Pre orders user manual

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Pre-OrdersAccept and manage pre-orders easily.

List of features:Enables Admin tolabel products as available for Pre-Orders;

Allows the following Pre-Order options forproducts: No Pre-Order, Limited or UnlimitedQuantity Pre-Order;

Allows to specify the Product AvailabilityDate to be displayed on the product page;

Displays “Pre-order” button insteadof “Buy Now” on the product page;

Enables customers to place a Pre-Orderand pay for the item in advance;

Easily processes orders that containboth regular purchases and Pre-Orders;

Sends automatic notifications tocustomers who placed Pre-Orders whenthe product status is changed to Available;

Enables Admin to specify a custom stock status;

Adds “Pending Pre-Order” and“Processing Pre-Order” to order statuses;

Enables Admin to easily search for placedPre-Orders with Filtering by Order Status.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. How to activate the extension…..….….…….….…………….…………….3

2. How to set product as Pre-Order…...……….……….……….…………….4

3. Pre-Order global settings……………………………………..….………….5

4. How to order a Pre-Order product………………………….……………....6

5. Shipping the order with Pre-Order and regular product…………….....9

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1. How to activate the extension

Go to System > Manage AITOC

Modules, check “Advanced

Permissions” and click “Save

module settings” button.

2. How to set product as Pre-Order

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Now you can set the product

to be sold as Pre-Order . You

just need to set

Backorders/Pre-Orders

setting to Pre-Orders.

Here you can set custom

stock status note saying that

this product is Pre-Order and

specify the product’s release

date or any other text you

like to be used as Pre-Order

Note.

Starting version 1.2 you can

allow ordering Out-Of-Stock

products as Pre-Order.

3. Pre-Order global settings

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Extension Global Settings are

located at System ->

Configuration -> Inventory ->

Pre-Orders

Here you can enable sending

notifications to customer when

pre-order item in the order

placed becomes available

This is a global setting to allow

ordering Out-Of-Stock

products as Pre-Order. This

setting is also available

individually per product.

This allows to restrict adding

both regular and Pre-Order

products to the cart by a

customer. If set to Yes

customer will be notified with

error message if tries to add

both products to cart.

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Customer can order this

product like any other regular

products. Default “Add to Cart”

button is replaced with “Pre-

Order” button on product page

only for simple products.

4. How to order a Pre-Order product

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4. How to order a Pre-Order product

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Starting version 1.2 "Add to

Cart" button for Pre-Order

simple products is replaced

with "Pre-Order“.

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4. How to order a Pre-Order product

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The notification that a product is

available for Pre-Order is

displayed in the cart along with

Pre-Order Note specified by

Admin.

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5. Shipping the order with Pre-Order and regular product

Now you can filter orders by Pre-Order status.

NOTE: If you have orders with Pending/Processing Pre-

Order status and you disable AITOC Pre-Order

extension all orders with abovementioned status will be

reset to Pending/Processing status accordingly.

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When product becomes available to be

shipped (marked as “No Backorders” at

Backorders\Preorders dropdown on

Product Edit page – Inventory tab) order

can be shipped as regular order. In case

order contains both Pre-Order and

regular products you can ship them

separately. You can ship the regular

products while pre-order products wait

to become available.

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5. Shipping the order with Pre-Order and regular product

Thank you for your interest in AITOC’s extension for Magento.

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