go for the premium version!

With the premium version, you can unlock advanced features and build an even more effective pre-sale strategy in your shop.
With the premium version, you can:

  • Enable pre-order mode automatically on all unavailable/out-of-stock products
  • Hide pre-order prices from unregistered users
  • Allow only specific users or user roles to pre-order products
  • Charge an extra fee for each pre-order (e.g. add a $5 fee to all orders that contain a pre-order product)
  • Offer free shipping for products purchased in pre-order mode
  • Allow customers to manually pay for the products when they become available in your shop (through the “Pay Later” option at checkout)
  • Charge the product price automatically to your customers’ credit cards upon release (only available if you use a supported payment gateway)
  • Receive extra notifications as admin (when pre-order mode is enabled in an unavailable product, when a product release date is approaching, etc.)
  • Send extra notifications to customers (when the product release date is changed, to remind them about the pending payment, etc.)
  • Get regular plugin updates and access to the technical support area
    … and more!

Read the full description on the official page →

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